The head of the CIA suggested that the Afghan government will fall in six months

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The situation in Afghanistan is very alarming, since after the withdrawal of American troops from this country, the Taliban terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) has achieved significant military successes.

This opinion was expressed by CIA Director William Burns during an interview with National Public Radio NPR.



Journalists asked him to comment on the point of view of the American intelligence community, in which they predict the country's transition to full Taliban control * in six months. Burns is not so categorical in his assessment of the situation. The head of the CIA suggested how long, in his opinion, the Afghan government will hold out in power.

He believes that the intelligence community's forecast does not have to come true, because there are other possibilities. According to Burns, the Afghan government still has significant military capabilities to counter radicals. But the question is whether the current authorities will be able to take advantage of the opportunities available to them. And it is not known whether they have enough political will, whether they will be able to preserve unity.

Therefore, the head of the CIA believes, it would be a mistake to believe that the outcome of the development of the situation in Afghanistan is already predetermined.

Shortly before this, the representative of the Taliban * in Qatar, Mohammad Naim, said that the Taliban could not agree with the official Kabul on a ceasefire during the celebration of Eid al-Adha and on the exchange of prisoners.
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  1. +8
    23 July 2021 12: 41
    Hmm ... and realizing this, they nevertheless decided to withdraw their troops ... Who else is ready to shout: "America is with us"?
    1. +4
      23 July 2021 13: 02
      Quote: svp67
      Who else is ready to shout: "America is with us"?

      It seems that the Georgians were shouting about "Amerikusnami" in 2008, and half a dozen more strongly wailing who think that America still needs them.
      1. +4
        23 July 2021 16: 10
        The head of the CIA suggested that the Afghan government will fall in six months

        Was it even there? So puppets .. In the days of the USSR, when we were in Afghanistan, we intensively trained engineers, doctors, military Afghans, etc. And 10 years later (a new generation of trained people) Afghanistan would have become a different country, but alas, Judas the hunchback threw everything and everyone and gave up ..
        Just an example ... How the Asian countries lived before the Soviet power and how they began to live already under the USSR and the Afghans saw all this and understood what the Soviet Union brings them
        We would definitely succeed, but the USA, etc. ..
        1. +1
          23 July 2021 17: 08
          Quote: xorek
          Afghanistan would have become a different country, but alas, Judas the hunchback threw everything and everyone and gave up ..

          He sold Ceausescu and sold Hoenikker, a good guy (for the Americans), a traitor to his people.
          1. +1
            23 July 2021 17: 16
            Quote: tihonmarine
            He sold Ceausescu and sold Hoenikker, a good guy (for the Americans), a traitor to his people.

            Vlad I personally would have strangled this Judas negative ..A living and something else croaks living in the west ...
            How much of the blood of the Soviet people is on him, Hitler, it's just a grandfather's garden compared to him and ebn ..
            1. +1
              24 July 2021 10: 40
              Quote: xorek
              Vlad I personally would have strangled this Judas

              I, too, would not have trembled. Like a partridge, I would take it off on the fly.
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  2. +5
    23 July 2021 12: 52
    Uncle is an unbridled optimist))) given that the Taliban control all roads to Kabul, everything will depend on when they need it)))
  3. +1
    23 July 2021 12: 59
    The head of the CIA suggested that the Afghan government will fall in six months

    And he is an optimist, however.
  4. +1
    23 July 2021 13: 00
    The question is, can moderate and conservatives get along together?
    1. +3
      23 July 2021 13: 18
      Of course they can. Those who will survive after a serious discussion.
  5. +4
    23 July 2021 13: 22
    Well, he is so-so analyst) Yesterday he said that Russia is poisoning his employees. Sort of)
    1. +1
      23 July 2021 14: 06
      What did you want? He's poisoned. He and his entire state had their brains fried with a microwave. So the "analyst" is odd. laughing
  6. +2
    23 July 2021 14: 03
    The Afghans who collaborated with the Americans directly turned to the can for help. They will be cut! These are the American allies.
    1. 0
      23 July 2021 22: 54
      Quote: tralflot1832
      Afghans who collaborated with the Americans directly turned to the can for help.

      And rightly so. You need to think about who to "cooperate" with. hi
  7. +3
    23 July 2021 14: 12
    The situation in Afghanistan is very alarming, since after the withdrawal of American troops from this country, the Taliban terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) has achieved significant military successes.
    An interesting statement! Then what military successes have the United States achieved during the 20 years of the war on terrorism? What was their mission and the heaps of their helpers in the fight against terrorism? Or do they have each "new" administration does not know what the "previous" ones did?
    1. +1
      23 July 2021 14: 41
      Quote: Vladimir61
      An interesting statement! Then what military successes have the United States achieved during the 20 years of the war on terrorism?

      They reported about the victory over IS. smile
      But with the Taliban, a bobble came out. Because the Taliban base was Pakistan (in general, the Taliban project was created by Pakistani intelligence to control neighboring Afghanistan).
      And this same Pakistan was the only ground transit route for the coalition grouping. In short, it was impossible to bomb the "roots" - all that remained was to cut the "tops", which regularly grew anew. Generally, this music will be eternal...
    2. +2
      23 July 2021 14: 46
      The US military did the heroin business, it is no secret that during their control over Afgan, the production of heroin increased hundreds of times, and it is no secret that their military transport workers transported it using access and control, with the Yankees only money matters ...
      1. 0
        23 July 2021 23: 15
        Quote: restless
        The US military did the heroin business, it is no secret that during their control over Afgan, the production of heroin increased hundreds of times, and it is no secret that their military transports transported it using access and control.

        Uh-huh. So.
        The only question is, what made them refuse it?
        Or there is no refusal and something has gone deep "under the carpet".
        The weapons (hardware) have been abandoned / left to the Taliban.
        What for? What are the implicit conditions?
        In short, there are more questions in this situation so far than answers. hi
  8. +1
    23 July 2021 15: 41
    Interestingly, during the stay of the US armed forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban has become stronger than ever. Why, what were the Shtatovites doing there before dumping?) Strengthened, for this reason, they did not withdraw everyone, leaving the general leadership behind them?
    1. 0
      23 July 2021 23: 22
      That is the question that remains unanswered.
      But it is. hi


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  9. +1
    23 July 2021 16: 12
    terrorist group "Taliban" (banned in the Russian Federation)
    The official delegation of the Taliban in Russia (and in the states too) is not prohibited to accept. The main thing is to write what is prohibited. and in general, it is time to reconsider some of those who have been declared terrorists at the behest and for the sake of the United States. And then some kind of duplicity. From the American point of view, Russia is also a "terrorist" state.
  10. 0
    23 July 2021 17: 28
    The head of the CIA suggested

    This is what the men noticed, after the collapse of the USSR, the CIA is actually not mentioned anywhere in "our" media, as if they do not exist .. But this is not so, they work and they have a lot of recruits in Russia, since the 90s. When will these "spies" come out of hibernation that is the question? And our special services also somehow do not write how many CIA agents they identified, and not some incomprehensible ones ...
    Just think about it, it worries me a lot! hi
  11. +2
    23 July 2021 18: 37
    The situation in Afghanistan is very alarming, since after the withdrawal of American troops from this country, the Taliban terrorist group (banned in the Russian Federation) has achieved significant military successes.


    They broke firewood, and now their situation worries ...

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