Congressman Crow Statement on SIGAR Report Outlining the Collapse of Afghan Security Forces

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), former Army Ranger, released this statement following a new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that outlines why the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) collapsed following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

Congressman Crow helped lead the effort to establish the Afghanistan War Commission, an independent and bipartisan body tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of U.S. military, intelligence, foreign assistance, and diplomatic involvement in Afghanistan for the entirety of the war.

Crow was also recently named Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, which will lead oversight of the twenty-year long war in Afghanistan, among other national security priorities.

In a statement, Congressman Crow said:

“As a former Army Ranger, member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Oversight & Accountability Subcommittee, I will work diligently to provide the American people a full and facts-based accounting of U.S. efforts for the entirety of the 20 year war. America can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of what was our nation’s longest war.”