'Afghanistan could be wiped off the face of the earth. I don't want to go that route,' President Donald Trump said.
President Donald Trump has claimed that he could win the war in Afghanistan within a week, but such a campaign would kill 10 million people, nearly a third of the population.
Though the lines of control have ebbed and flowed over the years, the Taliban has staged a comeback and the Trump administration has opted for peace talks that have yet to curb ongoing violence in the war-torn nation. "GUARANTEE THERE IS NO MILITARY PLAN TO EMPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE JCS WOULD RESIGN RATHER THAN TEE UP THAT SENSELESS AND ILLEGAL OPTION," he later added.
China, a top U.S. economic rival with close ties to Pakistan, has also sought a greater role in Afghanistan, where Russia and India—two nations also carrying their robust Cold War-era relationship into the modern era—were growing more active as well. The U.S.
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