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2020-11-25 Afghanistan
We Cannot Let ISIS Rebuild in Afghanistan the Terror Caliphate it Lost in Syria and Iraq: NATO
[KhaamaPress] NATO
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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the 66th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Monday said its alliance "cannot let ISIS rebuild in Afghanistan the terror caliphate it lost in Syria and Iraq," adding NATO mission will continue to provide support to Afghan cops.

While President Donald Trump
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pushes through the February accord on troops withdrawal, NATO has repeatedly warned of greater risk if the United States pulls out its forces from Afghanistan "too soon" or "uncoordinated".

"As you know, the United States has announced that it will reduce its presence in Afghanistan. But the NATO mission will remain," Stoltenberg said. "And we will continue to provide support to Afghan cops."

"We cannot risk Afghanistan becoming once more a platform for international Death Eaters to plan and organise attacks on our homelands," he said. "And we cannot let ISIS rebuild in Afghanistan the terror caliphate it lost in Syria and Iraq."

Stoltenberg bids to address NATO’s future presence in Afghanistan at their next Defense Ministers meeting in February, saying they will be "faced with a difficult choice" and the grinding of the peace processor may falter.

"Either stay — and pay the price of a continued military engagement," he said. "Or leave — and risk that the gains we have made are lost."

"We have to remember that we [NATO and US troops] went into Afghanistan together. And when the time is right, we should leave together, in a coordinated way," he concluded.

The remarks came at a time, US President Donald Trump has several times made tweet on troops withdrawal from Afghanistan by Christmas, but the announcements have been criticized by a number of critiques and US officials, including former military generals who have called it an attempt in favor of the Taliban
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Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-25 00:11|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top
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#1 What about my plan for a park dedicated to radioactive isotopes?
Posted by Ulavirong Omeager2818 2020-11-25 02:11||   2020-11-25 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 It Appears to these Old Eyes many people don't seem to understand Islamic Terrorists Thrive in the dark disconnected places. We pull out Afghanistan will once again become a Jihadi wonderland.
Posted by Sonny Black 2020-11-25 07:52||   2020-11-25 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Eternal war! The military-industrial complex is making a mint on this war and will *not* let it stop.

Jihadi wonderland? Since when was Afghanistan a civilized country? Never. It never was. That's a lie. Afghanistan can never be made into a "safe" country and if it was going to happen, it would have happened by now. We beat the Nazis in 5 years. 19 years against desert rats and we can't win?
Posted by Jaiger Sleath7993 2020-11-25 08:07||   2020-11-25 08:07|| Front Page Top

#4 ..well, we went nearly full Mongol on the Germans. Can't do that anymore cause we don't wage real war. BTW, the Mongols did pacified the region we know as Afghanistan.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-11-25 10:12||   2020-11-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

#5 ISIS in Afghanistan is already in conflict with the Taliban, Al Q and the Govt.

In fact, reports are that the US has used ISIS-Taliban conflicts to take airpower shots at ISIS troops.

We could keep an air and drone base in Tajikistan or Uzbekistan but otherwise leave. Let the jihadis fight each other for a few years.
Posted by Lord Garth 2020-11-25 12:06||   2020-11-25 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not the wars - it's the nation building.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-11-25 13:18||   2020-11-25 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder when the nation building will start in the US.
Posted by Clem 2020-11-25 13:33||   2020-11-25 13:33|| Front Page Top

#8 NATO deadbeats mouthing off.
Posted by Regular joe 2020-11-25 19:18||   2020-11-25 19:18|| Front Page Top

#9 It's not the other NATO nations' war, other than to keep Afghan refugees out.
Posted by Ulavirong Omeager2818 2020-11-25 19:39||   2020-11-25 19:39|| Front Page Top

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