Blinken faces critics who say Afghanistan withdrawal ‘lit the world on fire’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, facing questions for the last time about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The hearing comes at the twilight of Mr Blinken’s diplomatic career, with only weeks left before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, and at the end of the chairmanship of Michael McCaul, who will no longer lead the committee in the next Congress.
