KABUL, 01 July 2021, (TON): Top US commander in Afghanistan did not rule out fresh airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, warning civil war was a possibility if the ongoing security situation in the country not changed.

Talking to reports in Kabul, Gen. Scott Miller said “he did not like airstrikes, but the militants should stop violence if they did not want any military action from the US forces.”

He said “the best way to stop those, and I have actually told the Taliban this, is stop the offensive operations and air strikes.”

Miller said that the US military still had the fire power to conduct air strikes against the insurgents even as it continued the withdrawal. He said that the security situation in Afghanistan was not good and the Afghan forces had been making adjustments to deal with the matter. When asked about the worsened security situation despite NATO’s two-decade mission in Afghanistan

He further said that the unrest was continued for over four decades in the country and the best way was a political settlement for the Afghan people.

He added that the political settlement is something that as we start talking about how does this all end, the way it must end for the Afghan people is something that revolves around a political solution.