WASHINGTON, 27 October 2021, (TON): The Department of State will conduct a series of internal reviews of the activities of American diplomats related to the evacuation from Afghanistan.

This was stated on Wednesday by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, speaking in front of officials of the Foreign Ministry.

The chief of American diplomacy said “I have ordered a series of internal reviews on our planning and implementation of evacuation efforts from Afghanistan. We will not let this opportunity to learn lessons and work better pass us by.”

The secretary of state said “many of you and your colleagues around the world have worked with great intensity to help ensure the safety of over 120,000 American citizens, foreign partners, Afghans in danger. This is a significant achievement and a testament to not only your dedication and resourcefulness, but also deep a sense of responsibility towards Afghanistan. And the operation was also incredibly difficult.”

He stressed that now you can start asking questions about how the task was completed: “Could we have done differently? Could we have taken this step differently? Should we have tried this or that idea first? Could we have done faster? come to this decision? “

Blinken added “we have learned a lot in a short period of time. We learned this from our own experience. We learned from practice. We owe it to ourselves, our Afghan friends and partners, future State Department employees who may one day face a similar problem, fix everything what we’ve learned, learn it, apply it, keep it in a way that makes our future planning more effective and helps us better prepare for future contingencies.”