Donald Trump's strategy in South Asia works, according to Mike Pompeo

Pompeo said that One of the progress is the ability to believe that there is hope. many Taliban now see that they can not win on the ground militarily. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump's strategy in South Asia is working, said his senior diplomat today, saying that many Taliban militants can no longer win militarily.

"The president's strategy is working well.Our strategy for South Asia has sent a clear message to Afghans and their security services that they continue to fight to defend their country and their country. people, "said Pompeo at a joint press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. . Trump had announced the policy last year

Pompeo made a surprise stopover in Kabul as he was traveling from Vietnam to Brussels to attend the NATO summit later this week. On the sidelines of the summit, Trump will have a meeting with NATO member countries on Afghanistan.

US President Donald Trump will attend the summit of the United States In Brussels. (File)

"The strategy has sent a clear message to the Taliban – they can not wait for us – and we are starting to see results on the battlefield where the Taliban momentum is slowing down and in the prospects for peace with them, "said Pompeo

during his talks with Ghani, Pompeo said the two leaders had had the opportunity to discuss progress made by Afghanistan to prepare for the elections this fall "We support the Afghan government and the security forces in their efforts to ensure safe, credible and transparent elections that reflect the will of the Afghan people, and we call on all our partners to continue this support," he said.

Responding to a question about the peace process, Pompeo said that one element of progress is the ability that they now have to believe that there is hope that many of the Taliban now see that they can not win on the ground militarily. "They are deeply tied to President Trump's strategy, we have seen that, we have seen what happened, we have seen the Taliban respond to the ceasefire that President Ghani has put in place." we have achieved in South Asia's strategy by increasing the size and capacity of the Afghan security forces, by strengthening the reforms within the Afghan government, the work we have done. have done to demonstrate to the Taliban that the continuation of the fighting would lead them to a bad result, which is not in the interest of the populations of the regions where they operate – each of them being a sign of A real progress, "said diplomat said.

At the same time, he acknowledged that there is still a lot of work to be done. "This is certainly the case, and the American role will be important in this respect.But we can not launch the peace talks.We can not settle this from the outside," he said. said. This will be settled by the rallying of the Afghan people, its cumulative realization of living together in harmony and peace, of treating oneself with dignity, which was seen during the ceasefire and we l & # 39; We have seen afterwards. The United States, he said, hopes that this will lead to a successful reduction of violence as we go to elections.

"We are counting on all the actors in the region to support this, and the Pakistanis too need to understand that they need a series of elections without violence. actors in the region to support this process and to ensure that the Afghan people can make their voices heard in these elections, "he said.

"We believe that each of them is greatly enhanced by the strategy that President Trump outlined nearly 12 months ago," he said.

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