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Taliban Warns India Over Military Aid to Kabul
[VOA News] The Taliban is urging India to stop giving lethal military equipment to the Afghan government, condemning it as a "clear hostility" towards the war-torn nation.In its first public reaction to New Delhi’s growing military cooperation with Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... , the Islamist insurgency alleged Indian aircraft and equipment are being used to kill Afghans and destroy their homes as well as other civilian infrastructure. "The Islamic Emirate [the Taliban] condemns this action with the strongest of terms," said Zabihullah Mujahid, the main front man for the Taliban, in a statement issued Sunday. Attack helicopters provided India recently transferred four Russian-made Mi-25 attack helicopters to boost the Afghan Air Force’s ability to assist ground troops fighting Taliban myrmidons, and it trains hundreds of Afghan soldiers each year in its military academy. "We call on India to stop exporting items of killing and destruction to Afghanistan and to stop efforts of prolonging the lifespan of this corrupt regime with its military aid," Mujahid added. He accused Afghan forces of using Indian attack helicopters to destroy a key bridge during recent fighting in the volatile northern Kunduz province. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-05 |
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