Mr. Chair, I'll talk about our intelligence assessment and how that evolved after the Doha agreement was signed.
From the announcement of the U.S. withdrawal, the situation in that country deteriorated, and our assessment evolved with it. We have to remember that a lot of our intelligence was based on allied intelligence, because our ability to collect on the ground was rather limited, given our lack of presence.
As of the first of April 2021, our intelligence assessed that the Afghan government was facing a likely defeat, and as time progressed, the timeline for that defeat reduced as well.