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Pentagon says 'highly relevant' classified documents concerning Afghanistan withdrawal were hidden
Just the News ^ | August 26, 2026 | Kevin Killough

Posted on 08/27/2026 6:06:36 AM PDT by Twotone

A Pentagon official on Wednesday claimed to have discovered classified documents that concern the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan five years ago, but the official declined to offer further details.

Sean Parnell, who leads the Pentagon's special review panel examining the 2021 withdrawal, said in a video statement that his team recovered "highly relevant classified documents" that were "stashed and hidden away in safes where they would not be found."

Parnell said the material should have been disclosed, and a review his team conducted revealed why someone would try to hide them. He said his team is conducting a thorough review of the evidence and won't accept "incomplete or comfortable answers." Parnell provided no further details about the material.

Parnell's video referenced the fifth anniversary of the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing, in which a suicide bomber belonging to ISIS-K detonated an explosive device at the Abbey Gate of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 13 U.S. service members and approximately 170 Afghan civilians. If or how the uncovered documents connect to the event, Parnell didn't say.

"You deserve the truth of what happened about what happened in Afghanistan, told fully and told straight," Parnell said.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2021; abbeygate; afghanistan; pentagon; surrenderjunkies

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1 posted on 08/27/2026 6:06:36 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

If the review of the hidden classified documents do not lead to the arrest, tried, conviction, and sentencing of those who helped give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States, but only to the promotion and pay raise of Sean Parnell, then don’t waste out time.


2 posted on 08/27/2026 6:11:49 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Twotone

And by “highly relevant” they mean incriminating.


3 posted on 08/27/2026 6:16:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“highly relevant” in the Biden regime meant shred and incinerate, someone obviously forgot to do their job.


4 posted on 08/27/2026 6:28:12 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Twotone

Why did the MIC give up on Afghanistan?


5 posted on 08/27/2026 6:29:18 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Twotone

FJB


6 posted on 08/27/2026 6:36:59 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (עומד לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: Twotone

File under “Treasonous Bad Actors”


7 posted on 08/27/2026 6:41:34 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They may find that the absolute orders for withdrawal to occur by a certain date, regardless of security failures such as taking steps to protect the Afghans that supported the US military, failure to evacuate civilians, failure to remove or destroy classified materiel…stemmed from directives issued to assure Biden a personal moment of glory to announce the complete withdrawal during a September 11 appearance.

The deadline was absolute and driven to benefit Biden. Regardless of cost.


8 posted on 08/27/2026 6:41:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowit)
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To: Twotone
stashed and hidden away in safes where they would not be found.

Gee, I wonder why that would be...

9 posted on 08/27/2026 7:07:31 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: silverleaf
The deadline was absolute and driven to benefit Biden.

That part didn't make sense. We're talking about the MIC. War is good for business.

10 posted on 08/27/2026 7:35:16 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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