"I could win that war in a week if I wanted to. I'm not looking to kill 10 million people. Okay? Many of them would be innocent people. I'm not looking to do that. I'm not talking nuclear, by the way. I'm talking totally conventional. But I'm not looking to kill millions of people in Afghanistan", Trump told reporters on Friday, as broadcast by NBC News, APA reports citing Sputnik.
US President Donald Trump has said he could win the war in Afghanistan within a week but did not want to kill 10 million people.
The president pointed out that significant progress had been achieved during the peace talks.
"With respect to Afghanistan, we made a lot of progress. We're talking. But we've also made a lot of progress", Trump added.
The remarks were made by Trump as the United States and the Taliban Islamist movement are set to resume peace talks in the Qatari capital Doha. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has expressed optimism over the outcome of the talks that could allow Washington to withdraw the contry's troops from Afghanistan.
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