These options, plus an angry reaction from Afghan officials are expected to be major talking point in the meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington on Friday.
The meeting is expected to last a tense, given the large difference in the war in the country. "If the United States withdrew all its troops without adequate planning, the civil war in the 1990s will be repeated," said Naeem Spacey, a lawmaker from the province the Taliban birthplace of Kandahar.
"Full withdrawal will pave the way for the Taliban to take over the military," said Spacey told Reuters. When the Soviet Union (now Russia) to leave Afghanistan in 1989 after a decade of war, international aid from western countries who want to stop the spread of communist ideology suddenly stopped. What happens then is the collapse of the socialist government and the civil war. The battle that is paving the way for the Taliban to seize power.
Currently, the United States had about 68,000 military personnel in the country and is expected to continue to decline ahead of the December 31, 2014 - the expiration date of the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan. NATO and countries participating in the mission that now are in a race against time to train local residents to be 350,000 strong security forces.
Although NATO will end the mission, most of the upper echelons of Afghanistan to assume that U.S. troops will remain. Shukria Barekzai lawmakers said if there complete withdrawal in 2014, then it would mean that the United States "to lose."
On the other hand, the Taliban said the group was still not make comments to a White House statement when contacted by Reuters on Wednesday. "It's still very speculative and we are not going to comment right now," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. On Saturday, the Taliban Kambali calling for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan.
Source: http://www.antaranews.com
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