Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 2021, Blinken ya yi watsi da kwatancen da ke tsakanin mummunan halin da ake ciki a Afghanistan saboda hare-haren Taliban, wanda ya fara a watan Mayu 2021 bayan sojojin Amurka da na kawancen sun fara janyewa daga Afghanistan, da kuma tashin hankalin Amurka daga Saigon.
a 1975, yana cewa "Mun tafi Afghanistan shekaru 20 da suka wuce tare da manufa guda, kuma wannan manufa ita ce mu magance mutanen da suka kai mana hari a ranar 9/11 kuma mun yi nasara a wannan manufa".