READ: State Department’s report on Afghanistan withdrawal
![<i>Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images</i><br/>US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2023/06/cnn-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9sZWRlLTZlOTVjZTc3MDlmNTdmY2U5ZGU5NmQzNzNhMDg4MGNj-L19wYWdlcy9oXzRiYmFlYjJjNzI1OGQyMTY3NzMzNzJiNzRhNzZjYWE0-300.jpg)
US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20
By CNN staff
(CNN) — The US State Department on Friday released a long-awaited, unclassified version of its Afghanistan After Action Review report, which includes findings around the tumultuous final weeks of the US presence in Afghanistan, as well as a number of recommendations for improvement moving forward.
Read the report here.
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