Ariana: Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla, US President Joe Biden’s pick to be commander of Central Command, warned al-Qaeda and ISIS were “reconstituting” in a wide-ranging Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. “One of the challenges is the threat to the homeland from al-Qaeda and ISIS. They are reconstituting. The Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) has not
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS February 2, 2022 Powerful U.S. lawmakers and other influencers in Washington are attempting to pressure the Biden administration into launching “over-the-horizon” airstrikes inside post-NATO Afghanistan amid concerns international terrorist groups are growing stronger by the day. Yet as feared as the terrorist threat is, launching such operations – especially at this point
The National Interest: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of the late Afghan war hero Ahmad Shah Massoud, is the last remaining ally resolved to fight against terror groups in Afghanistan. It is today the only alternative. Click here to read more (external link).
The Hill: “What we would like to see from the Taliban would be a strong position against al-Qaeda,” he told the AP, but also noted that “I think there are internal arguments inside the Taliban about the way forward.” Click here to read more (external link).
#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