A strange world’: US, Taliban team up to battle ISIS-K in Afghanistan
April 24, 2023 | Melissa Fine It appears the U.S. is taking an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” approach to counterterrorism in Afghanistan, which, since the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal in 2021, has become a haven for ISIS-K.
The Taliban government, according to a senior U.S. defense official, is openly warring with ISIS-K (Islamic State-Khorasan), and that makes the Taliban our unlikely ally.
https://twitter.com/BIZPACReview/status/1649246711267880960In response to ISIS-K attacks on ethnic minorities and government institutions, the Taliban has hit Islamic State hideouts, the official told The Washington Post.
“I would never want to say that we had mortgaged our counterterrorism to a group like the Taliban, but it’s a fact that, operationally, they put pressure on ISIS-K,” the official said. “In a strange world, we have mutually beneficial objectives there.”
A leaked Pentagon assessment — part of the classified documents allegedly posted on Discord by Air National Guard member Jack Teixeria — revealed that Afghanistan has once again become a staging ground for potential attacks on America, Europe, and Asia,
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