Gen. Mark Milley contended that neither he nor anyone else had seen evidence that the Afghan government would collapse as swiftly as it did, claiming intelligence said a quick Taliban victory was a possibility, but no one saw such a swift takeover coming.

Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Wednesday that “there was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days” during his first press conference since the fall of Kabul.