The White House is planning to circulate a memo in the US Congress defending president Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan a year ago, Axios reported on Sunday.
The memo said Mr Biden's move strengthened national security by freeing critical military and intelligence agents, the report said, citing a copy of the document.
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan was widely criticised at the time.
Following the US withdrawal, around 1,000 US citizens and Afghans holding US or other visas were held up by the Taliban with the US government not authorising their departure.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and United States Central Command commander General Frank McKenzie were among the numerous Defence Department officials who denied during Congressional testimonies president Biden's previous claim that his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was because of advice from senior US military leaders and stated that they had in fact advised him to keep some troops in Afghanistan.
