Posted on 09/20/2009 12:46:58 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
KABUL — Afghan and foreign troops will cease offensive operations in the intensifying war against Taliban-led insurgents to observe the UN's International Day of Peace, the defence ministry said Sunday.
Afghan defence minister Abdul Rahim Wardak has ordered his troops to remain on the defensive for Peace Day on Monday, and not to attack rebel positions unless attacked, his spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi told AFP.
"The people of Afghanistan are more thirsty for peace than any other nation. They have experienced decades of war and they want peace now," Azimi said.
The directive follows a similar order from US General Stanley McChrystal, which falls short of a ceasefire by the more than 100,000 US and NATO troops he commands in an effort to quell the Taliban insurgency.
Troops will be on the defensive but "will not conduct offensive military operations on September 21 to observe the United Nations' International Day of Peace," McChrystal said.
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*facepalm*
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WTF??? Probably an Obama order.
It’s as if the headline were written while you were excited and out of breath.
The Taliban will not stop, how stupid.
Sorry. Too true. I had to add UN to the title.
nice headline
with UN
This did not come from Obama but from our “democratic” Afghan allies. You know who they are. They are the ones who some freepers want to have even more of our blood and treasure.
Well gosh! Thats a great idea. And those Talibans won’t attack. I’m sure of it. It’s hard to attack when you are laughing so hard that you can’t breathe.
And the idea of an Afghan government goving orders to American troops, is sick.
As is traditional on this auspicious day, UN troops will lay down their arms, bow to the local tyrant, remove the wallet of the person to their right, and rape a child.
It is even sicker for us to stick around under these circumstances but I’ll wager most people on this thread think the Messiah should send even more troops into the rathole.
No more US blood or money for Afghanistan. It will always be an Islamic dump.
I hope the Taliban get the memo.
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