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Congress’s foreign policy committees have signaled that they will hold hearings to examine the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan and ongoing evacuations.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said he hopes Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will testify “as early as possible.”

Hearings may eventually expand beyond the foreign policy committees to include the armed services and intelligence committees.

The top Republican lawmakers on the House’s foreign affairs, armed services, and intelligence committees ― Ranking Members Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Devin Nunes (R-CA), respectively ― wrote a joint letter to President Joe Biden to

“[E]xpress our indignation over your reckless withdrawal of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and mismanagement of the preventable disaster that is now unfolding there.” 

Do you support or oppose hearings on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan?

Terrorism Threat From Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has informed members of Congress that the U.S. will need to reassess the ability of terror groups like al Qaeda and ISIS to reconstitute themselves in Afghanistan, where the military continues to conduct airlift evacuations of Americans and Afghan allies. 

Concerns have risen after thousands of Taliban, al Qaeda, and ISIS terrorists who had been held in Afghan prisons were released by the Taliban after they defeated security forces

Are you concerned about the reemergence of al Qaeda and/or other terror groups in Afghanistan?

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