Why experts say the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan didn't have to lead to chaos

The chaos that ensued following the hasty withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan may have been prevented had U.S. President Joe Biden executed a more gradual and protracted pullout, military experts say.

“So much of this is about a dialogue and about communicating a message to the Afghans and to the world that you are transitioning in an orderly fashion,” said retired major-general David Fraser, who commanded more than 2,000 NATO coalition troops during Operation Medusa in the Afghan province of Kandahar in 2006.

“Wars today are not won in a battle. They are bloody, ugly, complicated, messy things that kind of whimper away. They don’t end with