Taliban appeals to American people to ‘rationally’ rethink war effort

(G.N.S) DT.15 KABUL Taliban insurgents on Wednesday issued an extraordinary, 17,000-word appeal to the “American people,” asking them to pressure U.S. officials to end the 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan and asserting that the protracted American “occupation” had brought only death, corruption and drugs to the impoverished country. The letter, whose