Are the Afghan Taliban terrorists?
[DAWN] This post appears courtesy of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Many were surprised when a White House front man recently called the Afghan Taliban an "armed insurgency" and refrained from calling the hardline Lion of Islam group forces of Evil a month after the United States ended combat operations in Afghanistan.
The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in its 13-year war against the Taliban after it led an international coalition to topple their regime in Afghanistan in late 2001.
Posted by: Fred 2015-02-08 |