Taliban put forward ultimatum 6 July

Foreign military must leave Afghanistan to a clearly defined troops. About this in an interview with the British BBC, one of the representatives of the Taliban movement Surel Shahin.

According to him, this requirement concerns and personnel who works under a contract with the US Defense.

“We are against foreign military, but not diplomats, employees of non-governmental organizations. The work of NGOs and embassies is what needs to our people, we will not pose a threat to them,” said the representative of Taliban.

According to Sukhail Shahin, most of the counties and cities were in the hands of the Taliban not as a result of battles, and after negotiations – government forces simply refused to fight them.

“The Taliban takes into negotiations with the fighters of government forces and speak to them:” You have not had food for three weeks for three weeks, you do not have enough ammunition, no one will come for you, nor for your injured, nor for your corpses. And we are ready to let you go, just hand over weapons, “said the BBC journalist Times Anthony Loyd, who visited the raid with a special forces of the Afghan army.

In the case when it comes to major military bases of the Afghan army, Taliban even offers government soldiers to leave with personal weapons. As a result, the soldiers are retreating, and dozens of equipment come into the hands of the Taliban, including new armored cars that Americans have previously transferred to the Government of Afghanistan. The militants also pass mortars, a huge amount of ammunition and other heavy weapons, said Professor Davud Azami, editor of radio programs of the Afghan service BBC.