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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban warn Korea against sending troops |
| 2009-12-10 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] The Taliban in Afghanistan accused the South Korean government of breaching the 'clandestine agreement' by sending 500 troops to the war-battered country and warned to start attacks on Koreans and their installations. Taliban said the South Korean government had agreed to pull out its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007 in exchange for safe release of their 19 nationals and had promised not to send more troops to the country in future. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who called The News from an undisclosed location on Wednesday, said Taliban had freed the 19 Korean nationals in September 2007 after the South Korean government promised to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and would never send more in future. "It's a sheer violation of the agreement they had made with us. Now under pressure from the United States, the South Korean government has announced to send 500 additional troops to Afghanistan. This means they backtracked on their commitment and will fight against us," explained the Taliban spokes-man. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 My advice? Don't piss off the ROKs... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-12-10 14:54 |
| #5 Ooops! They had their fingers crossed behind their backs. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-10 11:45 |
| #4 Even more, can you imagine what ROK soldiers will be like, after having lost face this way? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-12-10 08:50 |
| #3 Let me get this stright. The Terrorist Taliban organization kidnap (and who knows what else) 19 Korean Civilians - a clear and blantant violation of war and the Geneva Convention. In order to win their release, South Korea agrees to pull their troops and not send any more in the future. Now the Taliban are accusing the Koreans or violating their agreement? An agreement made under duress? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-12-10 00:13 |
| #2 ION SAME > GUAM SAYS IT CAN'T TAKE BASE AT CENTER OF JAPAN ROW + GUAM'S GOVERNOR EXPRESSES OPPOSITION TO ACCEPTING BASE MOVE FROM JAPAN + GUAM'S GOVERNOR REJECTS OKINAWA BASE MOVE. Methinks my former anti-Soviet Afghan War cohort + Whitney fan Osama Bin Laden just got an EARLY XMAS GIFT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-10 00:11 |
| #1 ION TOPIX > BANGKOK GOVERNOR: BURMA A THREAT TO THAILAND'S STABILITY [Burma = Myanmar mil modernization vee Thailand, + drug trade]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-10 00:04 |