Posted on 10/20/2019 10:40:13 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan amid efforts to restart peace talks with the Taliban.
"The aim is to still get a peace agreement at some point, a political agreement, that is the best way forward," Esper told reporters traveling with him Sunday.
Last month, President Donald Trump abruptly called off yearlong U.S.-Taliban talks just when the two adversaries had come close to signing a peace agreement that could have ended the 18-year-old Afghan war, America’s longest overseas military intervention.
Trump declared the peace process process “dead," citing continued insurgent deadly attacks on Afghan civilians and American troops in Afghanistan.
There is a saying amongst Africa hands: Africa Wins Again. A similar saying applies to Afghanistan: Afghanistan Wins Again. Afghanistan always wins. Ask the Brits, the Soviets, us. Going in is easy. Getting out happily is next to impossible. They are who they are and they are not changing for anybody.
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