State Department Watchdog Launches Review of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Afghanistan during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 25, 2021. Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The State Department’s inspector general has initiated a review of how the Biden administration withdrew from Afghanistan.

The watchdog, or the State OIG, told members of Congress that it notified the State Department of several “oversight projects” related to the ending of operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, according to a letter obtained and published by Politico.