Afghan Taliban say recruited soldier who killed French troops

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Saturday they had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers in the country's east a day earlier, prompting France to threaten an early pullout from the NATO-led war.

The claim of responsibility raises serious concerns about handing control of security over to the Afghan army and police, which NATO-led forces are currently in the process of doing before all foreign combat troops leave by the end of 2014.

Using another name the Islamist group call themselves, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone: "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has recruited people in important positions. Some of them have already accomplished their missions," he said adding that the four died on the spot.

The killings in Kapisa province were the latest in a string of such attacks in which Afghan troops turn on their Western allies and mentors. While NATO has blamed Taliban infiltration in the past, it has also said stress, indiscipline and divided loyalties within the hastily traded ranks played a role.

Yahoo / Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afghan-taliban-recruited-soldier-killed-french-troops-080515793.html

[Kolesar]

1. General McCrystal conned President Obama with an unrealistic war plan at the beginning of his term*

Now we are stuck with it. Perhaps the real plan was to have a rationalization to stay there while we killed of Al Qaeda.

None of this is a simple as: "Get out now" and it never was that simple.

*President Obama's term