Former President Donald Trump on Monday blamed the “inept Afghan government” for releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners last year, even though the Trump administration called for prisoner swaps in an agreement with the Taliban.Last year’s landmark U.S.-Taliban deal was designed to wind down the United States’ 20-year presence in Afghanistan at a time of bipartisan war-weariness. Trump agreed to pull all U.S. troops from the country by May 2021, and the Taliban promised not to let al-Qaeda use Afghanistan as a base to threaten U.S. security, among other concessions. Trump also pushed to remove all U.S. troops by late December, several months ahead of schedule. In the spring, Biden extended the troop withdrawal deadline to Sept. 11 but backed the decision to leave Afghanistan, arguing the conflict is no longer important to U.S. interests. But the Afghan government crumbled at a rapid pace as the United States withdrew, and the Taliban took over the capital city of Kabul last month, forcing the Biden administration to launch a frenetic and often dangerous evacuation mission from Kabul’s airport. Biden has faced stiff criticism for his handling of the withdrawal, including from Trump and his allies, but he’s insisted a longer U.S. presence in Afghanistan would put American troops at risk, partly because the Taliban expected him to abide by the 2020 agreement with the Trump administration. Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com