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28/09/2021 20:06 GMT: Top US general: reputation damaged by Afghan withdrawal

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Mark Milley tells a Senate hearing he'd not anticipated the speed of the Taliban takeover

Mark Milley tells a Senate hearing he had not anticipated the speed of the Taliban takeover

America’s top general, Mark Milley, has told a Senate committee investigating last month’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan that “damaged" is one word that could describe US credibility following its withdrawal. He testified that he'd not anticipated the speed of the Taliban takeover. 

Also in the programme: youth climate activists accuse world leaders of being full of hot air; and will a shortage of truck drivers in Europe and the United States lead to queues at petrol stations like in the UK?

(Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan. Credit: Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

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