After two years of exhaustive investigation, at least three conflicting reports, and more than a dozen combative congressional hearings, legislation incorporating lessons learned from the deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has surfaced, although it is unlikely to be adopted in the waning days of the lame-duck Congress.
The proposed Overseas CRISIS Act seeks to clarify lines of communication within the State Department to avoid the confusion that marked the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan—a chaotic departure marred by the suicide bombings that killed more than 180 people, including 13 American service members, during the Aug. 26, 2021, evacuation from Hamid Karzai International Airport near Kabul, Afghanistan.
