As with anything remotely related to a peace deal, the Trump Administration has a plethora of anonymous officials willing to come out against the idea of peace in Afghanistan. NBC News quoted three totally unnamed “officials” on this.
Those officials, not identified beyond some indications of defense ties, all claim the US has secret intelligence that they say proves the Taliban don’t intend to honor the deal. Rather, they believe the Taliban only made the deal to get the US to leave Afghanistan.
President Trump, by contrast, was upbeat on the deal, saying he believes that the Taliban wants to make a deal, and that he had a very good conversation with Taliban leader Mullah Barader.
The officials are taking shots at Trump’s policy, and his assessment, saying they believe Trump plans to cut troop levels in Afghanistan no matter what the Taliban does. There is always a hawkish impulse among such officials opposing any troop cuts for any reason.
“Rather, they believe the Taliban only made the deal to get the US to leave Afghanistan.”
And Trump made the deal to get reelected. Who cares? Just leave.
American & Allied Forces leaving Afghanistan; India’s Army General fears that Modern Day Hitler India’s PM Narender Modi, A War Criminal Coward Terrorist RSS’s Member, won’t be able to continue Genocide, Heinous Crime, Crucifying Innocent People of Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir Area and also within India doing same with Minorities, especially, Muslims, because Talibans who have got A Shameful Surrender from American & Allied Forces, will Destroy India into Natural Area of Many Independent Countries like South American and African Continents, so, besides many American Hawks the RSS’s Coward Goons also want that Peace Agreement should Fail.
… Well, its certainly useful to point out that India and Pakistan may have their own bit dibs on Afghanistan…
I think we all know by now that “US Officials” are wankers.
As with any such Trump peace initiative, await the actual conclusion of the deal.
So far, all the deal had done is blunt the Taliban’s spring campaign, allowing their own forces on the ground, including the Islamic State, to gain some breathing room and pick a new fight, against the Afghan Shia.
The U.S. may expect, if nothing else, assurances of Iran out of Afghanistan as the next precondition for an eventual U.S. withdrawal. Even though Iran isn’t really all that there in Afghanistan…