Though military planners warned that the Afghan government could fall far sooner that expected, defense officials say that they overestimated the capability and will of the Afghan security forces to fight back against the Taliban
Taliban fighters stand guard in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16. | Rahmat Gul/AP PhotoMilitary planners sounding the alarm about Afghanistan’s imminent collapse failed to predict the speed with which the Taliban would overrun the country, leaving the Biden administration scrambling to evacuate thousands of American citizens, embassy staffers and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul’s international airport.
In this photo released by The White House, President Joe Biden meets virtually with his national security team and senior officials for a briefing on Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, at Camp David. | The White House via AP The Taliban have been seizing territory across Afghanistan since President Joe Biden announced in April that all U.S. troops would depart the country by Sept. 11, a deadline he later revised to Aug. 31. But officials initially expressed optimism that the Afghan security forces could hold out against the group’s advance by consolidating around the country’s urban population centers.said Gen.
“They didn’t so much fall as fail to fight,” one defense official told POLITICO. “You can train and resource and support, which we did, but you can’t buy will.”
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