Islamic terrorism thrives and Sharia repression deepens as Afghanistan marks the three-year anniversary of President Biden’s withdrawal on August 30.
The disastrous 2021 withdrawal was covered up with lies and misinformation, with President Joe Biden calling Afghanistan exit a ‘success’ and claiming that no servicemen died under his watch — forgetting the Kabul airport suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. military personnel.
Kamala Harris admitted playing a key role in Biden’s call to pull out from Afghanistan. In a CNN interview months ahead of the withdrawal, Harris claimed she was the ‘last person in the room’ when Biden made the decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan.
The Taliban “parade[d] US military equipment” at the former American-run Bagram Airbase outside Kabul to celebrate their power grab, The Times of London reported August 15.
“High-ranking Taliban officials were joined by representatives from China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran at the event, held at what was once the largest U.S. and NATO military base in Afghanistan,” the newspaper noted.
Al Qaeda is rearing its ugly head in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The terrorist group is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from country’s natural resources being plundered by the Taliban warlords.
The D.C.-based journal Foreign Policy revealed in March 2024 citing a detailed report:
Al Qaeda is back to its old tricks in Afghanistan. Much as it did before masterminding the 9/11 attacks, the terrorist group is running militant training camps; sharing the profits of the Taliban’s illicit drug, mining, and smuggling enterprises; and funneling the proceeds to affiliated jihadi groups worldwide.An unpublished report circulating among Western diplomats and U.N. officials details how deeply embedded the group once run by Osama bin Laden is in the Taliban’s operations, as they loot Afghanistan’s natural wealth and steal international aid meant to alleviate the suffering of millions of Afghans.The report was completed by a private, London-based threat analysis firm whose directors did not want to be identified. A copy was provided to Foreign Policy and its findings verified by independent sources. It is based on research conducted inside Afghanistan in recent months and includes a list of senior al Qaeda operatives and the roles they play in the Taliban’s administration.To facilitate its ambitions, al Qaeda is raking in tens of millions of dollars a week from gold mines in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan and Takhar provinces that employ tens of thousands of workers and are protected by warlords friendly to the Taliban, the report says. The money represents a 25 percent share in proceeds from gold and gem mines; 11 gold mines are geolocated in the report. The money is shared with al Qaeda by the two Taliban factions: Sirajuddin Haqqani’s Kabul faction and Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada’s Kandahar faction, suggesting both leaders, widely regarded as archrivals, see a cozy relationship with al Qaeda as furthering their own interests as well as helping to entrench the group’s overall power.The Taliban’s monthly take from the gold mines tops $25 million, though this money “does not appear in their official budget,” the report says. Quoting on-the-ground sources, it says the money “goes directly into the pockets of top-ranking Taliban officials and their personal networks.” Since the mines began operating in early 2022, al Qaeda’s share has totaled $194.4 million, it says.
The Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS-Khorasan, is flourishing as well. The terrorist outfit gained worldwide notoriety in late March when it carried out the deadly massacre at a concert hall in Moscow, killing more than 130 people.
After pushing women out of higher education, the Taliban recently enacted a new set of Sharia Laws that aim to “completely erase” women’s from public life.
The newly imposed Islamic ‘vice and virtue’ orders prohibit women from not only being seen but also being heard in public. “The “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice” silences women’s voices and deprives them of their autonomy, “effectively attempting to render them into faceless, voiceless shadows,” the UN admitted in statement Tuesday.
The Taliban regime instead urged foreign critics to ‘understand’ and ‘respect’ Islam and its ongoing implementation in Afghanistan. “We urge a thorough understanding of these laws and a respectful acknowledgment of Islamic values,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman declared earlier this week.
The economy collapsed, food production plummeted and 85 percent of the population now lives below poverty line as Taliban rule the country with an iron fist.
Gullible Western governments continue to send billions of dollars to the Islamic terrorist-run state. In 2023, the Biden administration alone gave ‘financial support’ worth $377 million to Afghanistan.
The United Nations reported in June 2024 that “over $7 billion in international support for humanitarian assistance and over $4 billion for civilian support” has been sent to Afghanistan since the Taliban took power.
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