right this was a chronicle of defeat. ., ,. , ., , , , defeat. you described as the best brief us adviser defeat. you described as the best brief us adviser in defeat. you described as the best brief us adviser in afghanistan i defeat. you described as the best brief us adviser in afghanistan of| brief us adviser in afghanistan of the last few years. did you see this coming? the last few years. did you see this cominu ? ~ , , the last few years. did you see this comina? y, . the last few years. did you see this comina? . , ., the last few years. did you see this cominu? ., , ., ., , coming? myself and several others warned there coming? myself and several others warned there was coming? myself and several others warned there was a coming? myself and several others warned there was a distinct - warned there was a distinct possibility that the government would collapse after united states left and that the collapse could be rapid. not the only possibility but we knew that from
citizens who need help and support. if it stays at 20,000, that is fine, but it is when it starts to get into half a million and a million people. where else are they going to go? i it is really important everybodyl opens the doors to these people. that is the political challenge, balancing the need to open the doors with the needs of existing communities, a challenge with much at stake for so many. alex forsyth, bbc news, halifax. clearly these are disturbing times for lots of people, and for details of organisations which offer advice and support with mental health, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. i m joined now by carter malkasian, former us military adviser and author of the american war in afghanistan: a history.
while the americans are almost all gone and the taliban are back. i m joined now by carter malkasian, former us military adviser and author of the american war in afghanistan: a history. thank you so much forjoining us. the british prime minister because the taliban victory in the chronicle of an event foretold. is he right? in a sense he is. people knew going into afghanistan there is danger getting stuck in a quagmire. people understood in the united states, leaders understood that the soviets had failed there. so we knew this and nevertheless we could not find a way out and trapped in afghanistan probably because of terrorists that threats we were worried about and then partly because we wanted to help the country so much. definitely
i m back now with carter malcasian. he served as a civilian adviser in iraq and afghanistan and was the senior adviser to general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff from 2015 to 2019. he s also the author of the book the american war in afghanistan. carter, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining me this evening. you ve spent so much of your career focusing on afghanistan, especially the afghan military. why did they feel so miserably? thank you for having me on tonight, don. so one of the reasons there s many reasons, but one of the reasons we should focus on just from the get-go is that the united states in afghanistan, we were essentially occupiers. and the afghan forces were fighting alongside us, fighting alongside and for a government that was very connected to us.
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