Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 28, 2021. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday during a Senate hearing that it is a "strategic failure" with the Taliban back in power and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Milley, alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and U.S. Central Command head Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, testified for the first time before Congress since the United States ended its longest war in Afghanistan. (Sarahbeth Maney/Pool via Xinhua)
