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Posted: 22 Aug 2017 05:37 AM PDT
Taliban spokesman Zahibullah Mujahid denounced Trump's decision
to remain engaged in Afghanistan and said that Taliban fighters will
"sustain our Jihad." Additionally he repeated the canard that the
Taliban does not pose a threat to foreign countries.
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Posted: 21 Aug 2017 11:21 PM PDT
With words unprecedented for a US president, Trump called out
Pakistan for harboring and supporting terrorist groups that target and kill
US citizens and said there would be a radical change in policy toward the
South Asian nation. Trump indicated the US would work to increase ties with
India, Pakistan's neighbor and greatest enemy, a move sure to both enrage as
well as frighten Pakistani elites.
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