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Afghanistan
Taliban reacts to UN report regarding the group’s links with Al Qaeda terrorist network
2020-06-04
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
group reacted to the latest UN report which confirms that the group has maintained links with the Al Qaeda terrorist network despite signing a peace deal with the United States.

Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban group, in a statement said the Islamic Emirate strongly rejects the details of the report as the group is strictly committed in implementing the peace deal with the United States which the UN Security Council approved.

The statement further added that no divisions exist among Taliban ranks as the Death Eaters of the group strictly follow the decisions of their elders and observing the recent ceasefire is a testimony to it.

Furthermore, the statement added that the Islamic Emirate is committed not to allow anyone to use the soil of Afghanistan against the countries or establish training camps inside Afghanistan.

According to Mujahid, the recent report has been published with an aim to jeopardize and fail the recently signed peace deal between Taliban and the United States.

This comes as the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
on Monday released a report stating that Taliban retained close links with the Al Qaeda terrorist network and sought advise from the network during the negotiations with the U.S. officials.

Relations between the Taliban, including its partners in the Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
, and al Qaeda "remain close, based on friendship, a history of shared struggle, ideological sympathy and intermarriage," the report said.

It also added "The Taliban regularly consulted with al Qaeda during negotiations with the United States and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties."

The U.N. report suggests the Taliban have failed to keep their word on a provision seen as central to the U.S-Taliban agreement signed on Feb. 29 in Doha. President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
has portrayed the deal as a success story.

Posted by:Fred

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