Last
year, General Nicholson had stated that a significant troop surge would
be required to end --what he termed as-- a stalemate with the Taliban;
mirroring a similar line of thought General Votel’s stance during a
senate hearing also called for an enhanced commitment to the Afghan
region--- in assessing the region's strategic importance for the US he
went as far as expressing that ‘he would rather see the Russians
distracted with anything else but the central zone’. While on the other
hand-- some are of the view that either a political settlement or a
complete walk out are the only ways left.
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