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Trump backs off Afghan withdrawal, slams Pakistan for 'harbouring terrorists'
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan Monday, backtracking from his promise to swiftly end America’s longest war, while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to “agents of chaos.”
In his first formal address to the nation as commander-in-chief, Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old war as a waste of time and money, admitting things looked different from “behind the desk in the Oval Office.”
“My instinct was to pull out” Trump admitted as he spoke of frustration with a war that has killed thousands of US troops and cost US taxpayers trillions of dollars. But following months of discussion, Trump said he had concluded “the consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable” and leaving a “vacuum” that terrorists “would instantly fill.”
How Afghanistan could affect its neighbourhood
While Trump refused to offer detailed troop numbers, senior White House officials said he had already authorised his defense secretary to deploy up to 3,900 more troops to Afghanistan.
A conflict that began in October 2001 as a hunt for the 9/11 attackers has turned into a vexed effort to keep Afghanistan’s divided and corruption-hindered democracy alive amid a brutal Taliban insurgency.
Trump warned that the approach would now be more pragmatic than idealistic. Security assistance to Afghanistan was “not a blank check” he said, warning he would not send the military to “construct democracies in faraway lands or create democracies in our own image.” “We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists.”
Trump indicated that single-minded approach would extend to US relations with troubled ally Pakistan, which consecutive US administrations have criticised for links with the Taliban and for harbouring leading militants — like Osama bin Laden.
While recognising the contributions and sacrifices of the Pakistani military, he said the country has been a ‘valued partner.’
“Our militaries have worked together against common enemies. The Pakistani people have suffered greatly from terrorism and extremism. We recognise those contributions and those sacrifices.”
However, he claimed US could “no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organisations,” warning that vital aid could be cut.
“It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilisation, order, and to peace.”
“We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organisations,” he said warning that vital aid could be cut.
“We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting,” he said. “That will have to change and that will change immediately.”
‘Pakistan will take decisions in its best interest’
Ahead of the speech the military brushed off speculation that Trump could signal a stronger line against Islamabad, insisting the country has done all it can to tackle militancy.
In a press conference held on Monday August 22, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said, “Let it come,” referring to Trump’s decision. “Even if it comes… Pakistan shall do whatever is best in the national interest.”
When asked, the army spokesperson said the country had conveyed all its concerns to the US regarding the involvement of RAW and Afghan intelligence agency.
In view of the repeated US demand seeking action against the Haqqani Network, Ghafoor insisted that Pakistan had carried out indiscriminate operation against all groups including the Haqqani Network.
He said US military delegations were offered to choose the place and timing to verify Pakistan’s counter-terrorism successes. The US was even given evidence in this regard, he said, adding that repeated US demands had more to do with global politics.
He said Pakistan would take decisions in its best interest if US takes any ‘coercive measures’ in its new Afghan strategy.
Trump for the first time also left the door open to an eventual political deal with the Taliban. “Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political settlement that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan,” he said.
“But nobody knows if or when that will ever happen,” he added, before vowing that “America will continue its support for the Afghan government and military as they confront the Taliban in the field.”
While wary of international entanglements, Trump has also been eager to show success and steel in the realm of national security.
As president, he has surrounded himself with military generals — from his national security adviser to his chief of staff to his defense secretary — who have urged him to stay the course.
The Trump administration had originally promised a new Afghan plan by mid-July, but Trump was said to be dissatisfied by initial proposals to deploy a few thousand more troops.
His new policy will raise questions about what, if anything, can be achieved by making further deployments, or repeating the demands of previous administrations in more forceful terms.
In 2010, the United States had upwards of 100,000 US military personnel deployed to Afghanistan. Today that figure is around 8,400 US troops and the situation is as deadly as ever. More than 2,500 Afghan police and troops have been killed already this year.
“The Afghan government remains divided and weak, its security forces will take years of expensive US and allied support to become fully effective, and they may still lose even with such support,” said Anthony Cordesman of The Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Hours before Trump’s remarks there was a stark reminder of the Taliban’s reach, when a missile landed on a field in Kabul’s heavily fortified diplomatic zone. The rocket landed in a field in the city’s diplomatic quarter, with no casualties reported.
Trump makes no decision on Afghanistan strategy
Taliban warns Afghanistan will become ‘graveyard’ for US
The Taliban warned that Afghanistan would become a ‘graveyard’ for the United States Tuesday after Trump cleared the way for thousands more American troops to be sent to the war-torn country.
“If America doesn’t withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, soon Afghanistan will become another graveyard for this superpower in the 21st century,” a spokesperson for the Taliban in Afghanistan, said in a statement.
He added that America should think of an exit strategy “instead of continuing the war”.
Earlier the spokesperson had dismissed the strategy as vague and “nothing new”. “For now I can tell you there was nothing new in his speech and it was very unclear,” he told AFP.
A senior Taliban commander told AFP that Trump was just perpetuating the “arrogant behaviour” of previous presidents such as George W Bush.
“He is just wasting American soldiers. We know how to defend our country. It will not change anything.
“For generations we have fought this war, we are not scared, we are fresh and we will continue this war until our last breath,” he told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
He added that the statement proved the current Afghan government “is a US puppet”.
Prior to Trump’s announcement the Taliban had written an open letter warning him not to send more troops and calling for the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.
Trump’s announcement comes amid a month of serious turmoil for his administration, which has seen several top White House officials fired and revelations that members of Trump’s campaign are being investigated by a federal grand jury. He sought in his address to convince Americans who have wearied of his controversial off-the-cuff remarks.
“I studied Afghanistan in great detail and from every conceivable angle,” he said, hoping to show he has sufficiently pondered the decision to send more young Americans into mortal danger.
The decision on Afghanistan could have wide-ranging political repercussions for Trump, who faces a backlash from his base for reversing his pledge not to deepen military entanglements on foreign soil.
One of the main voices arguing for withdrawal, Trump’s nationalistic chief strategist Steve Bannon, was removed from his post on Friday. Among the advisers present at Camp David was new White House chief of staff John Kelly, a former Marine Corps general whose son died in Afghanistan in 2010.
The Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Pakistan to make sure its soil is not used to plan and conduct terrorist attacks against its neighbours – a charge often levelled by India and Afghanistan.
On Saturday US Central Command Commander General Joseph L Votel called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi before concluding his two-day Pakistan visit.
According to an official statement from the Prime Minister Office, all went well in the meeting, but the US Embassy in Islamabad gave a different view. “In his [general’s] discussions with Pakistani leaders, he emphasised that all parties must work to ensure that Pakistani soil is not used to plan or conduct terrorist attacks against its neighbours,” it said in a statement.
Trump’s address on the Afghan strategy can be viewed here:
https://tribune.com.pk/story/148776...hdrawal-slams-pakistan-harbouring-terrorists/
PHOTO: CNN
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan Monday, backtracking from his promise to swiftly end America’s longest war, while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to “agents of chaos.”
In his first formal address to the nation as commander-in-chief, Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old war as a waste of time and money, admitting things looked different from “behind the desk in the Oval Office.”
“My instinct was to pull out” Trump admitted as he spoke of frustration with a war that has killed thousands of US troops and cost US taxpayers trillions of dollars. But following months of discussion, Trump said he had concluded “the consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable” and leaving a “vacuum” that terrorists “would instantly fill.”
How Afghanistan could affect its neighbourhood
While Trump refused to offer detailed troop numbers, senior White House officials said he had already authorised his defense secretary to deploy up to 3,900 more troops to Afghanistan.
A conflict that began in October 2001 as a hunt for the 9/11 attackers has turned into a vexed effort to keep Afghanistan’s divided and corruption-hindered democracy alive amid a brutal Taliban insurgency.
Trump warned that the approach would now be more pragmatic than idealistic. Security assistance to Afghanistan was “not a blank check” he said, warning he would not send the military to “construct democracies in faraway lands or create democracies in our own image.” “We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists.”
Trump indicated that single-minded approach would extend to US relations with troubled ally Pakistan, which consecutive US administrations have criticised for links with the Taliban and for harbouring leading militants — like Osama bin Laden.
While recognising the contributions and sacrifices of the Pakistani military, he said the country has been a ‘valued partner.’
“Our militaries have worked together against common enemies. The Pakistani people have suffered greatly from terrorism and extremism. We recognise those contributions and those sacrifices.”
However, he claimed US could “no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organisations,” warning that vital aid could be cut.
“It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilisation, order, and to peace.”
“We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organisations,” he said warning that vital aid could be cut.
“We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting,” he said. “That will have to change and that will change immediately.”
‘Pakistan will take decisions in its best interest’
Ahead of the speech the military brushed off speculation that Trump could signal a stronger line against Islamabad, insisting the country has done all it can to tackle militancy.
In a press conference held on Monday August 22, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said, “Let it come,” referring to Trump’s decision. “Even if it comes… Pakistan shall do whatever is best in the national interest.”
When asked, the army spokesperson said the country had conveyed all its concerns to the US regarding the involvement of RAW and Afghan intelligence agency.
In view of the repeated US demand seeking action against the Haqqani Network, Ghafoor insisted that Pakistan had carried out indiscriminate operation against all groups including the Haqqani Network.
He said US military delegations were offered to choose the place and timing to verify Pakistan’s counter-terrorism successes. The US was even given evidence in this regard, he said, adding that repeated US demands had more to do with global politics.
He said Pakistan would take decisions in its best interest if US takes any ‘coercive measures’ in its new Afghan strategy.
Trump for the first time also left the door open to an eventual political deal with the Taliban. “Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political settlement that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan,” he said.
“But nobody knows if or when that will ever happen,” he added, before vowing that “America will continue its support for the Afghan government and military as they confront the Taliban in the field.”
While wary of international entanglements, Trump has also been eager to show success and steel in the realm of national security.
As president, he has surrounded himself with military generals — from his national security adviser to his chief of staff to his defense secretary — who have urged him to stay the course.
The Trump administration had originally promised a new Afghan plan by mid-July, but Trump was said to be dissatisfied by initial proposals to deploy a few thousand more troops.
His new policy will raise questions about what, if anything, can be achieved by making further deployments, or repeating the demands of previous administrations in more forceful terms.
In 2010, the United States had upwards of 100,000 US military personnel deployed to Afghanistan. Today that figure is around 8,400 US troops and the situation is as deadly as ever. More than 2,500 Afghan police and troops have been killed already this year.
“The Afghan government remains divided and weak, its security forces will take years of expensive US and allied support to become fully effective, and they may still lose even with such support,” said Anthony Cordesman of The Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Hours before Trump’s remarks there was a stark reminder of the Taliban’s reach, when a missile landed on a field in Kabul’s heavily fortified diplomatic zone. The rocket landed in a field in the city’s diplomatic quarter, with no casualties reported.
Trump makes no decision on Afghanistan strategy
Taliban warns Afghanistan will become ‘graveyard’ for US
The Taliban warned that Afghanistan would become a ‘graveyard’ for the United States Tuesday after Trump cleared the way for thousands more American troops to be sent to the war-torn country.
“If America doesn’t withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, soon Afghanistan will become another graveyard for this superpower in the 21st century,” a spokesperson for the Taliban in Afghanistan, said in a statement.
He added that America should think of an exit strategy “instead of continuing the war”.
Earlier the spokesperson had dismissed the strategy as vague and “nothing new”. “For now I can tell you there was nothing new in his speech and it was very unclear,” he told AFP.
A senior Taliban commander told AFP that Trump was just perpetuating the “arrogant behaviour” of previous presidents such as George W Bush.
“He is just wasting American soldiers. We know how to defend our country. It will not change anything.
“For generations we have fought this war, we are not scared, we are fresh and we will continue this war until our last breath,” he told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
He added that the statement proved the current Afghan government “is a US puppet”.
Prior to Trump’s announcement the Taliban had written an open letter warning him not to send more troops and calling for the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.
Trump’s announcement comes amid a month of serious turmoil for his administration, which has seen several top White House officials fired and revelations that members of Trump’s campaign are being investigated by a federal grand jury. He sought in his address to convince Americans who have wearied of his controversial off-the-cuff remarks.
“I studied Afghanistan in great detail and from every conceivable angle,” he said, hoping to show he has sufficiently pondered the decision to send more young Americans into mortal danger.
The decision on Afghanistan could have wide-ranging political repercussions for Trump, who faces a backlash from his base for reversing his pledge not to deepen military entanglements on foreign soil.
One of the main voices arguing for withdrawal, Trump’s nationalistic chief strategist Steve Bannon, was removed from his post on Friday. Among the advisers present at Camp David was new White House chief of staff John Kelly, a former Marine Corps general whose son died in Afghanistan in 2010.
The Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Pakistan to make sure its soil is not used to plan and conduct terrorist attacks against its neighbours – a charge often levelled by India and Afghanistan.
On Saturday US Central Command Commander General Joseph L Votel called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi before concluding his two-day Pakistan visit.
According to an official statement from the Prime Minister Office, all went well in the meeting, but the US Embassy in Islamabad gave a different view. “In his [general’s] discussions with Pakistani leaders, he emphasised that all parties must work to ensure that Pakistani soil is not used to plan or conduct terrorist attacks against its neighbours,” it said in a statement.
Trump’s address on the Afghan strategy can be viewed here:
https://tribune.com.pk/story/148776...hdrawal-slams-pakistan-harbouring-terrorists/
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Looks like the objective is to give China/Russia axis an easy victory on a golden platter!!!! The US policy makers are suffering from foggy brains and limited attention spans and are looking for one-liner solutions to the critical problems!!! They depend too much on inputs from the fresh grads, and just work on the cosmetics!!!! They just idle by to pass the 1-hour group meetings while browsing on the social media!!!!!
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India is behind this game. I hope Pak will respond to US with realities. We lost thousands in war against terrorists sponsored by RAW and CIA.
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lol....no proof of pakistan harbouring terrorists but just Trumps personal agenda. he keeps talking about general Pershing and we know that tale has officially been debunked but Trump being of irish decent is think so hasn't caught on. he is reluctant to push the war in Afghanistan and certainly wont be picking one with Pakistan. besides he knows if we die we will talke half of Europe and all of Israel with us. problem solved for many.
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Hasn't Pakistan made efforts to trench & fence the border? Built border gates. Isn't this partially proactive gestures from Pakistan? Hasn't Pakistan launched huge militery operations in North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Khyber Agency, Bajor Agency, Balochestan? The fault lies with Afghanistan, a government full of vile corrupt warlords unable to govern their land. Taliban are growing, AlQaeda are still there and now DAESH have emerged. US has lost and needs someone to blame. Yet as always Pakistan is responsible for the chaos in AFG. This lunatic Trump might as well blame the entire war in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and instability in Lebonon entirely on Pakistan.
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Bollywood oops hollywood script.
If that was really the case, then confrontation would had happened long ago...
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So after pouring 900 billion USD down Afghan drain.... and failing a win 100 000 soldiers on ground ... US plans victory with 8000 plus 4000 additional troops without nation building and wants to threaten Pakistan at same time???? Best of luck
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This is a serious question you need ask yourselves.
What safe havens you retarded old fool. While US troops are dropping bombs on innocent village folk and running around aimlessly, Pakistan is building a border fence and entrenching, securing their territory.
Silly f**kers caused this mess and and are now blaming Pakistan for all their failures, India's masters indeed.
Yankees are goading you to make an aggressive move towards their troops and use it as weight to apply sanctions on you to fulfill India/US/Israel triage goals.
A Zia would blindly do this but PA has intelligent leaders now. Must be intelligent, swift and silent in your actions.
Partner up with KGB and time to deploy mother of all proxies and root out US troops from Afghanistan. Cut off the supply lines when they need them most. Time to actually play the double game they accuse you of and lets see long they last.
What safe havens you retarded old fool. While US troops are dropping bombs on innocent village folk and running around aimlessly, Pakistan is building a border fence and entrenching, securing their territory.
Silly f**kers caused this mess and and are now blaming Pakistan for all their failures, India's masters indeed.
Yankees are goading you to make an aggressive move towards their troops and use it as weight to apply sanctions on you to fulfill India/US/Israel triage goals.
A Zia would blindly do this but PA has intelligent leaders now. Must be intelligent, swift and silent in your actions.
Partner up with KGB and time to deploy mother of all proxies and root out US troops from Afghanistan. Cut off the supply lines when they need them most. Time to actually play the double game they accuse you of and lets see long they last.
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Look my friend. What proof did they give you that Osama bin Laden was there. Where was the body? Do you think that any court in the world would accept the American story as proof?
Do you remember the WMD in Iraq. The world believed it and where were the WMD?
So when you point things out be a good boy and think them through. Have a nice day
it is not like Pakistan has officially denied the death of Osama Bin Laden
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Why would you deny something that hasn't happened?
why appoint a commission to investigate something that did not happen ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad_Commission_Report
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Politicians do things to keep themselves busy. Wikipedia....anyone can write anything
Besides the above reports finding were not made public. Did the report even take place? ☺ or was it just a front.
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