Taliban Demand Exit Of All Foreign Forces -- Wall Street Journal
Mullah Omar Says Insurgents Will Fight Until All Outside Forces Leave the Country
KABUL—The Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has warned against keeping U.S.-led foreign troops in Afghanistan after the coalition's military mission ends next year, saying insurgents will fight on until all foreign soldiers go home.
"The occupying countries should learn from the bitter experiences of the past 12 years. They should not try their fate once more by prolonging the occupation or by establishing permanent bases," Mullah Omar said Tuesday in a statement he releases annually ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday.
The U.S. and some Western allies aim to keep a small training and counterterrorism force in Afghanistan after 2014. Talks on the plan, however, were suspended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration following the botched opening of a Taliban office in Qatar in June.
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