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Afghanistan
Jihad, History Link Taliban to al-Qaida in Afghanistan
2019-09-22
[AnNahar] The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 promised Washington during months of negotiations that the United States would never again be attacked from Afghan soil. Such a pledge would have included al-Qaeda, which planned the 9/11 attacks from inside Afghanistan.

Yet jihad, or holy war, and a shared history continue to bind the two krazed killer groups, and there's no evidence of a break in relations between the long-time allies. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said the Taliban agreed to cut ties with al-Qaeda as part of peace negotiations, which President Donald Trump
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Islam was made for Afghanistan and vice versa. Violent, ignorant thugs who subjugate women and the weak. Couldn't ask for a better match.
Posted by: jpal   2019-09-22 19:23  

#1  And there was that piece a week or so back that said they're almost finished. They'll never be finished as long as Pakistain remains.

The only way to do this is to break up Pak into four regions. India takes back Baltistan. Balochistan goes free. Pak will be reduced to what is now Pakistani Punjab and parts of Sindh - since most military bureaucracy and leaders have property and investments there. That too will be embroiled in bitter, bloody internecine war forever.

Of course, we would have to put our money where our mouth is. Maybe Trump should hold India to those lovely promises of fighting terror together. And we'd have to know the F-35s won't be late.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-22 17:43  

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