After Being Responsible For Violence For Years, Taliban Offers Security For Copper, International Gas Projects
November 29 2016
The Taliban has offered to protect delayed major government projects in Afghanistan, reports Reuters.
The militant group, which styles itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that it would help safeguard all "national projects that are in the higher interest of Islam and the country."
The Taliban "not only backs all national projects which are in the interest of the people and result in the development and prosperity of the nation but are also committed...
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