Opinion: With the rapid collapse of the U.S.-supported government in Afghanistan, many questions need to be answered. A key one is why U.S. officials kept calling for the rise of Afghan leaders that they knew did not exist.
, whom former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put in charge of the defense of Kabul before fleeing the country — it failed to reliably produce the quantity of high-quality leaders that the Afghan army and police needed to defend the country.
To do that, the United States and its partners would have had to recognize that the absence of leadership in the Afghan security forces was a, especially those required for education, training, and the recruitment and management of human capital. Had we invested in these institutions, the army and police would have had the ability to accrue, develop, and retain good leaders.
Where did that leave us during the Taliban’s offensive? With Afghan army and police forces that had a handful of good leaders but far, far fewer than they needed. While U.S. officials kept touting the capabilities of these forces and calling for them to exert some leadership, the rub is that this wasn’t going to happen.
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