Afghanistan, April 20 -- The Pentagon said a new review into the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is expected to be finalised in the coming months.

The U.S. newspaper Stars and Stripes reported, citing Pentagon officials, that a special panel set up to examine the August 2021 withdrawal has largely completed its investigation.

The panel, established last year on the orders of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of the chaotic end to the U.S. military mission.

During the withdrawal, 13 U.S. service members were killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport, an attack that became a defining moment of the operation.

A Pentagon spokesperson said the panel has reviewed more than nine mill...