Former Trump administration national security officials are pointing to one aspect of President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal as the linchpin behind the Taliban’s near-completed takeover of Afghanistan.

Those officials argue that though withdrawing from Afghanistan was the right decision, the Biden administration failed to secure commitments adequately from Taliban leaders in the lead-up to the drawdown, directly leading to Kabul’s fall.

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