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Straight from President Karzai's mouth:
Entire article here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/...zai/index.html
So it seems we (as in the NATO members that agreed to fight) should be able to bring our troops home. Surely if the Taliban "pose no significant threat either to his government or to its institutions" there is no further need for us to stay and prop him up.
Good news. I was wrong. We were successful in Afghanistan.
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the Taliban still endanger innocent people, but they pose no significant threat either to his government or to its institutions.
President Bush greets Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Camp David, Maryland, on Sunday.
"It's a force that is defeated, frustrated, acting in cowardice by killing children going to school," Karzai told reporters during a joint news conference with President Bush. Karzai said he is working to root the Taliban out from their mountain hideouts.
For his part, Bush described the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan and harbored al Qaeda before the September 11, 2001, attacks, as "brutal coldblooded killers" with "a vision of darkness."
Bush noted that speculation last spring that the Taliban would launch an offensive against Karzai's government was countered by a U.S., NATO and Afghan offensive. Bush said Afghanistan's 110,000 troops are being aided by 23,500 U.S. troops and 26,000 troops from other nations.
President Bush greets Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Camp David, Maryland, on Sunday.
"It's a force that is defeated, frustrated, acting in cowardice by killing children going to school," Karzai told reporters during a joint news conference with President Bush. Karzai said he is working to root the Taliban out from their mountain hideouts.
For his part, Bush described the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan and harbored al Qaeda before the September 11, 2001, attacks, as "brutal coldblooded killers" with "a vision of darkness."
Bush noted that speculation last spring that the Taliban would launch an offensive against Karzai's government was countered by a U.S., NATO and Afghan offensive. Bush said Afghanistan's 110,000 troops are being aided by 23,500 U.S. troops and 26,000 troops from other nations.
Entire article here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/...zai/index.html
So it seems we (as in the NATO members that agreed to fight) should be able to bring our troops home. Surely if the Taliban "pose no significant threat either to his government or to its institutions" there is no further need for us to stay and prop him up.
Good news. I was wrong. We were successful in Afghanistan.
Karsai and all the other members of the former Northern Alliance who now run the national government may wish to disagree with you on this point.
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