US Military Failed in Training, Advising, Equipping Afghan Forces: Pentagon Watchdog

Members of the Taliban wait to enter the former U.S. military base to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan, in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2022. Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. military failed to properly train, advise, assist, and equip the Afghan military, according to the Pentagon’s watchdog.

This assessment comes as watchdog representatives from the Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) testified before the House Oversight Committee on April 19 about the Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.