While Afghan officials say they expect direct talks with the Taliban to
start within two weeks, the Taliban was quick to say that this isn’t
going to happen. Taliban officials say they have no intention of any direct talks yet.
This appears to be a bargaining position on their talks with the US, as Taliban officials say that there will be no talks with the Afghan government until the US agrees to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
The four-stage US-Taliban peace plan had a direct power-sharing deal
with the Afghan government as one of the terms to be reached, and while
the Taliban was open to such talks before, they now seem to want to
secure the US pullout part first.
Afghan President Ghani appeared to object to the US talks anyhow, saying that only his government can have the authority to reach deals with the Taliban, suggesting he is unhappy being cut out of the talks.
While the US has given lip-service to Ghani being involved, they’ve also
never let it be an obstacle to talks with the Taliban, and intend to
ultimately reach a deal with the Taliban either way.
My sources would not like to report a few more C-130s going down or a dozen or so US troop casualties. Particularly if those bodies are on a C-17 enroute to Andrews AFB.
The Afghans can make peace on their own without US interference. Bring them home now President Trump!
Contrary to US’ MSM storytelling, the Taliban have intentions to nix the area’s drug problems and prefer a stable, united Afghanistan.
Tell it, Thomas Malthaus. Tell it! Indeed, the Afghans can make peace on their own without any US interference. Just bring all the troops stationed in Afghanistan home now, President Trump! There’s no need for them to be there any longer.
Contrary to US MSM fairy tales, the Taliban have intentions to nix the area’s drug problems and prefer a stable, united Afghanistan. That won’t happen until ALL foreign troops are withdrawn.
Obviously not going to happen. The US has no intention of pulling out – ever. There’s too much money to be made from shipping opium from Afghanistan and it is the US troops and contractors who are doing this, according to reports I’ve seen. Opium production is up like, what, 4,000 percent since the US invaded.