---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:19:22 PST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R-G] Russian general says Taleban prepare for guerrilla war - BBC Worldwide Monitoring Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring November 13, 2001 Russian general says Taleban prepare for guerrilla war SOURCE: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow Text of report in English by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS Moscow, 13 November: In the opinion of Col-Gen Sergey Mayev, head of the Chief Department for Armoured Troops in the Russian armed forces, "the hasty retreat of the Taleban troops from the key cities of Afghanistan shows that they wish to save their manpower and military hardware, in order to impose a guerrilla war on the Northern Alliance and the US commando troops". "The Northern Alliance troops should not get relaxed even after the Taleban troops left Kabul. The most serious fighting is still ahead," he told journalists on Tuesday 13 November . Gen Mayev, who took part in combat operations of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, believes that the war may last for several years. _______________________________________________ Rad-Green mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
