WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on news reports that the Taliban have taken control of the Afghan city of Kunduz:
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on news reports that the Taliban have taken control of the Afghan city of Kunduz:
“News reports that the Taliban has retaken Kunduz are discouraging, but not unexpected. President Obama’s failure to fully resource his strategy for Afghanistan forces our troops and their leaders to focus on meeting next year’s withdrawal deadline, rather than America’s security needs. The fall of Kunduz to the Taliban is not unlike the fall of Iraqi provinces to ISIL—it is a reaffirmation that precipitous withdrawal leaves key allies and territory vulnerable to the very terrorists we’ve fought so long to defeat. Next month, General Campbell will testify before the Armed Services Committee. I look forward to his assessment of how American and Afghan security can be enhanced if his forces are allowed to stay beyond the end of 2016.”
