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1) In October 2021, I was the first witness in Cabrera v. Iran, in which the families of American service members sued Iran for deaths & injuries incurred in Afghanistan by Iran’s support for the Taliban, Al Qaeda & other terror groups. Iran lost the case. longwarjournal.org/wp-content/upl

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“Our politics reflects our morals, and we derive our morals from the Holy Quran and Hadith.” This is why those who believed the Taliban would moderate, respect women’s rights, and “destroy Al Qaeda” couldn’t have been more wrong. They never understood the Taliban.

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طالب العلم|Zabuli

@Talibulalam_44

Feb 1

Islamic Emarite of Afghanistan is the only real representative of Afghanistan, The ministry of foreign affairs of Afghan Government is representing our country on the international stage. Our politics reflects our morals, and we derive our morals from the Holy Quran and Hadith.

To IEA

: we are still waiting for an explanation as to why Al Qaeda emir Ayman Al Zawahiri was sheltering in a Taliban safe house in Kabul. I personally won’t hold my breath.

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Muhammad Jalal

@MJalal700

Feb 2

IEA @MoFA_Afg : The United States of America must remain committed to the Doha Agreement and through implemention, demonstarte that legal documents and agreements signed with the US are trustworthy. The Afghan government stands ready to discuss all outstanding issues with the US. twitter.com/MoFA_Afg/statu…

TONIGHT:

, formerly of the

on classified information, David Hickton of

@PittTweet

Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security &

of the

@FDD

on US military efforts in Somalia. 8 & 10:30 on WJLA 24/7 News.

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Taliban assaults Afghan Army corps headquarters in north | FDD's Long War Journal

Jan 30

If you need examples, I have them. Like this attack in Balkh in 2017. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the attack on his Twitter feed.

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The Taliban has launched several major attacks against high-profile targets in Balkh in the past.

Lying Taliban gonna lie.

@suhailshaheen1

and other Taliban leaders are hypocrites. The Taliban and its fellow travelers launched multiple suicide attacks in "places of worship" during its insurgency in Afghanistan.

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Suhail Shaheen. محمد سهیل شاهین

@suhailshaheen1

Jan 30

I condemn the attack on a mosque in Peshawar which resulted in so many casualties and injuries. My deep condolences to the families of the victims. Places of worships have their sanctity in our religion and none has right to violate it.

at the CTC Sentinel: Oil on the Jihadi Fire: The Repercussions of a Wagner Group Deployment to Burkina Faso

ctc.westpoint.edu

Oil on the Jihadi Fire: The Repercussions of a Wagner Group Deployment to Burkina Faso – Combating...

Abstract: On January 18, 2023, the military regime in Burkina Faso demanded that France withdraw its troops from the country within a month, stoking fears that another African country is set to hire...

, once an excellent source of news on Afghanistan, has been coopted as a propaganda arm of the Taliban. Look at how the interviewer laughs as Jawad recounts his murderous activities.

5) The Taliban-Al Qaeda ties endure. Jawad's boss is Abdul Haq Wasiq, an ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee, who served as the Taliban’s deputy director general of intelligence prior to 9/11 and directly supported Al Qaeda.

4) The Kabul Attack Network was responsible for the deadly suicide attacks in and around Kabul for more than 15 years. The network extended into Logar, Wardak, Nangarhar, Kapisa, Ghazni, and Zabul Provinces.

3) The Kabul Attack Network pooled fighters and resources from the Taliban, Al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Islamic Jihad Union, the Turkistan Islamic Party, and Hizb-I-Islami Gulbuddin in order to coordinate personnel and resources.

has been tracking Taj Mir Jawad since 2010, when we identified him as a co-leader of the Kabul Attack Network. He is also a leader in the Haqqani Network.

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2 American troops missing in Kabul as US targets Kabul Attack Network | FDD's Long War Journal

ISAF did not disclose the nationality of the missing soldiers; the Taliban claimed they captured the troops. The Kabul Attack Network, which has been behind recent attacks in the capital, is backed...

1) Meet Taj Mir Jawad, the former head of the Kabul Attack Network, and now the Taliban's deputy minister of intelligence. He gloated about years of attacks in Kabul on

@TOLOnews

. Kudos to

@TajudenSoroush

for the find and assist. longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/

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's coverage of the U.S. raid that killed ISIS financier Bilal al-Sudani in Somalia is second to none.

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Ryan O'Farrell

@ryanmofarrell

Jan 27

New from @caleb_weiss7 and I on the death of Bilal al-Sudani in a US raid and its implications for Islamic State affiliates in Congo & Mozambique. Sudani was a top-tier IS financier whose efforts helped supercharge two insurgencies - with tremendous costs longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/

: The Doha Agreement was "a dictatorial and ignorant decision" - it was made without Afghan govt or NATO support. It increased the suffering of the Afghan people and increased the country's international isolation. You own this, Doha was your baby.

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Zalmay Khalilzad

Jan 28

This is a dictatorial and ignorant decision. It will increase the suffering of the Afghan people and increase the country's international isolation. [End]

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8) But then again,

is a creature of Washington, DC foreign policy circles, where accuracy and accountability are not required to succeed.

has credentials(!) and that is all that counts.

7) To this day,

never explained his sudden change of heart on Pakistan and the Taliban, a change that took less than 2 year to materialize. Why anyone would listen to him about the Taliban at this point is beyond me.

also said the Taliban would provide “counter-terrorism assurances”. Both of these claims are laughable on its face.

5) Flash forward to 2018:

becomes the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation. Khalilzad says Pakistan "is committed to helping reduce violence in #Afghanistan" and supports peace efforts. He opens talks with the "extremist" (his word) Taliban.

also said "the Taliban, which is an extremist organization that provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda in the early period, and even recently the leader of al-Qaeda, Zawahiri, pledged allegiance to the new leader of the Taliban. So the relationship continues."

3) Full disclosure: I testified alongside

Khalilzad flip flops on Pakistan, Taliban’s relationship with al Qaeda | FDD's Long War Journal

, and was taken aback by his testimony. His verbal testimony mirrored mine so closely that I called an audible and change mine so as not to be repetitive while providing supporting information.

's views are maleable. See his 2016 testimony HFAC Subcommittees on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, and on Asia and the Pacific. Note how in 2016 he said Pakistan is "a State Sponsor of Terror." His words, not mine. Though I agree.

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In his testimony to Congress in July 2016, Zalmay Khalilzad called for designating Pakistan a State Sponsor of Terrorism for its support of the Taliban, noted the enduring Taliban-al Qaeda alliance....

was the architect of the Doha Agreement. He pushed it hard and assured us the Taliban would moderate. Now he is kvetching that the Taliban didn't live up to supposed promises. He knew better, and yet is pretending it was possible that the Taliban would moderate.

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Zalmay Khalilzad

US 'Breaks Silence' On Russia Buying Afghan Weapons; Says Taliban's Actions Would be 'Fly In The...

Jan 28

The Taliban bans women from taking university entrance exams. This decision further hammers in the earlier edict banning women’s higher education. #Afghanistan #Taliban [Thread] khaama.com/taliban-ban-fe

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Note to John Kirby: there is nothing in the shameful Doha Agreement that prevents the Taliban from selling captured U.S. weapons systems to Russia or any other country. You should read it, it is only 3.3 pages long.

eurasiantimes.com

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday that he cannot confirm reports that the Taliban are considering sending Russia arms left behind by the United States in...

US Embassy Tanzania

@usembassytz

Jan 25

Security alert for U.S. citizens in Tanzania Full text: tz.usembassy.gov/security-alert

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Opinion | The Afghans I Trained Are Fighting for Putin in Ukraine

Jan 25

Thomas Kasza, a Special Forces soldier who has trained Afghan commandos, perfectly sums up"the gross malfeasance of the withdrawal" perfectly. A must read.

nytimes.com

The tragedy of the withdrawal from Afghanistan isn’t over. It’s just beginning.

Mapping Terrorism in the West Bank | Joe Truzman

FDD

@FDD

Jan 18

Our West Bank map is a great resource for anyone following the conflict.

@JoeTruzman

tracks the timing and location of violence perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists and the responses from Israeli security forces — check it out here:

fdd.org

FDD interactive map shows the timing and location of violence perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists as well as responses from Israeli security forces.

Jan 25

AFRICOM has launched two strikes against Shabaab in central Somalia since Jan. 20.

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Long War Journal

Jan 24

U.S. military strikes Shabaab in central Somalia longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/

Jan 24

Great reporting & analysis by

@caleb_weiss7

. In an upcoming episode of Generation Jihad, Caleb and I discuss how Al Qaeda and its fellow travelers (such as the Taliban) excel at navigating clan/tribal politics.

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Long War Journal

Jan 24

Northern Mali clans swear allegiance to JNIM longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/

U.S. cable: Russian paramilitary group set to get cash infusion from expanded African mine

Caleb Weiss

@caleb_weiss7

Jan 20

Alternative headline: Russia's Wagner expanding as a neocolonial power in Africa

politico.com

The Wagner Group's mining efforts are becoming increasingly lucrative for the organization.

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on AQ's push towards Bamako. Also includes a map of all the recent attacks near the Malian capital so far this month.

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Long War Journal

Jan 17

Al Qaeda’s JNIM pushes closer to Malian capital longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/

Under The Taliban: Even Mannequins Must Be Hooded And Masked

Jan 17

Moderate Taliban moderately forces shopkeepers to cover the faces of mannequins.

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Hooded shop mannequins have become a symbol of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

‘Either Be Taliban’s Wife or His Cow,’ Pro-Taliban Cleric Addresses Women in Faryab - Hasht-e Subh...

Jan 12

I missed this one... More moderate attitudes fromt eh Taliban: ‘Either Be Taliban’s Wife or His Cow,’ Pro-Taliban Cleric Addresses Women in Faryab

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Mawlawi Nabi Ghafori, a cleric in the northwestern Faryab province, addressed the public in a speech, regarding the marriage of girls with Taliban forces, saying the girls must “either be a mullah’s...

The converse to this

article title: Continuation of Afghan ties would lead to ‘never-ending’ alliance with terrorism

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Deterioration in Afghan ties could lead to ‘never-ending’ war against terrorism: Imran

Says it is wrong to expect KP police to confront terrorism threat as militants are more heavily equipped.

Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م )

Jan 10

Features include: Built in suicide bomb, OnStar with Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on speed dial, GPS with pre-programmed smuggling routes to Pakistan, and IH8WMN license plate.

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@Zabehulah_M33

Jan 10

از موتری که انجنیر محمدرضا محمدی انرا طرح و دیزان نموده است دیدن نمودیم. همچنان در ان نشست شرکت داشتیم که ازطرف تلویزیون ملی در باغ بابر برگزار شده بود. از اداره تعلیمات مسلکی تشکری می نمایم که تحت چتر آنها به نخبه های کشور زمینه خدمات شایان فراهم شده است.

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Jan 10

A "peace" deal with the Taliban without peace is just capitulation. And a photo op.

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Mike Pompeo

@mikepompeo

Jan 9

A border visit without policy changes is just a photo op.

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The title of

's new book, "Never Give An Inch," is missing four words: "Except To The Taliban." I'm sure the chapter that discusses Taliban negotiations will include self reflection on the failure of the deal. /sarcasm

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Aya Burweila

@burweila

Jan 8

Oxymoron: "Taliban moderates" Moron: People who peddle "Taliban moderates"

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Jan 8

1) More kvetching about the inability to influence the Taliban. LOL "The group's record to date suggests that Western officials misjudged the influence of Taliban moderates who for years had promised foreign interlocutors ..." the Taliban would moderate. washingtonpost.com/national-secur

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