The Pentagon is investigating after human remains were found in the wheel of one of its military jets that left Kabul Monday amid the chaos of the Taliban takeover. This comes as the U.S. and other countries continue evacuating their own citizens. The White House said Tuesday at least 11,000 Americans were awaiting evacuation. Calls are growing for the U.S. to accept more Afghan refugees.
The Washington Post is reporting the Biden administration has frozen billions of dollars in Afghan reserves held at U.S. banks, to cut off the Taliban’s cash flow.
Several top Democrats have vowed to look into Biden’s Afghanistan exit strategy, including Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, who blasted the administration for misleading Congress on the Afghan army’s readiness to fight the Taliban. Meanwhile, a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said the U.S. “struggled to develop and implement a coherent strategy” over the last 20 years.