Biden and Milley misled about Afghan army numbers

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published August 18, 2021 7:05pm ET

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Biden and Milley misled about Afghan army numbers — President Joe Biden and Gen. Mark Milley misled about the size of the Afghan army in the months leading up to the fall of Kabul, citing numbers that did not take into account things such as casualties, capture, and capitulation. Biden said Monday, “We trained and equipped an Afghan military force of some 300,000 strong, […]

President Joe Biden and Gen. Mark Milley misled about the size of the Afghan army in the months leading up to the fall of Kabul, citing numbers that did not take into account things such as casualties, capture, and capitulation.

Biden said Monday, “We trained and equipped an Afghan military force of some 300,000 strong, incredibly well-equipped, a force larger in size than the militaries of many of our NATO allies.”

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