KABUL (SW) \u2013 The Administrative Office of the President has reacted to a recent remark by the US Secretary of State about the Taliban not targeting American soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Dawa Khan Meenapal, deputy spokesman for the president, has said the casualties among foreign forces in Afghanistan have dropped because all the fight in counter-terrorism offensives is carried out by the Afghan forces and the Taliban are now at war with the Afghan people and security froces.<\/p>\n
This followed a statement by State Mike Pompeo in which the US Secretary of State called for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. \u201cOur mission in Afghanistan is to eliminate Al-Qaeda and threats to the American homeland. Don’t need 10s of 1,000s of U.S. troops on the ground to do that. We have partners: brave Afghans, @NATO forces. We also have the ability to project power from afar\u201d, the US Secretary of State said in a series of tweets.<\/p>\n
He added no U.S. servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan in almost a year, and Afghans are finally discussing peace and reconciliation among themselves. \u201cLogged a lot of air miles to Qatar and Afghanistan and back for talks. Thanks to @MBA_AlThani, @DrabdullahCE , and @ashrafghani for hosting these meetings\u201d, tweeted Pompeo.<\/p>\n
This comes days ahead of the resumption of intra-Afghan peace talks in the Qatari capital, Doha in the wake of a surging targeted assassinations and blasts.<\/p>\n
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