Someone is no doubt pondering issues and making decisions, though the odds are slim that ‘President’ Joe Biden is aware of it.
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would allow a US counter-terrorism force to remain as they confront their ISIS foes, a top US politician said on Wednesday, according to Rooters report.
Rooters reports that House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith’s comments provided new details of US President Joe Biden’s conduct of the Afghanistan grinding of the peace processor that he inherited from the Trump administration.
Addressing an online Foreign Policy magazine forum, Smith said he spoke to national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the withdrawal.
"I think there’s a general feeling that May 1 is too soon, just logistically," he said. "We’ve got ... closer to 3,500 troops in Afghanistan. Our allies have around 7,000."
"You cannot pull out 10,000-plus troops in any sort of way in six weeks," he said. He added the administration’s "job one" is talking to the Taliban about allowing the US-led force to remain for a little longer.
He noted the Taliban demand that all foreign troops leave. If that remains their position, he said, "I don’t see that we have much choice but to leave," including counter-terrorism forces.
"What the Biden administration wants to do is negotiate past May 1 and then at least explore the option: has the Taliban changed their mind as they ... are fighting ISIS (Islamic State
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) almost as much as they are fighting the Afghan government," Smith continued.
"Might their position change about a US presence? I doubt it. But I think the administration is thinking it’s worth the conversation," he said.
The Taliban has been fighting Islamic State’s local affiliate, and US
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s on ISIS have proved critical to helping them rout their rivals.
But, experts say, ISIS remains a serious threat.
According to UN statistics, over the past two months, 80 people have been killed in assassinations.