US and Afghan officials have issued a joint statement saying that they have agreed to accelerate the peace process aimed at ending the 18 years of US occupation of Afghanistan, and reducing the US troop presence.
Exactly what that means isn’t entirely clear, but the statement came
after a Wednesday phone call between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo insists there is “no change to
President Trump’s South Asia strategy.”
Afghan officials were very keen to speak to someone at the State
Department after President Trump’s recent talk of how he could wipe
Afghanistan off the face of the Earth, but has chosen not to. Pompeo’s
assurance about the lack of policy change seems meant to assure Ghani
that the US still isn’t considering the wholesale murder.
The US has been progressing on a peace deal with the Taliban for months,
but the Afghan government’s involvement so far has been very limited.
The new statement may suggest that the Ghani government is more willing
to engage in power-sharing.
Out of Afghanistan now!
“and reducing the US troop presence.”
So we’re not ENDING the 18 years of occupation?
TRUMP IS TEE GREATEST. OBUMMER AND THAT HARPY KILLERY LOVE SHARIA LAW
What they mean to say is surrender, i am OK with that.
Don’t fight Muslims The more you fight them the stronger they get . At least the Muslims have some morals . they don’t love dealing in dope .
Seems to me Russia was supporting a Afghan government that was ruling without Sharia law . When United States leaves Sharia law will be back in control of Afghanistan . Is that what we have been fighting for all this time for ?
No, ericsiverson – we have been fighting for 18 years to support the stock value of Lockheed, Raytheon, etc.