Top US General in Afghanistan admits US cannot achieve military victory at this stage
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KABUL - The commander of US forces and the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller has accepted that neither US troops nor Taliban can achieve decisive victory in Afghanistan at this stage.
He further said that the war in the country will continue until a political settlement.
“This fight will go until a political settlement,” Miller said as quoted by CNN when asked whether the Afghan campaign against the Taliban had reached a stalemate.
“These are two sides that are fighting against one another, and neither one of them will achieve a military victory at this stage," he said.
In the same interview, the US ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass concurred with Miller’s assessment, cautioning that US and Afghan officials will face a complicated diplomatic situation given the Taliban’s aggressive rejection of the current administration in Kabul.
“We have an opportunity today that we didn’t have six or 12 months ago to see if it’s truly possible to achieve that political settlement,” Bass said as quoted by CNN. “We don’t know if we’re going to be successful. We have to see if the Taliban is interested in responding to the deep desire of the Afghanistan people for peace.”
