Afghanistan Evacuation Plans Were Drawn Up On the Fly as Chaos Consumed Kabul, New Testimony Reveals

By Micaela Burrow 

U.S. State Department officials dispatched at the eleventh hour to assist in the Afghanistan evacuation updated tactics in real time as chaotic conditions on the ground rendered any prior planning meaningless, according to new testimony released Thursday.

The military began planning to carry out a noncombatant evacuation operation for U.S. personnel as early as April, before the Taliban had overrun most of the country, but the U.S. ambassador in Kabul did not call for the operation until the Taliban captured Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021, according to testimony released separately on Monday.

Three officials who arrived in August—John Bass, James DeHart, and Jayne Howell—said they adapted constantly to increasingly dangerous and disorganized conditions at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, with changing guidance from Washington and no formulated plan to direct their decisions.

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