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“Pakistan got what it wished for—but will come to regret it. A Taliban takeover will leave Pakistan more vulnerable to extremism at home and potentially more isolated on the world stage.”
“Recent reports of violence and atrocities against interpreters and other Afghans indicate local Taliban forces are showing little regard for human life and human rights on the ground,” US State Department’s deputy spokesperson Jalina Porter said.
US President Joe Biden has reassured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani of his support, but the fundamentalist Taliban say the current Afghan leader needs to leave to achieve lasting peace.
'The fact that public uprising forces said many of the Taliban are from the area makes the ongoing battle for Herat a microcosm of the larger conflict in Afghanistan – Afghans fighting other Afghans'
As the conflict in Afghanistan escalates, and the Taliban threaten to reign supreme yet again, we trace the rise, fall, and rise of the dreaded terrorist outfit. An India Today 360-degree multimedia immersive.
India Today in Afghan war zone: Terror, Taliban & total turbulence! #ITLivestream
#Opinion | India doesn't have to see the Taliban as a hostile political force just because it is Islamic or Pakistan's friend, writes @ShekharGupta #Taliban #Afghanistan
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We have confirmed the @nytimes scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From @nakashimae @missy_ryan me and @shaneharris
The White House was aware in early 2019 of intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans. That’s a full year earlier than has been previously reported.
Here’s what we learned today: Trump found out Russia paid bounties to Taliban fighters to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. He seriously considered asking them to stop. He decided to not ask them to stop. Chew on that for a sec.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial states that it doesn’t want me to act in an “impulsive” manner in Afghanistan. Could somebody please explain to them that we have been there for 19 years, and while soldier counts are way down now, hardly impulsive. Besides, the Taliban is.....
Good Lord. Per this story, POTUS was briefed and NSC discussed in March that per US Intel, a notoriously violent Russian GRU unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked terrorists to kill coalition forces, including Americans, in Afghanistan.
"This is what happens when you put a narcissistic, megalomaniacal, former reality TV star with a thin skin and a very large temper in charge of the world's most powerful military... You know who else attacks cultural sites? ISIS. The Taliban." - me on Trump/Iran on MSNBC today:
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