Taliban vows to fight as Obama approves broader role for US forces in Afghanistan By KHAAMA PRESS – Sun Jun 12 2016

The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has vowed to continue fight as the US President Barack Obama approved broader role for the US forces in Afghanistan.
Condemning the approval by Obama to grant wider role for the US forces in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Taliban group, Zabiullah Mujahid has said the moves will not deter it or cause it to step back and give up the “armed resistance.”
Mujahid further added it will only lead to the waste of U.S. resources and more battlefield casualties.
“We condemn the occupation and extension of the war. We want to tell the Americans the Afghan nation firmly resisted with grace your use of any force in the past 15 years. We remain resilient and will carry forward our jihad against your occupation,” Mujahid said in a statement sent to VOA on Saturday.
Obama on Friday approved broader role for the US military to assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) to fight the Taliban-led insurgency.
The broader role granted to the US military will allow them to accompany Afghan forces and assist them more proactively on the battlefield.
The US forces were earlier accompanying the Afghan special forces only when it was needed, according to the US officials said.
The officials said under the new policy the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, will be able to decide when it is appropriate for American troops to accompany conventional Afghan forces into the field.http://www.khaama.com/taliban-vows-to-fight-as-obama-approves-broader-role-for-us-forces-in-afghanistan-01234