Tagged: Mark Milley

29th September 2021

Afghan army collapse ‘took us all by surprise,’ U.S. defense secretary says

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army’s sudden collapse caught the Pentagon “by surprise,” as military leaders confronted a contentious Senate hearing about how and why America lost...

United States / Afghanistan / Bilateral/ Multilateral Relation

10th May 2021

U.S. sends more reinforcements for Afghan pullout: Pentagon

The US military has deployed more heavy bombers and fighter jets to protect withdrawing American and coalition troops from Afghanistan, which have so far sustained no direct attacks, the Pentagon said Thursday. “Less than...