Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a special review panel to convene and detail the military’s “disastrous and embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan” in 2021.

Hegseth promised a full accounting of the withdrawal ordered by former President Joe Biden. It was marred by a suicide bombing at the Kabul International Airport Abbey Gate, which killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 civilians.

The decades-long U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, going back to 2001, likely cost the U.S. more than $775 billion. The value of usable military equipment left behind from the Biden administration’s pullout decision has never been accurately calculated.

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