A former US envoy to NATO, Douglas Lute, told ABC the United States is stuck in a political and military stalemate in Afghanistan, and it is unclear whether President Donald Trump's new strategy in the country will resolve it.
"If our goal is stalemate, we've achieved it," Lute told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview on "This Week" Sunday that also included Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as US ambassador to Afghanistan and the United Nations under President George W. Bush.
Lute was responding to Trump’s announcement last week about his new war strategy in Afghanistan.
"We have not only a stalemate on the security situation, but a threefold stalemate on the political front," said Lute, who served as an adviser on Afghan policy under both former presidents George Bush and Barack Obama.
"We have a political stalemate in Kabul. We have a political stalemate in the region, and we have a political stalemate with regards to trying to enter talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban," said Lute.
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