After failing to obtain the release of three U.S. prisoners from Taliban custody using the ‘carrot’ method, U.S. leaders suddenly appear prepared to deploy the stick.
On Feb. 13, Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council Sebastian Gorka noted on X, “we will not rest until Dennis Coyle and Mahmood Habibi come home.” This was a stark change from his statement last August that the Taliban were “moderately cooperative counterterrorism partners.”
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