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Afghanistan wants the US to send more forces to help meet shortfalls in the battle against the Taliban and the Daesh group, the nation’s top diplomat said Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani welcomed a recent call by US Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan, for a few thousand more troops from the US or other coalition partners to help break the stalemate in the war-torn country.
The Trump administration has not yet said if it will send more forces in response to Nicholson’s comments. Some 8,400 US troops are currently deployed in Afghanistan, performing counterterrorism operations against insurgents and training the Afghan army. The war is in its 16th year.
Citing a deadly attack this month on a military hospital in Kabul, Rabbani said Afghanistan needs US help in addressing “military shortfalls,” through increased training, ground and air capabilities, and reconnaissance and intelligence support. The attack was launched by Daesh with the Taliban.
“We stand confident that the new US administration under President Trump will remain strategically engaged and continue its support,” Rabbani said at the Atlantic Council think tank ahead of a gathering in Washington of the US-led coalition against Daesh. He described Nicholson’s call as “an appropriate decision considering the prevailing security challenges still facing us.”
In a sign of how major powers are vying for influence in the region, Rabbani said Russia is planning a 12-nation conference on Afghanistan. The former Soviet Union engaged in a disastrous decade-long occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Rabbani said the US had been invited but did not know if it would attend. The State Department said it has not yet decided on its participation.
Rabbani said the discussions would follow up on six-nation talks held in mid-February involving China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Iran. He said he did not think the Taliban would be invited.
In congressional testimony last month, Nicholson said Russia has been publicly legitimizing the Taliban and seeking to undermine the US and NATO in Afghanistan.
Rabbani said Russia and Iran have both told Kabul they have been in contact with the Taliban to encourage a return to the negotiating table. They deny providing the Taliban material support.
Rabbani said terrorism and extremism must be combated through cooperation among governments. He said the Taliban would not seek peace unless Pakistan cracked down on “terrorist safe havens” on its soil — a long-running source of bitterness between the neighboring countries.

Source: Arab News

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