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The Diplomat: Afghanistan's Abdullah Abdullah Optimistic About the Peace Process
Speaking in New Delhi, Afghanistan’s chief executive officer addressed a range of problems confronting the country.
Last week, Abdullah Abdullah, the second most powerful man in Afghanistan, wrapped up his five day trip to India. On the last day of his trip, he spoke to a select group of journalists over breakfast. During the course of an hour, Abdullah touched upon the issues impacting Afghanistan today.
At the outset, he talked about the challenges facing the one-and-half-year-old national unity government. Explaining the context of the birth of the new experiment in Kabul, Abdullah, the country’s chief executive officer, said that the regime came into being at a time when majority of the international troops prepared to leave the country. The challenge of managing the security situation in the country was left nearly entirely to the government and it has been difficult so far for the new government.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. Intelligence chief is sceptical that these talks will get anywhere .... US Intel Chief Skeptical About Afghan Reconciliation (VOA). What's my take .... the Taliban are politically too fragmented in reaching any consensus to get involved in these peace talks ... they are not going to happen.
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There have been talks about talks for years with no result. The situation remains, that the US military will never leave Afghanistan u less forced, and the Taliban won't quit until the US military invaders leave. Meanwhile, CIA's Clapper has just testified that Afghanistan may have a political breakdown this year.
"Afghanistan is at serious risk of a political breakdown during 2016, occasioned by mounting political, economic and security challenges. Waning political cohesion, increasingly assertive local powerbrokers, financial shortfalls, and sustained countrywide Taliban attacks are eroding stability," he said.--TOLO News
Looks like that nation-building thing didn't work out.
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