14 August 2017

News Story: Failure In Afghanistan Means Strengthening Terrorists In West

By Gullabuddin Ghubar

NATO has to win the war against the insurgents in Afghanistan, the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan (RS) said on Saturday at a gathering in Kabul held to mark the sacrifices of by Afghan and foreign soldiers.

The commander of the U.S and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, said failure in Afghanistan will embolden extremist groups in the West.

Nicholson said they should and will defeat the insurgents to safeguard their own homeland.

“If we fail in Afghanistan, we will invite terror attacks on our homelands. Failure with unleash millions of migrants out of this region and the rest of the world. Failure will embolden terrorists and jihadists globally to include those already inside our own countries. That is why we are here and that is why we must win,” said Nicholson.

The sacrifices of the Afghan and foreign soldiers who have injured in the war against insurgents were appreciated by NATO chief in Kabul.

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