Joe Biden failed a ‘no-fail mission’ in Afghanistan, official claims

President seeks to cast evacuation as ‘extraordinary success’ as blame mounts over chaotic airlift

US troops during the evacuation of Kabul airport
US troops during the evacuation of Kabul airport
(Image credit: Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)

Officials in Joe Biden’s administration are “absolutely appalled” and “horrified” that the US evacuation of Afghanistan failed to airlift all US citizens out of the country before troops were taken off the ground, it has emerged.

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