BISHKEK (TCA) — As long as the US and NATO retain their military presence in Afghanistan, the war and violence in that country will only continue. Such an opinion was expressed by Afghan political analyst Vahid Mozhadah in an interview with Sputnik Dari, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported.
“The increase in the number of foreign military contingent in Afghanistan will not help to ensure security in the country. Despite the fact that NATO under the leadership of the United States had almost 100,000 troops in Afghanistan for nearly a decade, the war in Afghanistan not only did not end, on the contrary, it broke out with renewed vigor,” Mozhadah said.
He further said that the re-direction of additional military benefits to Afghanistan will not bring any positive results.
“In order to stop the violence, the best option right now would be to start peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. It is in this direction, in particular, that Moscow is working currently,” Mozhadah said.
In the meantime, Dan Coates, the director of the US National Intelligence Agency, on May 11 made a pessimistic assessment of the development of the situation in Afghanistan.
“The political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly worsen until 2018, despite a slight increase in military assistance to the US and its allies,” Coates said.
