Initially ON FOX: The prime Republican on the Property Intelligence Committee accused President Biden of deceiving Congress and the American community by diminishing the risk that al Qaeda posed to Afghanistan when withdrawing U.S. troops final 12 months. 

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, explained to WHD News Electronic that the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri proved Biden was disingenuous when he argued previously that there was no rationale for the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan. 

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"The president was not getting truthful," claimed Turner. "Now, as they consider to just take a victory lap for their actions of killing Zawahri in Afghanistan, they are acquiring to acknowledge that his existence in Afghanistan is evidence that al Qaeda has a foothold and a presence and a relationship with the Taliban." 

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, explained to WHD News Electronic that the killing of al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri proved President Biden was disingenuous when he argued previously that there was no motive for the U.S. to continue being in Afghanistan. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Get in touch with, Inc by using Getty Illustrations or photos)

Biden argued last 12 months that America's "without end war" in Afghanistan experienced run its class. The president repeatedly pressured that the original reason for the war, to beat al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, experienced been realized. 

"What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point, with al Qaeda absent," Biden stated in August 2021, when defending his conclusion to withdraw from Afghanistan. "We went to Afghanistan for the express function of acquiring rid of al Qaeda in Afghanistan as properly as – as properly as – acquiring Osama bin Laden. And we did."

Republicans have very long argued that the White Dwelling botched the U.S. exit from Afghanistan. They say that Biden undercut the legitimacy of the prior Afghan government by withdrawing troops and abandoning billions in armed service hardware to the Taliban. 

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Now GOP lawmakers say that Zawahri's presence in Kabul at the time of his demise shatters Biden's rationale for leaving Afghanistan. Turner explained to WHD News Electronic that the White Residence disproved its personal principle.

"The president and the White House by their personal actions have disproved their personal idea as to the basis that they employed for pulling out of Afghanistan," said Turner. "Biden was remaining disingenuous in stating that al Qaeda was long gone and then [by] diminishing the over-all characterization of the threat to the United States." 

Taliban fighters guard at the website of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Many explosions and gunfire ripped as a result of a Sikh temple in Afghanistan's funds. (WHD Picture/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The White Dwelling argues the president's feedback about al Qaeda previous year were being additional about the group's diminished presence and part in plotting terrorism from Afghanistan, not its existence in the country. 

"They were not participating in a major purpose in functions or resourcing or arranging in Afghanistan," claimed John Kirby, the White Home coordinator for the Nationwide Security Council. "I think — again, without the need of getting into figures — we would still evaluate that to be the situation."

Earlier this 7 days, Biden declared that a U.S. drone strike had killed Zawairi, the 71-calendar year-old leader of al Qaeda, in Kabul. The terrorist mastermind, who was connected to the September 11, 2001 attack, was keeping with spouse and children at the dwelling of an aide to a senior Taliban formal. 

Nationwide security authorities say Zawahri's presence in Afghanistan appears to indicate that the Taliban routine is offering al Qaeda secure haven. 

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"Afghanistan is a petri dish increasing threats to the region and past," said Dan Hoffman, a previous director of the CIA's Middle East and North Africa division. "The a person lesson we realized from Sept. 11 is that you can't give these guys ungoverned place."

GOP lawmakers say the Biden administration needs to be a lot more transparent about the existence of terrorist teams in Afghanistan and the ramifications of the U.S. withdrawal. They say the White Household has refused to launch files and specific details pertaining to the U.S. exit. 

GOP lawmakers say the Biden administration wants to be additional transparent about the presence of terrorist teams in Afghanistan and the ramifications of the U.S. withdrawal. (WHD Photograph/Andrew Harnik)

"It can be quite disturbing this administration is not giving information to Congress," explained Turner. "But I imagine they know that if they do, it will be definitely damning and present the devastating effect of this president's determination to slice and run from Afghanistan."