US official response to Afghan Taliban open letter surfaces
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The US government reacted at Taliban’s open letter sent to President Donald Trump demanding the full withdrawal of the US-led foreign forces from the country.
“Yeah. I certainly have. So I’m not going to comment on any statements put out by the Taliban on that. Let’s not lose focus here, that the – what I’ll – I’ll say this about another country: destabilizing activities,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in response to a question during a press briefing.She said “What is going on in Afghanistan is a result of the Taliban. We’ve seen, and there was a report out not that long ago, about the increase in attacks on civilians, which largely included women and children. That is being perpetrated by members of the Taliban.”
Nauert also added “Let’s not lose focus that the Taliban is behind many of those attacks, many of the increase in civilian casualties. That undermines the Afghan population and also the Afghan Government as well, so let’s not lose focus of that.”