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Should The United States Empower The Afghan War?
The United States should empower the Afghan Government to actively pursue peace negotiations with the Taliban because total victory is neither plausible nor affordable. U.S. and NATO have battled the Taliban for sixteen years. Some defense analysts estimate the Afghan war cost the U.S. between $4 to $6 trillion dollars. Furthermore, thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives and limbs in pursuit of victory against the Taliban. Yet, the Taliban insurgency remains resilient today. The U.S. military strategy is unsuccessful and will not work as long as Pakistan harbors the Afghan Taliban and there’s a corrupt unsustainable Afghan government. Therefore, the U.S. should place more emphasize and prioritization on diplomatic and economic actions to establish a peace agreement with …show more content…
President Trump and Pakistan have exchanged argumentative and accusatory rhetoric over the security problems caused by terrorists and Taliban traveling back and forth from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Washington recently cut off 900 million of military aid to Pakistan until they show signs of fighting the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani militant groups in Pakistan (Landay, 2018). The Pakistani Defense committee claims to be a scapegoat for the U.S. failures in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Washington recently requested India to step up their support by providing military assistance in Afghanistan and India agreed. Strategic critics will argue that increased Indian involvement in the form of hard military power in Afghanistan will exacerbate Pakistani fears of being strategically surrounded by India and potentially lead to Pakistan-India proxy wars in Afghanistan (Paliwal,

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