Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the West (The magic of Obama continues. /sarc)

reuters ^ | 10/7/2009 | reuters

[tobyhill]

The Afghan Taliban pose no threat to the West but will continue their fight against occupying foreign forces, they said on Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that removed them from power.

U.S.-led forces with the help of Afghan groups overthrew the Taliban government during a five week battle which started on October 7, 2001, after the militants refused to hand over al Qaeda leaders wanted by Washington for the September 11 attacks on America.

"We had and have no plan of harming countries of the world, including those in Europe ... our goal is the independence of the country and the building of an Islamic state," the Taliban said in a statement on the group's website www.shahamat.org.

"Still, if you (NATO and U.S. troops) want to colonize the country of proud and pious Afghans under the baseless pretext of a war on terror, then you should know that our patience will only increase and that we are ready for a long war."

[Yo-Yo]

No, you’re not a direct threat to the West, you leave that to your Al Qaeda buddies.

[4rcane]

i would love to believe them, but if you habor terrorists that use your territory to attack another you lose the right of sovereignty. Its in the UN charter
US have the right of self defence

[AZFolks]

There are some who can truly analyze issues because they do the research and THINK. Fred Kagan is one of these unique humans and he is the architect with General Patreus (spelling stinks) of the Iraq surge. He refutes all the nonsense in Weekly Standard. I am not smart enough to repeat it meaningfully. This is not false modesty! Get it and read it and all becomes clear.

[popdonnelly]

The Taliban are a bunch of tyrants. And they’re allies of bin Laden. Tough luck for them, they lose.