New Delhi: The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is an error that the US “will come to regret”, according to General David Petraeus, who served as the commander of the Coalition forces and led the US Central Command in Warravage in 2011.
He added that without guaranteed American support, troops Afghanistan will do “what some people have done, escaped from the Taliban or surrendered”.
Petraeus, also the former Director of the CIA, told TII that Kabul’s journey in the absence of American forces and thousands of contractors would likely painful.
“I am worried that the decision to withdraw has submitted Afghanistan to the bloody civil war, and the possibility of producing millions of refugees, causing damage to the infrastructure and foist of an ultra-conservative theocratic regime of most countries that limit women’s rights, democratic processes and human rights Humans, “he said.
While government structures and leaders are currently not flawless, a Taliban regime will be worse, he warns.
“Frankly,” he said, “I would think that the sustainable and sustainable US commitment in the ‘blood and treasure’ issued will be preferred for what will follow our withdrawal.” In security implications for us if Afghanistan drops into chaos, Petraeus said, “I hope we will see al-Qaida and affiliates in the AF-sir, the group of Khorasan, trying to build protection places in the Taliban-controlled region – just like Al -Qaida established a protection in the East Afghanistan, when most of the countries were under the control of the Taliban in the late 1990s, and planned 9/11 attacks.
“He said he did not expect al-Qaeda or to” pose a significant threat to US homeland Within the near term, because how much operation we have reduced their abilities and improvements to US intelligence “.
Petraeus said our intelligence and the coalition would “work very hard, although with many assets they had to work from the top of the horizon”, to identify new al-Qaida and was a holy place in Afghanistan.
He was careful for India.
“American withdrawal, and the possibility of a dispute with Taliban / Haqqani networks take control of more fields, it will make it difficult for India to carry out diplomatic, development, and other assistance.” In other countries that observed Afghanistan, he said, “It is not clear how tend to Taliban will appear to accommodate with Pakistan.
China wants to pursue the extractive industry in Afghanistan, security permits.” One country loses land can Pakistan, he said.
“I suspect our dependence on Pakistan in the AF-Pak region will decrease; the US will be far more not dependent on the line of land communication from the port in Pakistan.
The US will try to maintain constructive relationships.”