Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 na 2021 bayan sojojin Amurka da na kawance sun fara janyewa daga Afghanistan, da kuma rikice-rikicen da ke faruwa a Afghanistan.
Fitowar Amurka daga Saigon a 1975, tana cewa "Mun tafi Afghanistan shekaru 20 da suka gabata 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".