president trump signed in 2020. this deal negotiated between the trump administration and the taliban without our coalition allies or even the afghan government present promised the end of the entire international presence in afghanistan, including contractors critical to keeping the afghan air force in the fight, with virtually no stipulations. the taliban with momentum on the battlefield and no incentives on the doha agreement used the final year of the trump administration to boldly escalate violence and began its fateful march towards kabul. despite colossal efforts over multiple administrations both democratic and republican we were unable to help build an afghan government capable of leading its people, an afghan security force capable of defeating the taliban. afghan soldiers fought bravely in the face of massive karlgts but faced with the loss of marne military support and hamstrung by corruption within they were