The Taliban said Wednesday their spring offensive in Afghanistan will begin this week, the first time the insurgents' annual campaign against the Afghan government will take place without NATO troops on the battlefield.
In past years, spring and the melting of snow on the mountains along the border with Pakistan marked a significant upsurge in the fighting between the Taliban and NATO forces along with their local allies. This fighting season, the insurgents will face just Afghan forces after the withdrawal of most international combat troops at the end of last year.
A Taliban statement, which was emailed to media, said the offensive _ dubbed ``Azm'' or perseverance in Dari and Arabic _ will begin on Friday. It added that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban call themselves, is ``determined to prolong the ongoing jihad,'' or holy war.
The statement also said that under U.S. leadership, the ``crusaders'' will maintain ``control of our land and space'' through security agreements with the Afghan government. The agreements allow NATO and the U.S. to keep a limited number of non-combat troops in Afghanistan to train and assist Afghan forces in their fight against the insurgency.
``For the complete liberation of our beloved homeland from the yoke of foreign occupation and for the implementation of Islamic rule throughout the country, the Islamic Emirate is determined to prolong the ongoing jihad against the foreign invaders as well as their internal stooges,'' the Taliban said.
In recent weeks, attacks in the north and east of the country have intensified in the build-up to the warm weather fighting season. The insurgents can be expected to fight until snow falls on the Hindu Kush, when the militants return to the mountains. Fighting even stops in many places for meals and prayers.
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Saturday, April 25, 2015
AFGHANISTAN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG IN 2015 BY THE POTUS BHO–AS EVERY YEAR IN THE SPRING TALIBAN COMES OUT OF HIDING TO ATTACK–AND EVERY YEAR NATO FIGHTS THEM OFF–BUT THIS TIME THE AFGHAN NATIONALS WILL DO IT ALONE–MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BY THE LEFTIST BHO TO HAND OVER AFGHANISTAN TO THE EXTREMES AFTER THE HARD WON FIGHTING BY US FORCES JUST LIKE GIVING HALF OF IRAQ TO ISIS THE SAME MISSION ACCOMPLISH LEGACY OF THE DEMOCRATS POTUS BHO
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