In a special interview with TOLOnews, Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of US Forces and NATO in Afghanistan, said on Saturday that the US knows the Afghan Taliban leadership is in the Quetta and Peshawar areas.

He said the issue of outside sanctuaries has to be addressed but that it was “being addressed in private between the US government and the Pakistani government - but it does need to be addressed.”

In this episode of Tawde Khabare, host Zabi Sadat discusses the topic with the following guests:

•             General Zalmai Wardak, military analyst

•             Abdul Subhan Misbah, legal expert

•             Abdul Qadeer Kharotai, MP

•             Nasir Ahmad Tarakai, university lecturer