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Afghanistan
No changes in U.S. forces operations in Afghanistan: U.S. Military
2019-08-14
[KhaamaPress] The U.S. military in Afghanistan has rejected the reports suggesting that the U.S. forces have drawn back operations against the holy warrior groups in the country.

The Newsweek magazine earlier reported that the U.S.-led operations against Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
in Afghanistan have significantly reduced or halted as the Pentagon continues to plan for a potential withdrawal of thousands of U.S. forces from its longest conflict ever.

The magazine also reported that it has learnt from Pentagon brasshats that U.S. personnel have been ordered to limit nearly all offensive combat operations against the Taliban and cease advising the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces as the Trump administration proposes cutting U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan by nearly half to 6,000 as a means of finalizing "technical" details among Taliban leadership.

However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
Col. Sonny Leggett, the USFOR-A front man, said "This article is inaccurate and speculative, citing unnamed sources who are likely as far from the subject as they are from Afghanistan itself."
Ooooooh, ouch. I suspect the good colonel used different words inside his head...
Col. Leggett further added "The characterizations of changes to our authorities and operations have no basis in fact. We have no such orders and have made no such changes."

This comes as the 8th round of peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban representatives recently concluded in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i capital of Doha.
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