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cannot win on the battlefield in Afghanistan, adding that putting more pressure on the Death Eaters is to get the group to join the peace talks with the Afghan government.
Addressing the US Senate Armed Services Committee, General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US army, said they have increased military pressure on the Taliban to make sure the group will not win on the battlefield.
"The goal is to make sure they view that the only solution is political solution and they can’t win on the battlefield," said Dunford in response to a question on change in role of engagement of US in Afghanistan.
At the same event, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that right now they do not see the problems in Afghanistan that existed 17 years ago.
"Problems and places like that don’t stay there," Mattis said in response to a query from US Senator
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This comes after the Taliban announced their spring offensive.
The Afghan Ministry of Ministry of Defense on Thursday declared Taliban’s announcement ’a war propaganda’, saying the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) are fully ready to deal devastating blow to the Death Eaters and foil their so-called offensive.