Afghanistan

"I'm sure there will need to be a level of reconciliation with elements of Taliban to enable Afghanistan to progress peacefully in to the future," he said. Gen Hurley said there were risks in the transition to where the ANA was capable of managing existing levels of Taliban activity, but he was optimistic about its ability to contain the insurgents. "There will be forces there that are shaped by some risk mitigation for the Afghan government on that side of the security house,"

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