An Army report details how senior and State Department officials failed to understand the rapid advance of the on Kabul and lays out frustration among senior military officers that troops were put in greater danger because of political decisions. Initial plans included using both Kabul's international airport and Bagram airbase for the operation, but the latter had to be abandoned because there were too few troops to protect it. After refusing to heed warnings about the Taliban advance, an officer described finding the embassy in meltdown in mid-August after militants had seized the capital, with some staff 'intoxicated and cowering in rooms.'
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