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Vol. 15 · No. 132 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026

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Trump plans to force Taliban to negotiating table by January 2025

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WASHINGTON — Saying that he has unleashed the United States military and "taken the gloves off," President Donald Trump reiterated today that he would crush the Taliban insurgency and force them to the negotiating table by January 2025, sources confirmed.

Though he stressed that he was implementing a new Afghan war strategy not impeded by artificial time tables for troop withdrawals, Trump insisted that victory would be at hand sometime in the next eight years or so.

"We're about to turn the corner in this fight," Trump told reporters in a press conference after he outlined a new strategy on Monday.

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