“The situation can turn from bad to worse very quickly.”A White House spokesman last week said US President Donald Trump had not issued orders to the Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. The reports come amid an intensification of moves toward peace negotiations in Afghanistan. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that approximately 1.4 million undocumented Afghans live in Pakistan and possibly 1.2 million in Iran. Sayed Rafi Sadat, a student in western Herat province, said the Taliban would impose harsh laws to destroy democracy. “If US troops withdraw then there is no hope for the future and we will have to leave the country,” he said.

Source: Egypt Independent January 01, 2019 14:48 UTC