The officials involved in policy review argued Obama on Afghanistan, that Al Qaeda is seen as more dangerous to American interests in the country, while the Taliban, though hostile to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, are considered, as quoted by AFP.
This assessment seems to differ with the picture revealed by the war that the U.S. commander, General Stanley McChrystal, who asked for 40,000 additional soldiers and warned that the counter-insurgency against the Taliban will be defeated if no reinforcement troops.
White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, who said the reduction of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said, Obama has yet to make a decision because he was reviewing the policy toward Afghanistan.
But he said there are clear differences between the two groups, the style of Al Qaeda as a group through a network of global and transnational jihad will attempt to attack the U.S. earth.
"I think the Taliban certainly worse people to do something. But they are sometimes different abilities, although had ties as a transnational threat."
However, officials denied the existence of a policy change, and said that since March, Obama has made the difference between core Taliban fighters allied with al Qaeda and forces loyal to local commanders who had been fighting.
U.S. and its allies launched air attacks eight years ago against the Taliban in Afghanistan, after the group gave refuge to Osama bin Laden, who designed the network 11 September 2001 attacks.
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