Hegseth Starts Fresh Probe Into ‘Disastrous’ Afghanistan Pullout

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new probe into the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, vowing accountability for what he called the Biden administration’s “disastrous and embarrassing” handling of the events that led to the deaths of 13 US troops.

“We have an obligation to the American people and to the warfighters who fought in Afghanistan to get the truth - and we will,” Hegseth said in a statement. In a separate memorandum, he said the probe would “ensure ACCOUNTABILITY to the American people.”