Game on: After Trump declares peace talks ‘dead,’ US commander takes aim at Taliban
Posted on AllSides September 11th, 2019
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GAME ON: Angered by the Taliban’s deadly attacks on civilians and United States troops, President Trump declared negotiations over an American withdrawal from Afghanistan “dead” and promised to make the Taliban regret its “mistake.”
“You can't do that with me. So they're dead, as far as I'm concerned. And we've hit the Taliban harder in the last four days than they've been hit in over 10 years,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
On a visit to Afghanistan, the U.S. Central Command chief, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, brushed off...
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