The top U.S. general, Mark Milley, said Wednesday there was no intelligence that indicated the Afghan army would collapse in just a matter of days. “There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days,” Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a press conference with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. His claim contradicts reports that military leaders had intelligence that indicated the Afghan government could fall quickly once U.S. troops were withdrawn from the country. The Taliban extremist group captured Kabul and the presidential palace on Sunday after a blistering offensive that saw them capture a number of provincial capitals without firing even a shot in some cases. Milley’s remark came in response to a question that President Joe Biden may have ignored those warnings to press ahead with the withdrawal. “I have previously …