U.S. intelligence agencies failed to predict what would occur amid President Joe Biden’s removal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The Journal, citing “a review of wide-ranging summaries of classified material,” said intelligence agencies offered random and haphazard assessments of Afghanistan’s military and government before the Taliban’s quick takeover of the country.
The news outlet said it based its story on nearly two dozen intelligence assessments from four different agencies that hadn’t been reported previously.
Despite saying the Taliban would continue to advance and that the country’s U.S.-backed government was unlikely to survive without support, the assessments differed over how much time the Afghan government could hold on after Biden’s withdrawal.
None of the assessments suggested the Taliban could overtake Kabul by Aug. 15 while U.S. forces remained present, the Journal said.
The news outlet said it reviewed “titles, dates and summaries of reports” from the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the State Department’s intelligence bureau.
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