Taliban Calls NATO Agreement For 2014 Withdrawal From Afghanistan a "sign of failure of the American government"

As the countries of NATO signed an agreement for total withdrawal from the Afghanistan War in 2014, the Taliban were quick to try and humiliate every one of the NATO alliance countries and especially the United States of America. I don't know about you, but there are certain groups in this world that just should not get away with mocking America.

From the report at DAWN:

The Taliban on Sunday called Nato’s plan to begin withdrawing troops from the Afghan battlefield next year and cede full control to local forces by 2014 a “sign of failure” for the US government.

The hardline group said the agreement signed in Lisbon on Saturday showed that Washington had “failed to get additional military assistance of the Nato member countries” or a commitment to continue operations in the long term.

“It is a good news for Afghans and all freedom-loving people of the world and it is a sign of failure for the American government,” it said in an emailed statement.

“In the past nine years, the invaders could not establish any system of governance in Kabul and they will never be able to do so in future.”

The statement entitled “Response of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as regards Lisbon Meeting” comes after the Taliban on Saturday scoffed at the alliance’s plan to bring the war in Afghanistan to an end within four years.

Now, between the signal previously from our Commander-in-chief that the U.S. would start withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2011 and now this official decision by NATO to withdraw completely by 2014, I ask you ... will there be ANY effort on our part to win this war in the next one for three years? And I ask you, won't this further put our troops in even more danger on this battlefield?

You know, I've disagreed with many regarding the aim of the War in Afghanistan - many critics have said this was another example of "nation building" in a country that can't be rebuilt and I've stated that we have NOT tried to nation-build Afghanistan - we have done nothing in Afghanistan like we did in Iraq. For me, the War in Afghanistan has always been about one thing and that is to never allow al Qaeda to regain their position in this country so they can once again plot and execute major attacks on America. Well, our President and the leaders of NATO have now made it official - al Qaeda WILL be back in their hundreds of training camps in Afghanistan in at least three years, the Taliban WILL be back in control of the country of Afghanistan and the jihadis of the world WILL once again have a fortress in which to plan world wide attacks.

You can yap all you want about how impossible it is to win a war in Afghanistan but I am convinced if you let our military commanders unleash our dogs of war without any constraints...without any attention paid to world whining and the fake objections of Hamid Karzai, the Taliban CAN be routed from Afghanistan. And here is what Barack Hussein Obama has never acknowledged - that in order to defeat al Qaeda, you have to defeat the Taliban. Our worthless Commander-in-chief has always made this about al Qaeda and he has totally ignored the Taliban - that's a bit like a surgeon deciding that the only thing he has to do is cut out a tumor and ignores the fact that the tumor is in the middle of the patient's brain.

So once again, it appears the spineless Leftists of our country and the West have won again. So, prepare yourselves for 2014 and 2015 and 2016 for the next wave of 9/11 attacks, America. And when the body count in our country mounts and we bury our dead, just remember we had the chance to stop it all and we simply....gave up.

Nato withdrawal plan ‘sign of failure’ for US: Taliban


KABUL: The Taliban on Sunday called Nato’s plan to begin withdrawing troops from the Afghan battlefield next year and cede full control to local forces by 2014 a “sign of failure” for the US government.

The hardline group said the agreement signed in Lisbon on Saturday showed that Washington had “failed to get additional military assistance of the Nato member countries” or a commitment to continue operations in the long term.

“It is a good news for Afghans and all freedom-loving people of the world and it is a sign of failure for the American government,” it said in an emailed statement.

“In the past nine years, the invaders could not establish any system of governance in Kabul and they will never be able to do so in future.”

The statement entitled “Response of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as regards Lisbon Meeting” comes after the Taliban on Saturday scoffed at the alliance’s plan to bring the war in Afghanistan to an end within four years.

The group claimed that the agreement showed that foreign forces were “doomed towards the same fate as those that tread this path before them”, despite a massive troop surge earlier this year to quell fierce fighting in the south.

The plan will see the 48 countries of the 150,000-strong Nato-led force in Afghanistan begin transferring parts of the battlefield to local police and military and move Western troops into a supporting role by the end of 2014.

Washington, however, warned that “some hard fighting remains ahead” and did not rule out combat operations continuing beyond 2014.

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen pledged that the allies would stand by Kabul after their combat mission ends.

The Taliban on Sunday repeated its call for the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces, calling the 2014 cut-off date an “irrational decision”, as it prolonged a “meaningless, imposed and (unwinnable) war”.

“They should not postpone withdrawal of their forces even be it for one day,” the statement added.

Nato commanders and officials have been upbeat about progress in Afghanistan, particularly in the volatile south, which is the Taliban’s spiritual home.

US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the Nato-led allies “are achieving our objective of breaking Taliban momentum” after committing extra resources to the war.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) spokesman Brigadier-General Josef Blotz on Sunday said that foreign and Afghan troops had broadly halted the Taliban advance and won support in key Afghan population centres.

“Recent developments have shown that progress is possible. Our job now is to build on that progress to increase the momentum that has been achieved and over time to help the Afghan government prepare to sustain the progress,” he added.

Violence, though, remains a daily reality for both troops and ordinary Afghans, with military and civilian casualties at an all-time high in the nine-year war.

In a sign of the difficulties of securing the war-torn country, four civilians were killed in two separate suicide bomb attacks in eastern Laghman province on Saturday.

Nato also admitted that its troops accidentally killed three civilians when they came under fire during operations in Kunar province, also in eastern Afghanistan, on Friday.

A survey published late Friday gave a gloomy prediction that most people in southern Afghanistan thought the Taliban would return after Nato troops leave.

The rebel group indicated on Sunday it was eyeing a return to power, claiming in its statement that it had put together a “comprehensive policy for the future Afghanistan”. – AFP