There are credible reports that Afghan Army units will switch over to the Taliban as soon as we cease military operations.
That’s what they did after the Russians left.
BTW, AQ appears to be gone from Afghanistan and leaving Pakistan. There is a growing hatred for all Arabs for having invited so much death and destruction to the Pahktun.
That explains why AQ is heading for Syria and Yemen en masse. AQ believes that the Syrian regime will fail and Iran’s influence fade away.
Given Syria’s location, it would be an ideal platform for AQ and the Muslim Brotherhood that they are loosely affiliated with. The Muslim Brothers are tied to Zawahiri’s AQ and the UBL faction has an uneasy partnership.
Naturally! Just as "after the Russians left", now after 11 yrs of war, there is still nothing to "switch over to", only the Taliban!
AQ, Taleban, MB, Iranian regime, etc.. they are more or less the same, same ideology, often minor differences in tactics. They will never leave the moslem world & related individual countries.
The moslem world has been in a right royal mess, and we really haven't been helping it through our "invasions", "interventions" and/or policies. Ours has been: with one hand giveth & the other taketh. Very confused policies that will continue to backfire on us..
Naturally! Just as "after the Russians left", now after 11 yrs of war, there is still nothing to "switch over to", only the Taliban!
AQ, Taleban, MB, Iranian regime, etc.. they are more or less the same, same ideology, often minor differences in tactics. They will never leave the moslem world & related individual countries.
The moslem world has been in a right royal mess, and we really haven't been helping it through our "invasions", "interventions" and/or policies. Ours has been: with one hand giveth & the other taketh. Very confused policies that will continue to backfire on us..