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| Taliban condemn US exit strategy from Afghanistan |
| 2014-05-29 |
| [DAWN] Taliban gunnies Wednesday denounced US plans to keep troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2016, threatening to wage war against the "occupation" until the very last foreign soldier pulls out. Outlining the US strategy to end America's longest war, 15 years after the September 11 attacks, President Barack Obama I am the change that you seek... confirmed Tuesday that the 32,000-strong US deployment in Afghanistan would be scaled back to around 9,800 by the start of 2015. Those forces would be halved by the end of 2015 before eventually being reduced to a normal embassy presence with a security assistance component by the end of 2016. But underscoring the instability still roiling Afghanistan, two Americans were slightly maimed in an attack on a US consulate vehicle in Afghanistan's western city of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... on Wednesday. An unidentified gunman on a cycle of violence fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the US vehicle in Herat, five days after gunnies attacked an Indian diplomatic mission in the same city near the border with Iran. Taliban gunnies responded to Obama's announcement by ruling out an end to fighting until a complete withdrawal of US forces had taken place -- a grim indicator that Afghanistan's long, bloody war is far from over. "Now that Obama has announced that he will keep around 10,000 troops until the end of 2016 and continue their occupation, Afghanistan Islamic Emirate condemns it and considers it a violation of illusory sovereignty, religion and human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... ," said a Taliban statement. The statement, which used the Death Eaters' name for the country, appeared to inflate the number of troops scheduled to remain under Obama's plan. "The American leaders should do now what they plan to do two years later. Even if one American soldier is in Afghanistan, it is not acceptable to our nation and jihad (holy war) will continue against them." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As per #1, moreso given ... * TOPIX > [Daily Beast] AL QAEDA GROWS AS US WITHDRAWS. All things equal, why not ditto for the Talibunnies, E-T-A-L, now id post-2014, US + Globalist-supported Nuclear goodness??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-05-29 23:40 |
| #1 In a press release, the Taliban said 'Now that we're winning, you want to take your ball and go home. Wuss!' |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-05-29 07:15 |