As the #US prepares for @ImranKhanPTI’s maiden visit as #PM, @realDonaldTrump’s nominee for Joint Chief if Staff has stressed maintaining the military relationship with #Pakistan.
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General #MarkMilley told the #Senate #ArmedServices committee:
“If confirmed as chairman, my objective will be to preserve the defence relationship between the United States and Pakistan even as we press Pakistan to take action on US requests.”
“If confirmed as chairman, my objective will be to preserve the defence relationship between the United States and Pakistan even as we press Pakistan to take action on US requests.”
#Milley also said:
“While we have suspended security assistance and paused major defence dialogues, we need to maintain strong military-to- military ties based on our shared interests.”
“While we have suspended security assistance and paused major defence dialogues, we need to maintain strong military-to- military ties based on our shared interests.”
General #MarkMilley believes that a premature withdrawal from #Afghanistan would prove a strategic mistake, maybe recalling civil war after the #Soviet defeat in 1989.
Leaving the #Afghans with a solution will be difficult.
Leaving the #Afghans with a solution will be difficult.
Additionally, some of @ashrafghani’s cabinet believe that the negotiations with the #Taliban are useless, because the Taliban can’t negotiate for the #Afghan people.
The same problem faced in past negotiations sponsored by #Pakistan on #US insistence.
The same problem faced in past negotiations sponsored by #Pakistan on #US insistence.
The Joint Chief nominee’s vision on #US relations with #Pakistan give a strong backdrop of the potential agenda between @ImranKhanPTI & @realDonaldTrump.
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