Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Victor J. Blue for The Wall Street Journal) The Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was an embarrassment to the U.S. military and begot ...

Since January, the defense secretary also has ordered the Pentagon to review combat standards, disqualifying medical ...

Hegseth asserted that there would be accountability for the Afghanistan withdrawal at the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second administration on Feb. 26.

There have been several government reviews of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which was initiated in January 2020 under the first Trump administration and concluded in August 2021 during the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered another review of the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and of the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed American ...

He eventually answered the question about accountability, “We don’t know what it looks like right now but [we will] hold the leadership who was in charge of the Afghan withdrawal accountable.” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a memo Tuesday that the Pentagon will conduct a "comprehensive review" of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 that resulted in the deaths of 13 ...