Amid Taliban forces more and more gaining floor in Afghanistan with some accounts placing 60 per cent of its territory beneath their management, the White House Wednesday stated it’s for the Afghan management to find out if they’ve the political will to battle again.
The Biden administration asserted that the Afghan nationwide forces, which has been skilled by it for 20 years now, has the capabilities and gear to battle again.
“Ultimately, the Afghan National Security Defence Forces have the equipment, numbers and training to fight back. They have what they need. What they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back and if they have the ability to unite as leaders to fight back. That’s really where it stands at this point,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki informed reporters at her every day information convention.
The United States, she stated, is intently watching the deteriorating safety situations in elements of the nation, however no explicit end result is inevitable.
“We will continue to coordinate airstrikes with and in support of Afghan forces. And as the President made clear, Afghan leaders have to come together and the future of the country is really on their shoulders,” she stated.
Nearby on the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department, its spokesperson Ned Price famous that US’s ways are altering in Afghanistan.
“The President has made the decision to withdraw our military forces. That says nothing about our support for the rights of the people of Afghanistan and what we have done and will continue to strive to do to bring stability and security to the people of Afghanistan, right now as we speak, through a diplomatic process. And I know you tend to discount diplomacy,” he stated.
In Doha, its Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and his crew participated in a gathering of the prolonged troika, that’s to say, the United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan, he stated.
There, the nations aligned efforts to press the Taliban to scale back violence, to have interaction critically and urgently and Afghan peace negotiations, together with the basic points wanted to resolve the battle, he added.
“Tomorrow there will be a broader set of countries, we expect, that will come together,” he stated.
A map exhibiting areas managed by Taliban. (Photo: AP)
“All of this is our intention to forge a consensus and to have the international community, including countries in the region and beyond, to speak with one voice. Both sets of these meetings this week included briefings from both the Islamic Republic, that’s the Afghan government, and from the Taliban negotiating teams,” he stated.
“Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman, is there representing the Afghan government. Mullah Baradar is there representing the Taliban. This is a high-level representation,” Price stated.
Across the Potomac River, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby informed reporters that the US continues to observe the state of affairs in Afghanistan intently.
“We are mindful of the deteriorating security situation. And our focus right now remains on supporting the Afghan forces in the field, where and when feasible we can, from the air, as well as completing our drawdown in a safe and orderly way. We are on track to do that by the end of the month,” he stated.
“We’re certainly mindful of the advances that the Taliban have made in — in terms of taking over, an increased number of provincial capitals. Our focus is on supporting the Afghans in the field where and when we can and completing this drawdown. I’m not going to speak about planning contingencies or potential outcomes,” he stated in response to a query.
“The other thing I’d say is that no potential outcome has to be inevitable, including the fall of Kabul, which everybody seems to be reporting about. It doesn’t have to be that way. It really depends on the kind of political and military leadership that the Afghans can muster to turn this around. They have the capability, they have the capacity, and now it’s really time to use those things,” Kirby asserted.
