9 fmr. senior U.S. diplomats warn that Afghanistan could slide into an all-out civil war and once again become a sanctuary for terrorists if the Trump admin. withdraws all U.S. forces without a peace agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government
On Tuesday, a Taliban source told NBC News that"several major attacks" against U.S. and Afghan targets in Afghanistan will be called off after the peace accord with the U.S. is signed.Khalilzad did not say when the remainder of U.S. troops would withdraw and under what conditions. Trump administration officials have said that any U.S. pull-out would be based on conditions and not a target date for departure.
In the event of a full-blown civil war, without U.S. forces in place, ISIS"could expand its already strong foothold," outside powers — including Russia, Iran and Pakistan — would back proxies in the conflict and the Taliban would likely maintain their ties with al Qaeda, the authors wrote. A Taliban source told NBC News Tuesday that the Taliban did not plan to announce a ceasefire with the Afghan government"nor participate in any type of power sharing with the puppet Afghan government."The former diplomats, who include five ex-ambassadors to Kabul, also weighed in on whether Afghanistan should go ahead with elections scheduled for Sept. 28.
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