PARIS – France is “determined” to keep troops in Afghanistan despite a threat from Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden linking their mission to the fate of French hostages, the foreign ministry said on Friday. “We are determined to pursue our action in favour of the Afghan people with our allies” in the NATO-led ISAF force that is fighting the ousted Taliban rulers in Afghanistan, ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters.
In a tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera television on Friday, bin Laden said the release of French hostages depends on a pullout of French soldiers from Afghanistan and warned Paris of a “high price” for its policies. Two French journalists were seized along with three Afghan colleagues in December 2009 east of Kabul. Several other French hostages were seized last year in Niger in a kidnapping claimed by the Al Qaeda-linked group AQIM.
Lou disse:Esperamos que esses sorhenes sejam postos contra a parede, atacados, não com punhos de renda, mas com firmeza e precisão sem deixar escapar nenhuma explicação das irregularidades cometidas. Que haja bastante cobrança por parte da comissão! Assim esperamos!
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