New York: US intelligence agents have warned the prospect of the takeover of the Afghan Taliban and the collapse of the Afghan military, raises the question why Joe Biden’s administration looks “is not ready to face the last push of the Taliban to Kabul”, according to the leading America every day.
The New York Times said that according to the secret assessment by American spy agents during the summer, there was a gloomy prospect of a Taliban Afghan taker.
The assessment warned “the collapse of the Afghan military that was fast, even as President of Biden and his advisor said in public that was not possible as soon as that.” “In July, many intelligence reports grow more pessimistic, question whether every Afghan security forces will collect serious resistance and whether the government can survive in Kabul, the capital.” Freight warning for why Biden administration officials, and military planners in Afghanistan, apparently not ready to deal with the last push of the Taliban to Kabul, including failure to ensure security at the main airport and rushed thousands of more troops back to the country to protect the United States , “said the report.
The CIA report in July notes that security forces and the central government have lost control of roads that lead to Kabul and” assess that the feasibility of the central government is in serious danger, “said the NYT report, added that other reports Other departments by other departments The Intelligence and Research Division also recorded the failure of Afghan forces to fight the Taliban and “suggest deteriorating security conditions can cause the collapse of the government.” “Intelligence business is not to say you know on August 15, the Afghan government will fall,” a former dire KTUR staff for the Timothy Berreen home intelligence committee.
“But what everyone’s known is that without hardening international forces and specifically our troops, Afghans are unable to defend or regulate themselves,” Berreen said.
Furthermore, NYT said Afghanistan received little attention in the annual threat assessment released in April by the office of the Director of the National Intelligence; “But the short discussion was terrible, noting the Taliban was sure it could reach military victory.” The Taliban is likely to benefit in the battlefield, and the Afghan government will struggle to hold the Taliban in the Gulf if the coalition attracts support, “the report said.
Even as President Biden said on July 8 that the Afghan government could not fall and there would be no chaotic evacuation , NYT said according to a report in July, when Afghanistan fell to the hands of the Taliban, “put a growing risk for Kabul, noting that the Afghanistan government was not ready for the Taliban attack.” “Intelligence agent predicts that the Taliban seizes cities, Cascading collapse Can occur quickly and Afghan security forces are at height.
The risk of falling apart.
“It is not clear whether other reports during this period presented a more optimistic picture of the Afghan military ability and the government in Kabul to hold the Taliban,” he said.
The report noted that before July, the consensus among intelligence institutions was that “the Afghan government can last for two years, which will make a lot of time out.
On April 27, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered the departure of non-essential personnel from the embassy Big in Kabul, the whole intelligence assessment is still that the Taliban takeover is at least 18 months away, according to administrative officials.
“However, the report, quoting a senior administrative official, said that even in July, because” the situation grew more fluctuati, intelligence agencies never Offering clear predictions about the Taliban takeover that will occur soon.
” The official said their assessment was not given an assessment of “high trust”, that.
The highest level of agency certainty, the report said.
It added that in recent months, the assessment of the situation in Afghanistan became increasingly pessimistic when the Taliban made a greater increase.
“This summer report questioned the will of Afghan security forces to fight and the ability of the Kabul government to hold power.” With every report of mass desers, said the former official, the Afghan government seemed less stable, “the report added.