Afghan Taliban calls on Libya to defend itself from intervention

Sun, 20 Mar 2011

Kabul - The Taliban in Afghanistan on Sunday condemned the United Nations-backed military intervention in Libya and urged the North African country to defend itself.

The Taliban said in a statement "strongly condemn" the air strikes by the United States, Britain and French forces as an "adventure of the Western countries in the internal conflict of the people of Libya".

"We believe, the Western colonialists do not want a solution in Libya on the basis of aspirations of the people but rather have plans to weaken the Islamic country in a war of attrition and then occupy its oil reserves through a direct invasion," the Taliban said.

Taliban insurgents have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001, when the Taliban government was ousted in a US-led military operation.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/372572,calls-libya-defend-intervention.html.