Schumer: “Too early” to blame anyone for the situation in Afghanistan

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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) said now was not the time for a blame game over the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. He said the most important thing now is to get all the Americans and Afghans who worked with the United States out of the country now ruled by the Taliban.

I don’t like to point fingers, Schumer said. The number one job is to get these people out and that’s what we should be focusing on. There is time for congressional investigations and congressional oversight on the road.

He said the Kabul airport is working much better now. However, he said there were problems for the Americans and the Afghans who helped the United States are not yet at the airport.

The airport is working better, Schumer said. They’ve taken control of it and a lot of planes come in and out and take people away. The other problem, which is a difficult problem, is that some of the Americans and Afghans who helped us are not within the perimeter of the airport. So they have to get there, and they were working on it too.

Schumer said he was in constant contact with the Biden administration and the military over the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and he said things were better now.

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