Afghan President Says The Taliban Insurgency Would Collapse Within A Month If Pakistan Did Not Provide Support

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Reuters: Afghan president says Taliban wouldn't last a month without Pakistan support

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgency would not survive a month if it lost its sanctuary in neighboring Pakistan, urging its neighbor to take on militant groups on its soil instead of giving Kabul financial aid.

Ghani's remarks, made at an international conference in the northern Indian city of Amritsar not far from the border with Pakistan, suggested tensions were rising with Pakistan after Ghani attempted to improve relations with Islamabad when he took office in 2014.

Pakistan said while violence had increased in Afghanistan , blaming another country for it didn't help.

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Update #1: Afghanistan's Ghani criticises Pakistan for 'undeclared war' (AFP)
Update #2: Ashraf Ghani at Heart of Asia: Pakistan shelters terrorists, Taliban testifies (India Today)

WNU Editor: He is right .... but to a point. Soviet leaders and military officials with their Afghan allies said the same thing during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s .... but then .... like today .... there are many other factors that influence the spread and growth of the Taliban. And if Pakistan was no longer a sanctuary .... the violence and bloodshed would still continue in Afghanistan. As for Pakistan itself .... they are combating their own Taliban insurgency .... and they are not doing a good job at it.