Afghanistan crisis: US Secretary of State Blinken says investigation needed into 20-year war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that the country needs to “look back” at the 20-year war in Afghanistan, and that an investigation should include the State Department.

He said the government needs to “ask the right questions and to learn the right lessons” from its deployment in Afghanistan.

The secretary of state declined to comment on specific reports about a new Taliban-led government, but said the U.S. “has an expectation” that a new Afghan government will include non-Taliban representatives. He said the U.S. will watch any new government closely to “ensure it makes good on the commitments the Taliban have made.”

Blinken also said Friday that he has “remarkable pride” in the U.S. service members who participated in the evacuation effort, stating that, especially in the case of the 13 service members killed in the attack at the Kabul airport, they “did a life’s work of service in a very short period of time.”

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