As the United States finalizes its plans to reduce violence in Afghanistan, an Afghan source close to the negotiations has said that US officials in Munich, Germany, reassured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his team that America won't abandon them.
The source said that Americans told the Afghans:"We guarantee you if they [Taliban] break [terms of deal] US will have enough lethal power to destroy them, we are with the Afghan now and we will be with Afghanistan forever."The source made the comments as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the US and NATO were prepared to reduce their military presence in Afghanistan if the Taliban demonstrated a willingness to reduce violence and come to the negotiating table.
These are just a few examples of the many different scenarios that could emerge. The source didn't say how long they thought the"recalibration" would take, but said they were confident that they trust the word of the Americans.
WaPo: American public misled over war in Afghanistan 03:02The Afghan government led by President Ghani laid out its risk assessment and risk mitigation scenarios, in discussion with the US team in Munich.The source says the US side told them:"Let the Taliban say whatever they want to say, let them say it from wherever they want to say it, the reality is the Taliban agreed to disassociate from al Qaeda.
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