Afghanistan military ’wouldn’t or couldn’t defend’ against the Taliban

The Lowy Institute’s Dr Rodger Shanahan says the Taliban’s capture of Afghanistan happened at a “withering pace” but it was understood the terrorist organisation would regain power. “Most people understood this would be the eventual endgame but nobody quite understood the speed with which the Taliban would be able to achieve this,” he told Sky News Australia. “At the end of the day, they’ve been working diligently on their information operations campaign in the cities, in the countryside.”