Published August 11th, 2009 by Future Atlas
Skepticism on US Afghan Plans
On “Fresh Air” on NPR, Charles Sennott said today that the US plan for Afghanistan does not look like a plausible route to success.
The US and allied force ratios are not right for a vast, rural country such as Afghanistan, he said.
On the Taliban, Sennott said that its leadership shows a range of outlooks, and some Taliban leaders see the movement’s embrace of extreme policies during its time in power as a mistake.
As for how things will go forward, negotiations with elements of the Taliban are “inevitable,” Sennott asserts, though the organization may not yet have a realistic position to bring to talks.
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