[DAWN] Gen John W. Nicholson, the top United States commander in Afghanistan, claimed on Saturday that the US was aware of Afghan Taliban...Arabic for
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leadership's presence in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and Quetta, adding that the military would continue to put pressure on Taliban sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan.
If they don't have their addresses and phone numbers they're doing something wrong. Of course, the Paks weren't able to find bin Laden within walking distance of their military academy.
In an exclusive interview with Tolo News, the top commander discussed US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's recent speech in which he revealed his long-awaited policy on the Afghan war.
Trump, in his first address as the commander-in-chief, called for greater troop deployment and Indian involvement in Afghanistan while lambasting Pakistain for offering safe havens to "agents of chaos".
According to Gen Nicolson, the matter of the alleged sanctuaries for Lions of Islam was being addressed "in private" by the governments of US and Pakistain.
"The Quetta shura, Peshawar shura -- these shuras are identified by cities inside Pakistain; we know Afghan Taliban leaders are in these areas," said Gen Nicholson in the interview. "Support for Lions of Islam and turbans has to be reduced -- [it] has to be stopped."
The top commander said that Washington's new policy in the region was not time-based; rather, it relied on the fulfillment of certain conditions.
"It is our mandate to put military pressure on the Taliban," Gen Nicholson said, adding that Washington was seeking a peaceful solution in Afghanistan. "Taliban need to know they cannot win militarily."
Hoping that the Taliban would enter the grinding of the peace processor with Washington, the top commander said that the military would continue to put pressure on their sanctuaries inside and outside Afghanistan.