US Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Deteriorating Security Situation: ‘It’s Not Good’

Afghan security forces inspect the wreckage of a passenger van after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 12, 2021. Stringer via Reuters

Gen. Scott Miller, the military commander directing the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, told ABC in an interview that the security situation in the country has deteriorated as the Taliban talks peace and, at the same time, engages in offensive operations across the country.

“I think what you’re seeing, just if you look at the security situation, it’s not good,” Miller told ABC’s Martha Raddatz in Kabul, in an interview published Monday. “The Afghans have recognized it’s not good. The Taliban are on the move.”