If Trump wanted to erase Afghanistan's name in ten days!
Afghanistan is the third largest country in South Asia by volume. The population is not less - more than 100 million people live in the war-torn country. But US President Donald Trump says he could have removed Afghanistan from the map in just five days!
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is visiting the US to discuss bilateral issues. Trump made such remarks on Monday during a series of meetings with Imran in the White House. Meanwhile, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani wants to know the 'explanation' of Trump's comments through diplomatic sources.
According to a Washington Post report, Trump talks with Imran Khan about ending the war in Afghanistan. At one point, Trump said, "If I wanted to win the war, Afghanistan's name would have been removed from the chest of the world. In ten days, everything would be over. I just didn't want to kill a billion people. ”But he did not elaborate on how Afghanistan would be overthrown.
Trump has also said that the United States is working to protect peace in Afghanistan, not war. "We are working with Pakistan and others," he said. We're not fighting. We do not want to play the role of peacekeeper, nor do we have that obligation. But right now, that's exactly what we have to do. '
The Office of the President of Afghanistan made a statement contrary to Trump's remarks. "We support the US efforts to ensure peace in Afghanistan," the statement said. But the Afghan government thinks no foreign president can determine the fate of Afghanistan. ”
Rahmatullah Nabil, a candidate for the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan, has criticized Trump's remarks on social media. In a tweet he said that Ashraf Ghani, the Taliban, after the "insult" of the US president - everyone should forget about their own interests and declare that Afghans are capable of working to protect their own peace.
Rana Momand, an Afghan-born American, tweets that Trump's information is wrong. He said, "Can anyone tell Donald Trump that to destroy Afghanistan from the surface of the earth, not 5 million, but 10 million people will have to be killed."
Zaman Sultani, a South Asian researcher at private human rights organization Amnesty International, called on Trump to stop civilian casualties in Afghanistan. "There is no need to erase Afghanistan from the map of the world," he said. The country itself is devastated by the ineffectual war and inefficient government of the Taliban. ”
US troops have been deployed to Afghanistan since the attack on the Twin Towers. US troops have deployed troops to assist the Afghan government in overthrowing Taliban insurgents. No other country has had a record of deploying troops in US history for so long.