US Military Told about Discord with Biden on Afghanistan

The US military advised keeping 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, and Biden still ordered a complete withdrawal of troops. The 20-year mission ended in failure, said the head of the US General Staff Mark Milley. The US military leadership acknowledged the failure of the mission in Afghanistan and spoke about disagreements with the President of the United States, Joseph Biden, regarding the withdrawal of the American presence from its territory. As the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, Mark Milley, said on Tuesday, September 28, at a hearing in the Senate, he proposed to keep 2,500 American soldiers on the Hindu Kush. A similar recommendation was made by the head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces, General Kenneth McKenzie. However, Joe Biden, according to Milley, ordered the complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. “The withdrawal of troops is a strategic failure. The enemy is in power in Kabul, it is impossible to describe it in any other way,” Milley stated. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaking at a Senate hearing, pointed to “serious miscalculations” in Afghanistan. “The fact that the Afghan army, trained by our partners and us, simply disintegrated and in some cases surrendered without a single shot, surprised us all,” the Pentagon chief said. According to him, the United States underestimated the magnitude of corruption in the leadership of the Afghan armed forces. After the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan, Taliban militants entered Kabul on August 15, and on September 3 announced that they had established control over the whole of Afghanistan. Later they announced the creation of a transitional Government. Human rights organizations accuse the Taliban of serious human rights violations - killings of civilians, harassment of human rights defenders and discrimination against women. The international community does not recognize the Taliban government. DW