Biden administration kept UK ‘in the dark’ on evacuation plans after Kabul fell: Report

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The Biden White House apparently failed to coordinate evacuation efforts with the government of the United Kingdom for more than a day despite repeated attempts by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office to contact President Joe Biden after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul.

According to the Times of London, “senior [U.K.] military commanders have also not been party to key discussions between the U.S. and the Taliban, so were left in the dark about when they could be forced to pull out.”

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