Donald Trump said he could ‘wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Earth in literally ten days,’ but said he wants to continue to work on diplomacy. (Picture: AP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump has made a bizarre statement about Afghanistan, claiming he could wipe the Middle East country ‘off the face of the earth’ in ten days.

During a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump boasted: ‘I could win that war (with Afghanistan) in a week. I just don’t want to kill 10 million people.’

Trump continued to claim he could end the US’s 18-year war with Afghanistan in ‘literally ten days,’ calling the war ‘ridiculous.’

The country’s longest war, which began in October 2001 in retaliation for the September 11 terror attacks, was one of the top agenda items of Trump’s meeting with Khan.




Trump claimed the war against the hardline Taliban Islamist group has made the US the world’s ‘policemen.’ He said Pakistan could play a vital role to help stabilize the country if the US were to remove all of its troops.

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The president said: ‘I think Pakistan is going to help us out. Basically we’re policemen right now and we don’t want to be policemen.’

Trump also suggested that he may restore hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan. The military aid was cut last year after the US accused Pakistan of not doing enough to quell militarized terrorist groups.

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A US official told CNN: ‘We will consider changing that suspension (on Pakistan military aid) if Pakistan meets our security concerns both in Afghanistan and with regard to some of the externally focused groups.’

The White House invitation to Khan was intended to show Pakistan that the ‘door is open to repairing relations and building an enduring relationship,’ the official said.

US officials say the Trump administration has begun peace talks with the Taliban with hopes to end the war.

Donald Trump said the US may restore military aid to Pakistan if they how promise in anti-terrorism efforts (Picture: AP)

Taliban representatives have reportedly met with US officials in Qatar’s capital, Doha, seven times since October.

The US effort is being led by Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-American diplomat who served as US ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

After the sixth meeting with the Taliban in May, Khalilzad said ‘faster progress’ was necessary as ‘the conflict rages’ and ‘innocent people die.’