TALIBAN LAUDS PAKISTAN'S REFUSAL TO GIVE AIRBASES TO US TROOPS

  • 11/06/2021

Taliban welcomes the government of Pakistan's decision to not allow American forces to use their military bases after withdrawing from Afghanistan.

"We welcome the decision taken by Pakistani authorities not to give its bases to US forces", Taliban spokesperson Sohail Shaheen, reported. "The demand by US forces for having bases in Pakistan is unjustified, and Pakistan responded rightly" Shaheen added.

"Some American officials (told the newspaper) that negotiations with Pakistan had reached an impasse for now. Others have said the option remains on the table and a deal is possible," the media sources reported earlier.
The sources claim that in the talks between Pakistan and American officials, "the Pakistanis have demanded a variety of restrictions in exchange for the use of a base in the country, and they have effectively required that they sign off on any targets that either the CIA or the military would want to hit inside Afghanistan."

The Pentagon is now considering authorising airstrikes in Afghanistan if the country were to falls into crisis due to the rise in violence by the Taliban.

The officials said that decisions to potentially allow airstrikes following troop withdrawal haven't been made yet, but one option now would be to recommend US warplanes or armed drones intervene in a major crisis, such as the fall of Kabul, or other parts of the country fall to the Taliban. 

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