Chairman of the Joint Committee of the headquarters of the US Armed Forces, Mark Milli acknowledged that the United States suffered a defeat in the war in Afghanistan. His words on hearings in the US Senate transmits “Interfax”.
According to Mills, this war has become a strategic failure for the US. “But we did not lose it in the last 20 days and not even in the last 20 months,” he said, adding that the reasons for failure are far in the past. In addition, the combination of the series of incorrect strategic decisions has led to this result.
The warlord reminded that the American forces were able to deal with the terrorist group of Al-Qaida (prohibited in the Russian Federation), but they did not succeed in the arrival of the “Taliban” (prohibited in the Russian Federation). “We all clear that the war in Afghanistan ended not as we wanted: in Kabul – the Taliban,” he stressed.
Earlier, Mark Milli made the revival of Al-Qaida in the next three years. Another opinion was expressed by the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. At the same time, he noted that at present the organization has significantly degraded.