#AlQaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula #Khalid_Batarfi: “AFG Taliban victory is not Taliban #victory alone, but of the Ummah. We thank Allah for bestowing this victory on the Taliban and pray that Allah blesses your endeavors.” pic.twitter.com/EcvycGrRQs — Vatan Today (@vatantoday) November 11, 2021
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. October 27. 2021 A senior Pentagon official said it is unclear whether the Taliban has the capability to fight the Islamic State extremist group effectively, even if it is clear that the two groups are “mortal enemies.” Colin Kahl, undersecretary of defense for policy, told a congressional committee on October 26 that the
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS October 7, 2021 On Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, George W. Bush in a nationally televised address told the American people the U.S. military had begun conducting airstrikes in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks. The moment marked the beginning of “Operation Enduring Freedom,” as well as
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 7, 2021 On October 7, 2001, the United States began bombing Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in a retaliatory military campaign against Al-Qaeda for orchestrating the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Twenty years later and nearly two months after Washington ended its war in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda is down but
Abubakar Siddique Abdul Hai Kakar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 30, 2021 Afghanistan’s Taliban militants have promised the world for years that they wouldn’t allow their country to be used as a terrorist base. In an agreement with the United States last year, the Taliban pledged specifically to not allow Al-Qaeda to “threaten the security
Jeff Seldin VOA News September 28, 2021 WASHINGTON — Twenty years of American blood and treasure spent in Afghanistan was reduced Tuesday to about six hours of testimony in the United States Senate, with the nation’s top military officer admitting that the war amounted to a “strategic failure” that in the end, perhaps, could never have
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 28, 2021 Top U.S. military officers have told Congress that they overestimated the Afghan Army’s strength and believed the United States should have kept at least several thousand troops in the country to prevent a rapid takeover by the militant Taliban. In the highly-anticipated hearing on September 28, General Mark
Jeff Seldin VOA News September 22, 2021 WASHINGTON — Those watching the Taliban establish a government and assert control over Afghanistan are growing ever more wary of pledges by the group’s leaders to make sure no terrorist organization can ever again use the country as a base for attacks against the United States. The Taliban’s counterterrorism
Jeff Seldin VOA News September 14, 2021 WASHINGTON – There are growing indications that supporters of both the al-Qaida and Islamic State terror groups have their sights set on Afghanistan, emboldened by the Taliban takeover of the country late last month. Initial reports over the past week or so have highlighted an uptick in chatter
Jeff Seldin VOA News September 11, 2021 WASHINGTON – Twenty years after the al-Qaida terror group based in Afghanistan launched the Sept. 11 terror attacks against the United States, there are indications a new generation of terrorists is looking to call the country home. Seemingly encouraged by the Taliban takeover following the departure of U.S.