Taliban to Join Afghan Government in Weeks, Ex-General Says
Taliban fighters in a vehicle along the roadside in Herat on Aug. 13 after government forces pulled out the day before.
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Afghanistan will be under a new unity government that includes the Taliban “in a matter of weeks” unless international aid to the country’s besieged military is increased dramatically, a former senior Pentagon official predicted Friday.
The Taliban is pursuing a “blitzkrieg” strategy as U.S. forces move to complete their withdrawal from the country by Aug. 31, retired Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle Eastern policy, said in an interview Friday on Bloomberg Television’s “Balance of Power With David Westin.”