Ex-Republican Liz Cheney blames Trump and Biden for current Afghanistan crisis

As Taliban seized most crucial provinces of Afghanistan within a week, US president Joe Biden has been facing extreme criticism for his decision to withdraw US troops from war-torn country. Criticising 'panic' decision of Mr Biden, Liz Cheney, U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2017, in a series of tweets, has declared Afghanistan crisis "a collective failure of both Biden and former US President Donald Trump". Cheney, On August 15, uncovered two-year-old tweets of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, where he had advocated for Talibani terrorists.

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Liz Cheney unearth two-year-old tweets of former US Secretary

In a reply to earlier tweets of Pompeo, Chenny said, " Trump/Biden calamity unfolding in Afghanistan began with Trump administration negotiating with terrorists and pretending y were partners for peace, and is ending with American surrender as Biden abandons country to our terrorist enemies. America’s enemies kw that slogan 'ending endless war' actually means unconditional surrender. That is what we are seeing in Afghanistan today. American weakness is dangerously provocative."

Both Trump and Biden are responsible for chaos: Cheney

On Friday, she also joined a television interview to discuss ongoing situation in Afghanistan. While replying to a question of reporter, Cheney said that disaster, catastrophe that we’re watching unfold right w across Afghanistan did t have to happen. "It’s t just that people predicted that this would happen, everyone was warned that this would happen. We’ve w created a situation where we get to 20th Anniversary of 9/11, we are surrendering Afghanistan to terrorist organization that housed al Qaeda when y plotted and planned attacks against us," added Cheney in a statement released after interview.

When asked about taking responsibility for current situation in Afghanistan, she held both Biden and Trump accountable for humanitarian crisis that Afghanistan is facing right w. "I think that, absolutely, President Biden bears responsibility for making this decision, but re is question that President Trump, his administration, Secretary Pompeo, y also bear very significant responsibility for this. y walked down this path of legitimizing Taliban, of perpetuating this fantasy, telling American people that Taliban were a partner for peace. President Trump told us that Taliban was going to fight terror. Secretary Pompeo told us that Taliban was going to reunce al Qaeda. ne of that has happened, ne of it has happened," said Cheney. 

US intelligence failed to decrypt Taliban movement

It is worth mentioning that on August 14, US intelligence filed a report in which it said that Deobandi extremist group would invade national capital in next 90 days. However, Taliban, on August 15, declared victory over Kabul. US Embassy has been evacuated and American flag lowered, with diplomats relocating to airport to aid with evacuation. Or Western countries have also closed ir missions and are flying out staff and civilians. Meanwhile, at Kabul airport, a steady stream of people makes ir way first to ticket sale counters set up on parking lot outside terminal. y push ir lugg, load carts with carpets, television sets and mementoes, stuff clos inside purses to make ir weight limit as y slowly inch forward. lucky ones, those who mand to get a ticket for a flight out to anywhere, n wait more than three hours to make it inside terminal, bidding tearful goodbyes to loved ones y are leaving behind.

(With inputs from AP)

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