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Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:06 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by Indian Express


Taliban accuses UN of being party to 'mass murder' in Afghanistan

The Taliban levelled a stinging verbal attack on the United Nations, which is relocating 600 foreign staff in Afghanistan after the militia attacked one of its guesthouses in Kabul.

In a statement on its website, the Taliban accused the United Nations of "suppressing and oppressing" Muslims while supporting...

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"They have their share in the mass murders of the Afghan people and are the cause of the tragedies and sufferings of the Afghans. During the past eight years, never a day has passed without the Americans and Western brutal forces not committing crimes, murder or torture against our people or not encroaching on our national and religious values" it said
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