UK PM Johnson to address lawmakers about Afghanistan on Monday


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  • Monday, 06 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with military personnel who worked on the Afghan evacuation, during a visit to Merville Barracks in Colchester, Britain September 2, 2021. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address lawmakers on Monday about Britain's withdrawal from Afghanistan, amid criticism of the handling of the evacuation and failure to predict how quickly the Taliban would sweep through the country.

The United States and Britain withdrew from Afghanistan last month, and Johnson's foreign minister Dominic Raab has admitted that both countries misjudged the Taliban's capacity to seize control. The Taliban took Kabul on Aug. 15.

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