Internal State Department cable warned Blinken of pending Afghanistan collapse

Officials at the US embassy in Kabul sent the memo through the department’s confidential dissent channel

By Caitlin McFall, Rich Edson

Fox News

A confidential internal State Department cable was sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month warning about the potential collapse of Afghanistan following the full withdrawal of U.S. forces on Aug. 31, Fox News confirmed Thursday.

Roughly two dozen officials stationed at the U.S. embassy in Kabul sent a memo through the department’s confidential dissent channel to alert Blinken, along with another top State Department official, that the Taliban was well-positioned to take over the nation, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

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