Trump's team lists US officers for military tribunal

US President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has begun compiling a list of current and former senior US military officers directly involved in the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Trump's allies are studying whether the officers could be court-martialed and charged with treason. NBC News reported this, citing sources close to the president-elect.

Trump's team is considering the possibility of establishing a commission to investigate the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021. The new president's team wants to find out who was directly involved in the decisions and how they were implemented how.

Furthermore, Trump's associates are trying to find out whether the officers can be charged with treason.

However, it is unclear whether the military can legally be charged with “treason” since they are carrying out President Joe Biden's order to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan, NBC News noted.

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Sources also said that Matt Flynn, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for counternarcotics and global threats, is overseeing the “prosecution” work. An overview is being prepared on how the United States first entered the war in Afghanistan and how it emerged from it.

President-elect Donald Trump previously condemned the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, calling it a “humiliation” and “the most shameful day in our country's history.”