Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Taliban says US troop withdrawal plan is ‘continued occupation’

NATO combat troops are due to withdraw from the country by December, but a residual US force is expected to remain behind for training exercises . (Reuters)
The Taliban on Wednesday condemned President Barack Obama’s announcement that US troops would stay in Afghanistan until the end of 2016.

“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 sovereignty, religion and human rights,” said a statement, using the insurgents’ name for the country.

“We have always clearly expressed our stance that even if one American soldier is in Afghanistan, it is not acceptable to our nation and Jihad will continue against them.”..


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