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Afghanistan
U.S Forces To Focus On ‘Unilateral Operations’ Against Insurgents
2016-12-24
[Tolo News] The NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan has said the U.S forces will focus on conducting ’unilateral operations’ next year in order to defeat al-Qaeda and other Lion of Islam outfits in the country.

In an interview with an American TV channel, C-SPAN on Thursday, Charles Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone,
...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ...
, a front man for the Resolute Support mission, said the groups are operative in Afghanistan and Pakistain.

"U.S. forces in Afghanistan have two missions ‐ the first mission is a unilateral U.S. counterterrorism mission specifically focused on al-Qaeda and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
[ISIS]... We do have the authority to conduct unilateral operations with defeating al-Qaeda as well as other groups," the front man said.

He said the reason which they will focus on the mission is to protect their Afghan allies and Afghanistan.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie ducked another tomato...
military commentator Mirza Mohammad Yarmand commented on NATO front man’s remarks and said: "To defeat terrorists, Afghanistan needs regional and international cooperation. I don’t think Pakistain will be honest in its commitments towards the anti-terror mission. Pakistain should close the illegal madrassas on its soil, if it actually wants to combat against terrorism."

According to Afghan security officials, a large number of Afghan and Pak Taliban entered Afghanistan ‐ from Pakistain ‐ this year and tried to transfer the Taliban’s main council to Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, but they were failed.

"Taliban has been divided into many factions; therefore, it is a good opportunity for the Afghan government to invite the moderate Taliban groups to the peace table," university lecturer Qasim Wahidi said.

NATO has said that the Taliban made lots of efforts this year to take control of central cities of some provinces including Helmand, Kunduz, Uruzgan, Farah and few other provinces; however, the Lion of Islam group failed in this bid.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Wonder why its NATO announcing this?
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-12-24 23:08  

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