Alice Wells: “I think the critical point is that we do not want to leave or abandon Afghanistan at all.”

we are ready to help meet India's defense needs and we are seeking a very different kind of defense partnership

Our goal in Afghanistan is a sustainable, political settlement to end the war. Our conditions-based approach is working and the Taliban have come to the table.

I think congressional support for the India-U.S. relationship has been extraordinary, you know, and the designation of India as a major defense partner...

How Afghans govern themselves needs to be determined by Afghans...