Biden's 'reckless' Afghan policy leading to 'massive, predictable, and preventable disaster': Top Republican

Congress' top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell. Credit: AFP Photo

Congress' top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell blasted President Joe Biden Thursday for a "reckless policy" towards Afghanistan, as the United States moved to evacuate embassy workers ahead of the Taliban's advance.

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"Afghanistan is careening toward a massive, predictable, and preventable disaster," McConnell said in a statement.

"The Biden administration has reduced US officials to pleading with Islamic extremists to spare our embassy as they prepare to overrun Kabul," he said.

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