| [Pak Daily Times] The Taliban on Saturday said that NATO was heading for defeat in Afghanistan after the alliance announced plans to begin withdrawing troops from the country from next year. "It has become clear that after nine years of occupation, the invaders are doomed towards the same fate as those that tread this path before them," the group said in an emailed statement. "Their troop surges, new strategies, generals, negotiations, and propagandas have been of no avail," it added. Taliban said the withdrawal plans were a sign the force had "exhausted" itself and the surge of soldiers against the Taliban had failed. |