Republicans Demand Full, Unedited Transcript Between Biden, Exiled Afghan Leader

Republicans Demand Full, Unedited Transcript Between Biden, Exiled Afghan Leader
President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, on June 25, 2021. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
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A group of Republican lawmakers on Thursday sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to release a full, unedited, and unredacted transcript from his July phone call with exiled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled Kabul on Aug. 15, allowing the Taliban to take the capital unopposed.

The two leaders last spoke on the phone July 23, just weeks before the Taliban terrorist group seized control of Kabul. In their roughly 14-minute phone conversation, neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for the immediate danger of the entire country falling to insurgents, according to excerpts of a transcript reviewed by Reuters.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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