Baku-APA. The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said on Friday that the Kabul government's peace deal with warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was an "encouraging" step that would bring a long-time belligerent into reconciliation with the government, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Army General John Nicholson told reporters at the Pentagon he was concerned about the high level of casualties among Afghan forces and had been working with Afghan leaders to adjust tactics to reduce them.
Nicholson said the fight against the Taliban had reached a stalemate or equilibrium in which the Afghan government was in control of about 70 percent of the population and the Taliban controlled about 10 percent.
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