
Afghanistan blame game intensifies as White House, Pentagon and intel point fingers
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The Afghanistan finger-pointing intensified Wednesday after Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said intelligence agencies never predicted the Taliban could take over the country as rapidly as it did.
"I have previously said from this podium and in sworn testimony before Congress that the intelligence indicated multiple scenarios were possible," he said. "However, the timeline of a rapid collapse that was widely estimated ranged from weeks to months and even years following our departure. There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days." Milley's comments came after leaks to The New York Times and NBC News indicated that intelligence officials had warned the White House and Pentagon that Afghanistan could rapidly collapse.More Related News