General Angus Campbell admits he was wrong to predict the Taliban takeover would take months longer, but defends the success of Australia's evacuation mission.
The Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Campbell, has conceded he was surprised by the speed of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan last month.The Chief of the Defence Force has admitted his prediction that the Taliban would take months to capture Afghanistan was wrong
Unusual strategic decisions and bribery have been blamed in part for the quicker-than-expected collapseThe militant group swept into Kabul almost two weeks before the US military's set withdrawal date of August 31, shocking intelligence analysts who had predicted the Afghan national army would hold them off for several months at least.
"But I don't know of anyone who predicted — other than in the glory of 20/20 hindsight — how quickly it would occur." General Angus Campbell admits the Australian Defence Force was caught off guard by the Taliban's rapid takeover.General Campbell said the collapse was accelerated by the departure of Afghanistan's former president, Ashraf Ghani,
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