Pentagon cracks open Biden’s botched Afghan withdrawal as sweeping report readies all the receipts

By Fox News · Fox News

EXCLUSIVE: A new Pentagon review of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is set to declassify previously restricted materials from earlier investigations, reopening scrutiny of key decisions made during the Biden administration's botched 2021 exit from the country. The review will include interview transcripts, internal documents and prior findings that officials say were overclassified, according to Pentagon adviser Stu Scheller. "We plan to declassify all of the documents that we source in this investigation — all the interview transcripts, all the previous investigations that the Biden administration did that have been overclassified," Scheller told Fox News Digital. "We’re going to declassify all of it so that everyone can make assessments for themselves." Unlike earlier reviews that cataloged failures but stopped short of pinning down individual responsibility, this Pentagon effort is examining a broader set of records and conducting extensive interviews with both senior military leaders and rank-and-file troops — a scope officials say could reopen unanswered questions about who made the key decisions during the 2021 withdrawal. "There will be accountability," Scheller said. GOLD STAR FATHER SAYS PRIOR AFGHANISTAN REVIEW SMELLED 'LIKE A COVER-UP' AS NEW LOOK EXAMINES MILLIONS OF DOCS "We’ve talked to many people, all the key generals… and we also interviewed thousands of young service members," Scheller told Fox News Digital of the report. "One of the things they said was that they didn’t feel like their experiences were validated." President Donald Trump has repeatedly blasted the previous Biden administration over the Abbey Gate tragedy that killed 13 U.S. service members, calling the 2021 withdrawal "a Biden disaster" and "the lowest point in the history of our country." The administration in May 2025 ordered a new Pentagon review as part of what officials described as his push for accountability. Scheller’s role in the review marks a striking reversal for…