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Germany: int'l community 'misjudged' Afghanistan situation

NATO allies underestimated the speed of the Taliban's advance

16 August, 17:53
(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, AUG 16 - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday admitted NATO allies had underestimated the speed of the Taliban's advance across Afghanistan and failed to anticipate that Afghan forces were not ready to take up the fight. "There is no talking this up. All of us -- the federal government, intelligence services, the international community -- misjudged the situation," Maas told a press conference in Berlin. (ANSA-AFP).

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