The U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan refuted reports Monday that the top commander of American-led international forces said the United States is ready to engage in direct negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
The top commander of American and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday stated that the Taliban, not the Islamic State, most likely staged a deadly attack in Kabul carried out by terrorists wearing U.S. Army uniforms and driving a captured Humvee.
The Afghan government’s control of its population has increased one percent since December, from 64 percent to now 65 percent, according to the Special Inspector General on Afghanistan Reconstruction.
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The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, said Tuesday that “well over” 1,000 U.S. advisers would accompany Afghan battalions and commando units onto the battlefield.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to end the war in Afghanistan is “determined” to pressure the Taliban into reconciliation and a political settlement with the Kabul government by making the jihadists realize they cannot win, declared the top American commander in the war-ravaged country, echoing the State Department and the Pentagon.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan this week urged the Taliban to enter peace talks with the Afghan government after President Trump announced his new strategy to “kill terrorists.”
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