Valin Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Long War Journal: Bill Roggio January 19, 2014 A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban rejected the US' call for the group to "put down their arms and begin peace talks," a request that was made just one day after a Taliban suicide assault team killed 21 people, including two Americans, at a restaurant in Kabul. "We strongly reject the American demand," Zabihullah Mujahid, an official Taliban spokesman, said in an email sent to The Long War Journal. Mujahid's statement was also published on the Taliban's website, Voice of Jihad. "America wants to turn a blind eye from a manifest reality and conveniently skip over the primary reason for the problems of Afghanistan," he continued. Mujahid said that "the American invasion and its resultant barbarity" was the Taliban's reason for continuing the fight. "If America truly wants peace and stability for Afghanistan then it should immediately withdraw all its forces from our land and leave the Afghans to their own wills and aspirations," he continued. "If America is adamant on war and occupation then it should wait for more deadly attacks." Mujahid was responding to an official statement by the White House that condemned the Jan. 17 suicide assault on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul that killed 21 people, including the IMF's representative to Afghanistan, three UN workers, two Americans, two Brits, two Canadians, and a Danish citizen. (Snip) ___________________________________________________________ Maybe if we asked pretty please with sugar on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I agree. This is shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 I agree. This is shocking. And totally unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Why talk peace when Karzai is going to give them everything they want. Wasn't his latest a demand that we stop bombing the poor bastards or he wouldn't let any troops stay in-country. And didn't he just release a bunch of prisoners we had captured? CIA ought to accident him out of office and get someone we can rely on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Why talk peace when Karzai is going to give them everything they want. Wasn't his latest a demand that we stop bombing the poor bastards or he wouldn't let any troops stay in-country. And didn't he just release a bunch of prisoners we had captured? CIA ought to accident him out of office and get someone we can rely on. Note: Any threats of assassination or sudden disappearance of world "leaders" is the content of the poster and may/or may not have any relation to thoughts of any one else posting to, relating to, thinking of any other posters on this website.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I know no one else posting on this site would have any such thoughts. I pride myself on being an 'independent thinker'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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