Trump marks a declaration of abbey gate attack, killing 13 soldiers

president Donald Trump On Monday, a declaration commemorating the anniversary of the monastery gate attack during the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan claimed the lives of 13 military service members.

Trump was surrounded by the Golden Star family when he signed the announcement at the White House.

“We remember these 13 great souls, but we also remember those injured, our soldiers, 32 of them were about,” he said. “We know it will never happen and should never be allowed to happen.”

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Vice President JD Vance, who served in the Marine Corps, said Monday’s event was “correcting mistakes.”

“The President of the United States lost your loved ones because of incompetence, but never admitted this fact in your administration, and never really put his pen on paper and said we are grateful for your sacrifice,” he said of former President Joe Biden.

this Biden gives medicine He has been severely criticized for attacks and the way he evacuated from Afghanistan.

In 2021, Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan and followed up on existing Trump administration plans in 2020, with Taliban leaders ending the war in the region. 13 US service members were killed during this period Retraction process The Taliban quickly seized control of Kabul, and the suicide bomb exploded from the monastery gate outside the then Handkarzai International Airport.

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Surrounded by the families of military service members killed in Afghanistan during the Abbey Gate attack, President Donald Trump held a signing announcement in the Oval Office of the White House to mark the fourth anniversary of the event. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beden faced scrutiny after withdrawing troops, the Taliban quickly took over Afghanistan and died in support of evacuation efforts, with more than a dozen U.S. service personnel dead.

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth said the monastery gate bombing convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin to start a war with Ukraine.

“Because he saw the incompetence of our military under Biden,” he said. “The military needs to answer what happened in Afghanistan.”

A child wearing a ribbon to commemorate CPL. Hunter Lopez, a service worker who died in Afghanistan during the Abbey Gate attack, listened as Donald Trump spoke during the signing of a declaration that commemorates the fourth anniversary of the attack. ((AP Photo/Alex Brandon))

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Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, Senior Afghanistanis gaining insight into what is happening in the monastery gate.