GOP opens another investigation of Afghanistan withdrawal

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Biden Cabinet members have received a letter from House Republicans as they launch the second investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a series of letters Friday to senior leadership at the White House, Department of Defense, State Department and others requesting a tranche of documents related to the end of America’s longest war. Republicans have been vowing to press President Joe Biden’s administration on what went wrong as the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and the U.S. left scores of Americans and thousands of Afghans who helped them over the years in grave danger.