South Asia Studies Project

February 18, 2011 Special Dispatch No.3599 Taliban Issue Statement Opposing Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Afghanistan, Warn: 'Afghanistan is Not a Country Where the Aborigines will Tolerate the Presence of Foreign Troops Even for a Single Day' Note to media and government: For a copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to [email protected] The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) issued a statement opposing a move to establish permanent U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. The statement, published on an official website of the Taliban, noted that Afghanistan's neighbors will not accept the idea of permanent U.S. bases in Afghanistan, and "will forge an alliance against it if they find the chance to do so and will make efforts to deal a dashing and crumbling blow at America." The full text of this report is available to MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Subscribers. Subscription information is available at this link. JTTM subscribers can visit this page to view the report.