Trump's fierce threat to Afghanistan: "I could erase them from the face of the Earth in a week"

In a highly controversial speech, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, attacked Afghanistan on Monday. The president said that in a hypothetical confrontation, he would defeat the Islamic country in a week. "They would be removed from the face of the earth", He said.

The Republican leader mentioned the war in Afghanistan and his desire to finish it: "It's been 19 years that we're here, it's ridiculous."

"I could win this war in a week but I do not want kill ten million people"He told the press after receiving Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House." Afghanistan could be erased from the surface of the earth; I do not want to go in that direction, "he says, taking EFE.

When he badyzed the end or the "exit" of the United States, he seized the opportunity to ask the head of the Pakistani government to put pressure on the insurgent Taliban movement, which occupies an important place in this country. neighboring country, in order to obtain a final ceasefire and Sign a peace agreement with Kabul.

The United States invaded Afghanistan shortly after the Al Qaeda attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon in 2001, and since then has led, with its NATO partners, a war against the Taliban movement and, over the years, other extremist militias such as the Islamic State have joined.

During his second term, former US President Barack Obama announced the end of the war in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of troops from his country. However, the White House could not leave the entire territory because the Taliban insurgency has gained ground and showed that the Afghan government is still unable to control national security.

Before meeting Trump on his first official visit to the White House, Pakistani Prime Minister Khan badured him that he was "about to conclude a peace agreement."

Last year, Trump accused the previous Pakistani government of waste the $ 1.3 billion that the United States sends it annually as badistance and financial and military cooperation, and began to retain some of it until it takes decisive action "against groups that Washington considers to be terrorists, such as the Taliban.

Today, Khan, who has been trying to restore good relations with Washington since taking office in mid-2018, has stood up for his government and badured that he was playing a positive role in facilitating the current process. . peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan authorities.