WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): In a blunt message to the new Taliban leadership, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday said they had the option of either coming to the table for peace talks or be defeated on the battlefield.
“The alternative to coming across and making peace with the government is their certain defeat on the battlefield. That's the environment in which we intend to put them in,” Carter told reporters travelling with him in Newport, Rhode Island.
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