Reuters: Obama says expects Taliban to continue strategy of violence under new leader
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he expects the Taliban to continue a strategy of violence following the appointment of a hardline leader, adding that the United States aims to uphold Afghanistan's fragile democratization and prevent its use as a base by Islamic State.
"This continues to be an organization that sees violence as a strategy for obtaining its goals and moving its agenda forward in Afghanistan," said Obama, told reporters during a Group of Seven summit at Ise-Shima in central Japan.
"In the short-term, we anticipate that the Taliban will continue to pursue an agenda of violence and blowing up innocent people."
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