Trump says ‘US could wipe out Afghanistan in 10 days’

Washington: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani Tuesday demanded a clarification from US President Donald Trump for his remarks about Afghanistan where he claimed that he could win the Afghan war within 10 days by wiping out Afghanistan but he did not want to take the route which would kill 10 million people.

According Express Web Desk, in a statement, the Afghan presidential palace said, “The Afghan nation has not and will never allow any foreign power to determine its fate,” adding that “While the Afghan government supports the U.S. efforts for ensuring peace in Afghanistan, the government underscores that foreign heads of state cannot determine Afghanistan’s fate in absence of the Afghan leadership.”

Trump’s comments followed a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House on Monday.

During his comments in Washington, Trump said that Pakistan was helping the United States “extricate” itself from Afghanistan, where the United States was acting as a “policeman” rather than fighting a war.

“If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Claiming that he could wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Earth, Trump also said, “I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth. It would be gone.”
“It would be over in — literally, in 10 days. And I don’t want to do — I don’t want to go that route,” he further claimed.

Meanwhile, the Indian government stated in Parliament that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had never asked the U.S. President to mediate or arbitrate on the Kashmir issue, as stated by Donald Trump during a joint press meet on Monday with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement reiterating India’s traditional policy of handling all issues with Pakistan “bilaterally”, without a third party involved.

President Trump also said, “I think Pakistan is going to help us out to extricate ourselves. We’re like policemen. We’re not fighting the war. If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people. Does that make sense to you? I don’t want to kill 10 million people.”