Blinken Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal as the Right Decision Amid Congressional Criticism

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has once again defended the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying that it ended the country’s longest war and shifted resources to other conflicts.

During his testimony before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, which had long sought to question him about the Afghanistan withdrawal, Blinken said that President Biden’s decision to withdraw was the “right one.”