Votel
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
February 15, 2019
The U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan by more than 1,000 soldiers, a U.S. general told Reuters on February 15.
U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this month he intended to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan as negotiators make progress in talks with Taliban insurgents.
However, U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, the head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, said the decision to reduce some of the 14,000 American forces in Afghanistan was not linked to those negotiations.
Instead, he said it was part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, Army General Scott Miller, who took over in September, to make better use of U.S. resources.
“This is something that he started as he got into the position here and was looking at how we [can] be as efficient and as effective as we can be on the ground,” Votel told Reuters during a trip to Oman.
Asked whether Miller would likely cut more than 1,000 troops from Afghanistan under the efficiency drive, Votel said: “He probably will.”
The U.S.-Taliban talks are aimed at finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s 17-year war.
The United States has been attempting to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table with officials in Kabul.
The Afghan government has been absent from the U.S.-Taliban talks, prompting anger and frustration in Kabul.
The Taliban considers the Kabul government a Western puppet and has so far refused to directly negotiate with it.
Based on reporting by Reuters
Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
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Take them all out !
*You war criminals are
extremely
stubborn !
*PACK UP
AND
*GET OUT !!!!!
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What is the logic behind your
coward continuation
of
savageries- let
us
reason
it all out !
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A- You have paid informants, at your disposal, all over the region who would eagerly serve you at any given time
and with a short notice.
.
B- You have General Bijawa ,
the great
of
Pakistan, at a clise proximity,
to
get his
several hundreds of thousands
of
his troop mobalized in a quick order; possibly in matters
if
minutes.
.
D- You have also another surprising
staunch supporter
and
admirer,
Mr Modi, the great of India, who will always be ready to sympathize with your
agonies- of coarse; with a strong throng of almost
one billion
devoted souls
in
India.
.
E- You have thousands
and
upon thousands of;
all around the clock additional servicing mercenaries, camp-colliers; soldiers of fortunes, field military pilots and bombers of all sorts
(from Poland, Georgia, Russia and many other exotic destinations).
to quickly come on rescue missions and/or creat havocs on on
innocent local folks
across
.
Afghanistan
.
in an order to show
due respect
and
give answer
to
your distress calls- all at your service
for
a
minimum amount
of
cash, (“$” ), payments.
.
F- You have ultimately “NATO ALLIANCE”; and the goofy
dictatorial oil-rich Gulf Nations
to
quickly come
forward
and
finance
it all at any cost
possible- all upon
a
very
simple request.
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I AM
REPHRASING :
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!
*PACK UP
AND
*GET OUT !
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