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2021-10-07 Afghanistan
Thanks, Joe! Taliban Gives Tajik Jihadis U.S.-Made Weaponry and Vehicles
See here to read how Tajikistan feels about that generosity to Jamaat Ansarullah in Badakhshan.
[PJMedia] They warned us this would happen. As the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
moved into Kabul in August, Taliban commander Muhammed Arif Mustafa told CNN
...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for...
: "It’s our belief that one day, mujahedin will have victory, and Islamic law will come not to just Afghanistan, but all over the world. We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day. Jihad will not end until the last day." Then in early September, another Taliban commander declared: "We are happy that we are victorious. We fought for 20 years. We want Islamic law, and not just in Afghanistan." Old Joe The Big Guy Biden

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...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
’s handlers boosted these aspirations by allowing the Taliban to take control of billions of dollars worth of American weaponry and military vehicles, and now the Taliban have begun to share this largesse with other jihadis. They’ve now fitted out Tajik jihadis with the best in American equipment.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Monday that "the Taliban has provided Tajik Lions of Islam based along the border with Tajikistan with new military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment over the past two weeks, security sources in Tajikistan and northeastern Afghanistan say, amid an ongoing military buildup on both sides of the frontier."

Tajik jihadis "based in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan have been seen with U.S.-made weaponry and vehicles, including Humvees, with some of them wearing American combat gear, according to an official with Tajikistan’s state border services."

This is a recent development: "The turbans, who were previously seen carrying Kalashnikov rifles and driving old pickup trucks, received the new supplies during the past two weeks, according to the Tajik official, who spoke under condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media."

The recipients of this American bounty are "known in Afghanistan as the Tajik Taliban." They are members of a jihad group known as Jamaat Ansarullah (Assembly of the Helpers of Allah). This group was "established by Tajik nationals a decade ago with the goal of overthrowing the secular government in Dushanbe."

The Taliban work closely with these Tajik rebels: "In June, Tajik officials raised concern that one of the banned group’s commanders — Muhammad Sharifov (aka Mahdi Arsalon) had been put in charge of security in five border districts in Badakhshan after they were seized by the Taliban. Last month, Tajik security officials said they were reviewing reports that the Lions of Islam were planning to infiltrate into Tajikistan, an allegation rejected by the Taliban."

While all this has been happening, the Taliban have also been cozying up to the People’s Republic of China: The jihadis reportedly "’removed’ ethnic Uyghur fighters from Badakhshan — which also shares a 76-kilometer border with China. The Lions of Islam from the Turkestan Islamic Movement were relocated to other provinces, including Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
in Afghanistan’s east, the former Afghan military official said. The al-Qaeda-linked Turkestan Islamic Movement is designated as a terrorist organization by Beijing and the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
. Beijing blames the group for unrest in its northwestern Xinjiang region."

Why wouldn’t the Taliban come to the aid of a fellow jihad group? Because there may be larger considerations involved, at least in the short term. Back in July, Taliban spokesmen stated that they considered China a "friend" and would not allow the Uyghur jihadis to operate on Afghan soil. They reiterated this in September. The Taliban likely calculated that Chinese aid was more important than jihadi solidarity, and that since Islamic law forbids jihadis to fight against an enemy they have no chance of defeating, there was no point in taking on China anyway.
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