U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Civil-War Risk as Security Deteriorates Ahead of Final Pullout

KABUL—The top rated U.S. navy commander in Afghanistan claimed protection throughout the country is deteriorating just months prior to the previous American forces withdraw.

Gen. Scott Miller, in a uncommon briefing on Tuesday, claimed that new gains by the Taliban are remarkably regarding, even if not unpredicted.

“The protection predicament is not good ideal now,” he told a tiny team of reporters at the quick-emptying coalition headquarters in Kabul. “Civil war is unquestionably a route that can be visualized if this carries on on the trajectory it is on ideal now. That ought to be a issue to the entire world.”

In new months, approximately a quarter of Afghanistan’s districts have fallen to the Taliban as the Islamist motion attained momentum following President Biden’s April announcement that all U.S. troops would be absent by Sept. eleven.

Gen. Miller declined to say when exactly the departure of American forces would be completed, citing operational protection factors. The U.S. navy has presently drawn out much more than 50 {ae9868201ea352e02dded42c9f03788806ac4deebecf3e725332939dc9b357ad} of its machines and personnel, and is envisioned to finish the pullout by mid-July, officials have claimed.