The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, said Thursday that military pressure on insurgents will continue amid political efforts to forge peace and end the Afghan war. 
 
Nicholson said that in some cases achieving a peace deal is not possible without military pressure on the enemy. 
 
According to Nicholson, they support the political efforts for ending the Afghanistan crisis but will continue to put pressure on insurgents from a military point of view. 
 
“Like always we are talking about a peaceful solution of this war, but we also know that sometimes peace is not possible until you put more pressure on the enemy,” said Nicholson.

In this episode host Jamal Nasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Ahmad Sayedi a political analyst.