American authorities did not assume that the cities of Afghanistan will fall so quickly under the onslaught of militants of the Radical Movement “Taliban” (prohibited in Russia). This was stated by the adviser to US President Joe Bayden on the National Security of Jake Sullivan, his words reported Axios.
politician said that the rapid success of the Taliban in the Afghan territory became unexpected for the American leader. He accused the current situation of Afghanistan government forces who could not give a worthy repulsive to the invaders and allowed the fall of the republic.
“We spent 20 years and dozens of billions of dollars to train the Afghan military and providing them with the necessary equipment and support for the US forces,” Sullivan stressed. According to him, before Biden, there is still a question about whether American soldiers have to fight for someone else’s country if its inhabitants are not ready to stand up for themselves.
The adviser to the President noted that the US forces successfully removed all employees of the American embassy in Kabul. He concluded that Washington will continue to evacuate from the Afghan countries who collaborated with American military.
Earlier it was reported that residents tried to leave Afghanistan, attaching from the outside to the US Army Plane, departing from the capital airport. Tens of Afghans surrounded the aircraft on the runway and prevented it. Some of them tied themselves to the plane and clung to the chassis.