Trump blasts the 'tragic mess' Biden has left in Afghanistan as US embassy staff pack up, prepare to destroy papers and computers and move to a safe location with the Taliban surging towards Kabul
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Staff made preparations to leave US embassy on Friday as Taliban closed to within 50 miles of Kabul
Some 3000 infantry troops were due to begin arriving at airport to aid evacuation of civilians
Former President Trump condemned the Biden administration's handling of the withdrawal as a 'tragic mess'
NATO ambassadors were also meeting to coordinate civilian withdrawals as allies fear sudden Taliban assault
Republicans said the hurried embassy drawdown was President Biden's Saigon moment
Meanwhile the Taliban seized Kandahar and Herat, giving them half of the country's 34 provincial capitals
And their fighters were reported to be in Logar, within 50 miles of Kabul

By Rob Crilly, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 11:39 EDT, 13 August 2021 | Updated: 13:00 EDT, 13 August 2021


Former President Trump condemned his successor's handling of the crisis in Afghanistan on Friday, as the Taliban continued their lightning advance and U.S. personnel prepared to destroy documents and evacuate the embassy in Kabul.

'Tragic mess in Afghanistan, a completely open and broken Border, Crime at record levels, oil prices through the roof, inflation rising, and taken advantage of by the entire world—DO YOU MISS ME YET?' he said in a short emailed statement.

His administration negotiated the terms of a U.S. withdrawal in talks with the Taliban last year.

Now the speed of a Taliban advance has rattled officials three weeks ahead of President Biden's August 31 deadline to bring all troops home.

Biden has repeatedly said he has no regrets about pushing ahead with his timetable.

But on Friday insurgents claimed Kandahar, the country's second biggest city, Herat, close to the Iranian border, and Ghazni, on the road south from Kabul.

The result is a growing humanitarian emergency and frantic efforts to evacuate western embassies.-- excerpt, rest at link above --