Marine weeps as he informs Congress of disastrous Afghan withdrawal

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    Former MarineSgt Tyler Vargas-Andrews is noticeably distressed as he states his story (Picture: AP)

    A previous United States Marine sergeant terribly hurt in a suicide blast broke down as he informed a Congressional committee of the carnage throughout the rash withdrawal from Afghanistan.

    Tyler Vargas-Andrews explained the odor of human flesh under a big plume of smoke as screams filled the air around Kabul’s airport after the blast that eliminated 170 Afghans and 13 United States military workers in August 2021.

    The 25- year-old, who lost his best limb, sobbed as he remembered ‘a flash and a massive wave of pressure’.

    He stated: ‘I’ m tossed 12 feet on to the ground however immediately understood what had actually taken place. I opened my eyes to Marines dead or unconscious lying around me. A crowd of hundreds instantly disappeared in front of me. And my body was catastrophically injured with 100 to 150 ball bearings now in it.’

    Mr Vargas-Andrews stated Marines never ever got an action from leaders regardless of having actually 2 thought bombers in their rifle sights, which is challenged by thePentagon ‘The withdrawal was a catastrophe in my opinion. And there was an inexcusable lack of accountability,’ he informed the committee of House Republicans.

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    Afghans battle throughout disorderly scenes at Kabul airport (Picture: EPA)

    Witnesses remembered moms bring dead infants and the Taliban shooting individuals. The group took the Afghan capital far quicker than predicted by United States intelligence as the West took out.

    Army medic Aidan Gunderson stated: ‘I see the faces of all of those we could not save, those we left behind.’

    Retired Lt Colonel David Scott Mann stated completion of America’s longest war had actually left the United States at the ‘front end of a mental health tsunami’.

    The hearings are analyzing Joe Biden’s handling of the withdrawal however have actually been informed blame is shared by presidents from George W Bush onwards.

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