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Taliban warn Korea against sending troops
[The News (Pak) Top Stories] The Taliban in Afghanistan accused the South Korean government of breaching the 'clandestine agreement' by sending 500 troops to the war-battered country and warned to start attacks on Koreans and their installations.Taliban said the South Korean government had agreed to pull out its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007 in exchange for safe release of their 19 nationals and had promised not to send more troops to the country in future. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who called The News from an undisclosed location on Wednesday, said Taliban had freed the 19 Korean nationals in September 2007 after the South Korean government promised to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and would never send more in future. "It's a sheer violation of the agreement they had made with us. Now under pressure from the United States, the South Korean government has announced to send 500 additional troops to Afghanistan. This means they backtracked on their commitment and will fight against us," explained the Taliban spokes-man. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-10 |
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