It's easy to forget what was said and done just prior to the fall of Kabul...this article is a stark reminder....
One official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the issue’s sensitivity, said Tuesday that the U.S. military now assesses a collapse could occur within 90 days. Others said it could happen within a month.
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“Everything is moving in the wrong direction,” said one person familiar with the military’s new intelligence assessment.
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Biden made his decision to pull out U.S. forces with knowledge of the potential consequences, [Psaki] added.
“He asked for a clear assessment for review from his team on what the possible implications could be,” she said. “He asked them not to sugarcoat that, he asked them to lay out specifically and clearly what the consequences could be.”
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“The danger,” [Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer] added, “is that the momentum of the Taliban’s offensive will overwhelm the Afghan government and the defense of Kabul will collapse.”
US officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected
Some officials said that although they were not authorized to discuss the assessment, they see the situation in Afghanistan as more dire than it was in June, when intelligence officials assessed a fall could come as soon as six months after the withdrawal of the U.S. military.
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