Deadly Kabul Attack Shakes Biden’s Afghan Exit Strategy
- President vows to go after terrorists, keep Aug. 31 withdrawal
- Bombings kill 13 American service members, dozens of Afghans
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Joe Biden’s bid to complete an already messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was rocked after a pair of bombings in Kabul killed dozens of people and marked the most trying day yet of his presidency.
The sheer scale of the tragedy -- which saw at least 13 U.S. service members and at least 60 Afghans killed -- renewed criticism from lawmakers and allies over the precipitous American withdrawal and the failure to forecast the Afghan government’s rapid fall at the hands of the Taliban.