dinsdag 10 januari 2006

Nederland en Afghanistan 19













Het persagentschap Reuters bericht: 'Taliban Leader Vows More Attacks in Afghanistan. KABUL (Reuters) - Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar on Monday vowed more attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai suggested he "get in touch'' if he wanted peace. In a message to mark the three-day Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, which starts in Afghanistan on Tuesday, Omar reiterated his call for jihad, or holy war, against the United States. "The Taliban attacks in Afghanistan will further intensify in this New Year, which will force Americans to leave Afghanistan very soon,'' he said in a message carried by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency. Lees verder: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-afghan-karzai.html Of: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011006N.shtml Dit wordt bekend op het moment dat de regering Bush en de door Washington aangestelde NAVO secretaris-generaal Nederlandse politici onder druk zetten om nog meer troepen naar Afghanistan te sturen nu de Amerikanen zelf hun troepen daar willen verminderen.

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