Washington-Sana
The New York Times revealed that US intelligence warned of a rapid collapse of the Afghan army in Afghanistan, while US President Joe Biden and his advisers questioned the possibility of this happening.
The newspaper stated in its issue today that last July, intelligence reports from Afghanistan increased pessimism about the ability of the Afghan security forces to confront the advance of the Taliban movement and the government's opportunity to maintain its authority and prevent the fall of Kabul, pointing out that Biden played down the danger of the fall of the Afghan government and also ruled out any "evacuation." Anarchy for Americans” from the country, similar to what happened at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
The newspaper pointed out that the warnings over the summer raise questions about why officials in the Biden administration and military planners in Afghanistan appeared unprepared to deal with the recent Taliban-led offensive in Kabul, including the failure to ensure security at the main airport and the speedy return of thousands of troops to the capital. country to protect the final exit of the United States.
The newspaper said: A US official stated that the general intelligence analysis conducted a week before the fall of Kabul was that the Taliban seizure of power was not yet inevitable and that Biden was pressuring the Afghan government last July to make the concessions that intelligence reports said were necessary to prevent the collapse of Government.
The developments of events in Afghanistan accelerated with the Taliban entering the capital, Kabul, yesterday, and taking control of most government institutions, amid chaos in the city's airport, as a result of thousands of people crowding and rushing to the airport runway to leave the country.