Interview with Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
... troops there, the situation has not improved. N.S.: Why? What are the reasons? P. C-R.: I think that there have been lots of mistakes in dealing with the situation. To begin with, there has been the Bonn Conference of 2001 that completely cut off the Taliban. The Taliban are still present in Afghanistan. The Taliban cannot win over the Government of Afghanistan and the Government of Afghanistan cannot eliminate the Taliban. Moreover, there are other groups which are more dangerous, such as DAESH. ...
28.03.2017