Would Sticking to Trump’s Afghan Withdrawal Timeline Have Mitigated Disaster?

Would Sticking to Trump’s Afghan Withdrawal Timeline Have Mitigated Disaster?
A commercial airplane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport a day after U.S. troops' withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2021. Stringer/Reuters
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When President Joe Biden delayed the Afghanistan withdrawal timeline from May to September, some observers were left scratching their heads.