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china news service, september 25. according to us media reports, on the 24th local time, the u.s. house foreign affairs committee recommended that u.s. secretary of state blinken be charged with contempt of congress.

according to the associated press, the committee passed a report recommending that the house of representatives bring contempt of congress charges against blinken by a vote of 26 to 25.

according to the report, republicans have been seeking to hold the biden administration accountable for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan over the past few months. mccaul, a republican and chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, said that secretary of state blinken did not take responsibility for this, but "prefers to hide rather than appear before the committee today."

mccaul first scheduled a hearing last week for blinken to testify while he was visiting egypt, france and other countries. mccaul then changed the hearing date to september 24 while blinken went to new york to attend the un general assembly.

the report said that next, the u.s. house of representatives can vote to determine whether blinken is in contempt of congress and refer the matter to the department of justice. but house speaker johnson told reporters later on the 24th local time that this action may have to wait until after the presidential election.

in august 2021, the united states ended the 20-year war in afghanistan. however, its hasty withdrawal caused chaos in the local situation. in addition, before the us withdrawal, a suicide bombing outside kabul airport killed a large number of afghan civilians and at least 13 us military personnel.