WASHINGTON: Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says it’s “possible” the US will have to coordinate with the Taliban on any future counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan against Daesh militants or others.
Milley spoke at a Pentagon news conference Wednesday, two days after the final US troops left Afghanistan at the close of a turbulent and deadly evacuation of more than 124,000 American citizens, Afghans and others. He said it’s hard to predict how the future of the Taliban will unfold.
Milley called the Taliban a ruthless group and “whether or not they change remains to be seen.” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will make no predictions now on how the US relationship with the Taliban will look like in the future.
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US may have to coordinate with Taliban on Daesh
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US may have to coordinate with Taliban on Daesh
- Milley called the Taliban a ruthless group and “whether or not they change remains to be seen”
Iranian frigate sinking off Sri Lanka: foreign minister
- Sri Lanka sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate Iris Dena which was sinking Wednesday just outside the island’s territorial waters
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sent ships and aircraft to rescue 30 Iranian sailors aboard the Iranian frigate Iris Dena which was sinking Wednesday just ouside the island’s territorial waters, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.
He told parliament that 30 injured sailors were being brought to a hospital in the island’s south from the 180-crew frigate was sinking from dawn.
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