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Report: Taliban warn of terrorism attack in the Netherlands
Oct 18, 2010, 10:01 GMT
Amsterdam - The Taliban have warned of a possible terrorist attack against the Netherlands, according to a press report Monday, in the wake of the government's decision to form a minority government backed by the anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.
'If the Netherlands enforce its anti-Islamic policies, it will ensure that they will be the target of an attack by a jihadist group,' Taliban spokesman Sabiullah Mujahid told the de Volkskrant newspaper.
Last week the free-market Liberals and centre-right Christian Democrats formed a minority government in The Hague, backed by Wilders' Freedom Party.
In return, his anti-immigrant party has demanded a ban on the burqa and a 50 per cent reduction in the number of immigrations from Muslim countries.
A Taliban commander in Pakistan has already threatened the Netherlands in response to Wilders' involvement in government.
The Dutch authorities, however, have not increased the official terrorism alert.
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