Marshal Dostum Pledges to Clear North of Taliban
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Marshal Dostum Pledges to Clear North of Taliban
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The Wall Street Journal warns that the Afghanistan government could fall six months after U.S. withdrawal; Judith Miller reacts.
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said security across the country is deteriorating just weeks before the last American forces withdraw.
Gen. Scott Miller, in a rare briefing on Tuesday, said that recent gains by the Taliban are highly concerning, even if not unexpected. The security situation is not good right now, he told a small group of reporters at the fast-emptying coalition headquarters in Kabul. Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized if this continues on the trajectory it’s on right now. That should be a concern to the world.
The coming Afghan breakdown
The writer is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank
There has been wall-to-wall coverage in American newspapers of the developing situation in Afghanistan as the United States pulls out of the country. The coverage included an article by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan published on June 22, by
The Washington Post. Khan explained why his country will not provide bases for America’s possible need to carry out air operations in Afghanistan. Such a request may be made if Washington reached the conclusion that only American bombs would prevent the Taliban from gaining total control of the country from which it was expelled in 2002. The Taliban are surprised by the advances they are making and are now positioned to launch operations against major cities such as Kabul and Kandahar.