US Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Deteriorating Security Situation: ‘It’s Not Good’
Gen. Scott Miller, the military commander directing the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, told ABC in an interview that the security situation in the country has deteriorated as the Taliban talks peace and, at the same time, engages in offensive operations across the country. “I think what you’re seeing, just if you look at […]
Gen. Scott Miller, the military commander directing the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, told ABC in an interview that the security situation in the country has deteriorated as the Taliban talks peace and, at the same time, engages in offensive operations across the country. “I think what you're seeing, just if you look at the security situation, it's not good," Miller told ABC’s Martha Raddatz in Kabul, in an interview published Monday. “The Afghans have recognized it's not good. The Taliban are on the move.” Miller said that, even as the Taliban are in talks with the Afghan government about a political settlement to the decades-long conflict, "you have an offensive operation going on across the country by the Taliban." He said the Afghan government understands the severity of the problem and is now moving to consolidate security forces to maintain the ability to resist the Taliban at key ...
