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In a statement, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) says that the NATO Summit in Chicago - which was held on May 20-21, 2012 - failed to make headway in resolving the Afghan problem.
The Taliban statement noted that "disappointment was echoed in all statements" made at the Chicago Summit and that all coalition partners ultimately reiterated previously known positions about the Afghan issue.
Following is the text of the statement:
"The Fundamental Solution Is That All Of The Invading Troops Withdraw As Quickly As Possible"
"For a whole two months, the American military and civilian officials, Western and its surrogate media, and other American-influenced so-called 'experts' strongly advertised the Chicago conference; optimism was shown; it was considered a last chance; [it] was called the largest summit; [it] was touted as the key to tough questions and on which the hopes of a lot of people were riding came to an end yesterday [May 21, 2012].
