BBCNEWS BBC News August 18, 2021 09:38:00
Shocking has been any chaos and the speed of the takeover by the taliban. injuly this year, both president biden and my right honourable friend, the prime minister, indicated they did not think the taliban was a ready or able to take over control of the country. was our intelligence really so poor? was our understanding of the afghan government so week? was our knowledge of the position on any ground is so inadequate? 0r our knowledge of the position on any ground is so inadequate? or did we really believe this? or did we just feel we had to follow the united states had hoped that only wing an...