Anonymousabout 4 hours ago
The Pentagon's Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel, established by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at President Trump's direction, has completed its interview phase after examining over 9 million documents — dwarfing the Biden-era review's 3,000-document scope. As the report nears completion in summer 2026, it promises to assign accountability for the chaotic August 2021 evacuation that killed 13 service members and left behind $7 billion in equipment, but faces scrutiny over whether it can credibly examine failures spanning four presidential administrations while operating under one of them.