The Taliban on Trump: "We hope he will win the election" and withdraw U.S. troops

CBS ^ | Oct 10 | BY SAMI YOUSAFZAI

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The Taliban are Betraying Trump’s Peace Deal
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16799/afghanistan-taliban-peace-deal
by Con Coughlin
November 27, 2020

While Mr Trump has fulfilled his side of the bargain by overseeing a significant reduction in America’s military presence from 9,000 to 4,500 troops since the deal was signed, the Taliban has been less forthcoming in terms of honouring its side of the deal.

The upsurge in Taliban violence certainly raises significant questions about whether Afghanistan’s security forces will be able to defend the country once American forces have been withdrawn, with US forces due to be reduced to 2,500 by early next year.

There are also concerns that, if the Taliban succeeds in seizing control of large swathes of the country, they could allow Islamist terror groups like Al-Qaeda to return and use the country as a base from which to launch attacks against the West — the initial cause of America’s military intervention following the September 11 attacks.

The fear now is that, if Mr Trump and his senior advisors are no longer in a position to conclude the peace deal he negotiated earlier in the year, then the Taliban will simply take matters into their own hands and seize control of the country by force.

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Going forward what type of young man would volunteer to join the Army to support this fraudulent puppet regime? Certainly no patriot would do that.