Taliban vow war if US forces stay

Afghan Taliban warn of a prolonged war in Afghanistan if any foreign troops stay after the end of 2014.

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban warned on Saturday of a prolonged war in Afghanistan if any foreign troops stay after the end of 2014, as Kabul and Washington prepare to discuss the “residual” US security presence. “If America wants to leave a small or large number of its troops for whatever length of time then it means war and destruction will continue in the region for that same length,” the Taliban said in a statement.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 6^th, 2013.