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Strategy is to force Taliban into reconciliation: Votel

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WASHINGYON (Pajhwok): The US is adopting a multi-pronged strategy to force the Taliban into reconciliation, CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said on Tuesday.

Reforms promised by President Ashraf Ghani constitute a key part of the strategy, which includes military and political pressures, as well as force applied through regional partners like Pakistan.

Votel told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congressional hearing:  “I think the key strategy; the big idea here is to force the . . .

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