{"id":28253,"date":"2018-10-24T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28253"},"modified":"2018-10-24T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T06:00:07","slug":"dealing-with-the-taliban-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dealing-with-the-taliban-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with the Taliban hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dealing with the Taliban hand<\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/u>:<\/p>\n

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  1. The U. S. new Afghanistan policy, unveiled last year by the President Donald Trump, lies in tatters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important facts:<\/u><\/p>\n

    2. President Trump blamed Pakistan for protecting terrorist and later cut off security assistance to Taliban\u2019s greatest benefactor and backers.<\/p>\n

    3. The new American move comes at a time when the Taliban ranks have swelled since the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation pulled out in 2014.<\/p>\n

    4. It comes at a time where the data and assessment on the strength and combat capabilities of the Afghan military and police are no longer readily available.<\/p>\n

    5. It comes when the UN grimly noted last year- rising opium production.<\/p>\n

    6. The latest Afghanistan opium survey figures, opium production in Afghanistan had increased by 87% to a record level of 9,000 metric tons in 2017 compared with 2016 levels.<\/p>\n

    7. The American move comes when there is pressure to limit any kind of engagement with Iran, which would have been a logistical pivot for further inroads into Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

    8. Pakistan\u2019s aim will be to reverse all the gains; India has made at great cost over the years in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

    9. With strategic dept in Afghanistan that Pakistan has dreamt of becoming a reality, Islamabad will have more room to incubate and move around the various anti-India groupings, including those active in Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dealing with the Taliban hand News: The U. S. new Afghanistan policy, unveiled last year by the President Donald Trump, lies in tatters. Important facts: 2. President Trump blamed Pakistan for protecting terrorist and later cut off security assistance to Taliban\u2019s greatest benefactor and backers. 3. The new American move comes at a time when… Continue reading Dealing with the Taliban hand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704863462},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}