Afghan Taliban urges retaliation over planned Dutch cartoon contest
Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban urged Afghan soldiers on Thursday to attack Dutch troops serving in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in retaliation for a contest of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad planned by far-right politician Geert Wilders. The Taliban threat was issued shortly before Wilders announced on Thursday that he was calling off the planned contest because it posed too great a threat of provoking violence against innocents. In a statement the Taliban's main spokesman called the contest a blasphemous action and a hostile act by the Netherlands against all Muslims The post Afghan Taliban urges retaliation over planned Dutch cartoon contest appeared first on Firstpost. |  | FirstPost |  |
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