AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States should withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan and stop listening to ‘stooges; in Kabul, the Taliban warned in an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17].
The Trump administration is working to finalize a regional strategy that could include nearly 4,000 additional U.S. troops, part of a NATO-led coalition, that have been requested by commanders in the country.
That plan has faced scepticism in the White House, where Trump and several top aides have criticized years of American military intervention and foreign aid…
The Taliban, seeking to restore Islamic rule, have been waging an increasingly violent insurgency against the Western-backed Afghan government since losing power in a U.S.-led military operation in 2001.
In the lengthy statement, the Taliban criticized the Afghan government as ‘stooges’, ‘lying corrupt leaders’ and ‘repulsive sellouts’ who are providing Washington with overly optimistic ‘rosy pictures’ of the situation in Afghanistan.”
-Josh Smith, “Taliban urge Trump to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan,” Reuters, Aug. 15, 2017 04:29am