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"When the international community (arrived), Afghans were very happy that at last they were bringing peace, and not weapons and wars to Afghanistan," Ali Jalali said yesterday during a meeting on the embattled country at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. "If the international forces left again, they would see the same consequences they saw after 9/11, (when the Taliban provided a base for Al Qaeda operations)."
Jalali, who helped to create the 60,000-member Afghan national police and border police forces, said not only unbridled terrorism, but "war and destruction" would be inevitable if NATO troops withdrew now.
"If you …
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