Top Gen. Mark Milley: Nobody Could Have Predicted Afghan Government Would Collapse in 11 Days

Top Gen. Mark Milley: Nobody Could Have Predicted Afghan Government Would Collapse in 11 Days
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley participates in a news briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on May 6, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The top U.S. general, Mark Milley, said Wednesday there was no intelligence that indicated the Afghan army would collapse in just a matter of days.

“There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days,” Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a press conference with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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