The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, said Thursday that military pressure on insurgents will continue amid political efforts for reaching peace and ending 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 Afghanistan crisis and in the meantime will continue 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. 
 
Nicholson’s remarks come after the second Kabul Process meeting was held on Wednesday in which government disclosed a peace offer to the Taliban in order to end war and violence in the country. 
 
A day after the conference, in an interview with CNN President Ashraf Ghani said the peace offer to the Taliban is not the last option for ending the war in Afghanistan. 
 
“First of all, no effort for peace is last stage. We will succeed. Our past against all odds is to be able to do impossible,” he said.  
 
Mujib Khalwatgar, head of NAI, an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, meanwhile criticized Ghani’s willing over being interviewed by foreign media instead of Afghan media outlets. 
 
“President (Ashraf Ghani) has a two-faced treatment in this respect. He speaks with international media but does not speak with national media. From one side, this is against the law and from another, it shows that the president does not respect his people,” Khalwatgar said. 
 
Although no timeline has been specified in the peace offer to the Taliban, but sources said government believes if Taliban’s attacks decrease by the new war season, it will be a green signal from the group to government’s peace offer.