If the Biden White House thought it had emerged from the scandalizing sacrifice of American service personnel and national prestige in Afghanistan largely unscathed, it should think again.
America’s disastrous withdrawal from Central Asia may be little more than a memory today, but the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, still has his hands full. Speaking to a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sopko accused the Biden administration of being evasive amid his efforts to secure records about where American aid to Afghanistan is going now that the Taliban is in charge. The “abject refusal” of some executive agencies to allow him to conduct oversight of American aid dollars has led him to some unsavory conclusions, per the New York Times…
