Despite his protests, Haibatullah Alizai was named Chief of the General Staff of the Afghan army on Aug. 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy Haibatullah Alizai)
Warzone/The Drive: The Afghan Army’s Last Commander On How His Country Really Fell
Haibatullah Alizai recounts the final five harrowing days of his government and how he reluctantly became the Afghan Army’s last general.
Though his President and Defense minister fled hours earlier, and with the Taliban fast approaching Kabul, Haibatullah Alizai was not ready to surrender.
It was the evening of Aug. 15, 2021. Alizai, a lauded special operations commander, had been given control of Afghanistan's remaining army just days before. And now he was trying to convince the American Navy SEAL two-star admiral in charge of Kabul security to let him declare martial law and allow his small band of the best troops remaining in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban from entering the city.
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