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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
* The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war… Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Cummings, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, confirmed the existence of the document, reported on Wednesday by Britain's Times newspaper and the BBC… But he said it was not a strategic study… "The classified document in question is a compilation of Taliban detainee opinions," he said. "It's not an analysis, nor is it meant to be considered an analysis."… Nevertheless, it could be interpreted as a damning assessment of the war, dragging into its 11th year and aimed at blocking a Taliban return to power…
Read this somewhat lengthy report by Reuters at link below…
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* The Guardian reports it this way… A secret US military report says the Taliban, heavily backed by Pakistan, are confident they can win the Afghanistan conflict, and that they are gaining popular support at the expense of the Kabul government…
Read this report in full at link below…
Read this report in full at link below…
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* ABC.net.au has this report and it starts off like this…
A leaked NATO report in Afghanistan says the Taliban are being directly assisted by Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI, and have widespread support among the Afghan people…
Read this report in full at link below…
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Report says Taliban preparing to retake Afghanistan
About this video: A leaked NATO report claims the Taliban are preparing to retake control of Afghanistan when the alliance's troops leave in 2014.
This news video posted on YouTube by Euronews
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