Posted on 10/09/2021 8:56:30 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
The Taliban said on Saturday they will not work with the U.S. to contain extremism in Afghanistan.
Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen told The Associated Press the group will independently deal with extremist groups such as the Islamic State.
“We are able to tackle Daesh independently,” Shaheen said, using an Arabic acronym for the group.
The position comes ahead of talks between senior Taliban officials and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar.
These are the first direct talks the two groups will have since the U.S. evacuated Afghanistan in August, with the U.S. saying the talks are not a sign the Taliban will be recognized by the U.S, according to the AP.
Terrorism has already become an issue for the Taliban, as the group known as Islamic State Khorasan recently claimed a suicide bomber attack on a mosque that killed more than 40 people.
The meetings in Qatar will take place on Saturday and Sunday, and the officials are expected to discuss terrorism and evacuations of more Americans and Afghan allies.
Two senior administration officials told Reuters that Tom West, deputy special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation with the State Department, and Sarah Charles, assistant to the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, are two of the individuals expected to be at the meetings.
Of course not, but the situation would not even have happened with the Trump White House.
My point is that — during the Trump administration — anything bad that happened was laid directly at his feet, personally. "Trump did this" or "The Trump Administration is scrambling to get ahead of that" crisis, often made up out of whole cloth.
But now that a Democrat is in the White House, the problems of his administration are ascribed to "the U.S." It's not Biden that's ineffective, it's "the U.S." — meaning you and me — that is ineffective, that has a problem, that has to be worried.
Trump told them to cooperate or else. And he showed them he meant it. Biden and Blinken have no idea what they are even trying to do, and the Taliban know it.
I’m sure Sloppy Joe will get right on that.
Trump's deal with the Taliban was to remove all U.S. troops by May of 2021. In addition, Trump has said he would have taken back the $85 billion in arms given to the Afghan army. Without U.S. troops in country and without a functioning Afghan army then what would have stopped the Taliban from taking over?
My point is that — during the Trump administration — anything bad that happened was laid directly at his feet, personally. "Trump did this" or "The Trump Administration is scrambling to get ahead of that" crisis, often made up out of whole cloth.
But now that a Democrat is in the White House, the problems of his administration are ascribed to "the U.S." It's not Biden that's ineffective, it's "the U.S." — meaning you and me — that is ineffective, that has a problem, that has to be worried.
Can't disagree with you there.
Al Queda has long since intermarried with the Taliban.
Probably a good number of ISIS by now as well.
Blood is thicker than water.
They are the Taliban.
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