Kamala Harris sidesteps questions about US policies in Afghanistan

US vice president Kamala Harris, left, and Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)

Vice President Kamala Harris asserted that the US must maintain its focus on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans and should not get distracted by questions over what went wrong in the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan.

Speaking at a news conference in Singapore, Ms Harris repeatedly declined to engage when asked what she felt should have been done differently in the withdrawal.