{"id":57393,"date":"2014-12-30T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57393"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T01:20:47","slug":"taliban-declares-victory-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57393","title":{"rendered":"Taliban declares victory in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taliban decided that since the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) rolled up their Operation Enduring Freedom flag the other day, they’ve won in Afghanistan, according to Reuters<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“ISAF rolled up its flag in an atmosphere of failure and disappointment without having achieved anything substantial or tangible,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an statement emailed on Monday.<\/p>\n

About 13,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans, will remain in the country under a new, two-year mission named “Resolute Support” that will continue the coalition’s training of Afghan security forces to fight the insurgents, who have killed record numbers of Afghans this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really, it’s like dealing with the Lemon Party Triad. We beat the snot out of them in court and they act like they’re winning.<\/p>\n

But, in Afghanistan it might seem true to more than the Taliban. Refugees are fleeing to Kabul to escape the Taliban in the vacuum left by NATO troops, according to Christian Science Monitor<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Thousands of Afghans are pouring into makeshift camps in the capital where they face a harsh winter as the Taliban return to areas once cleared by foreign forces, who this week are marking the end of their combat mission.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

This has been the bloodiest year of the war for civilians, with the toll of dead and wounded expected to hit 10,000 for the first time since the U.N. began keeping records in 2008.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Has anyone seen Hamid Karzai lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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