Twenty-Five Years After Soviet Exit, Taliban Says U.S. Will Meet Same Fate -- Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban called on Afghans to expel the United States from Afghanistan on Saturday just as they said Afghan mujahideen fighters had done to Soviet forces 25 years ago to the day.
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In a statement issued on the 25th anniversary of the final Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, a national holiday for Afghans, the Taliban sought to connect the steady departure of U.S. and NATO troops ahead of a year-end deadline to the end of the decade-long Soviet occupation.
"Today America is facing the same fate as the former Soviets and trying to escape from our country," the Taliban said in a statement emailed to reporters by Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a spokesman for the group.
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My Comment: The Afghan Taliban sound very confident .... but Afghanistan is not the same country after 25 years. There are many Afghans who do not like the Taliban,and they will resist.
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