The Taliban “Ministry of the Interior” announced on Monday it had held meetings with senior executives from the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to discuss the potential of installing a high-end surveillance system in every province of Afghanistan – potentially granting the jihadist terror outfit unprecedented repressive capabilities.
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The Taliban terrorist organization, which currently functions as the uncontested government of Afghanistan, agreed this weekend to join communist China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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One year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan left the country in the hands of the Taliban and left vast quantities of military equipment behind, China and Russia are now cultivating ties with the country, according to a new government report.
That means the White House’s military retreat has empowered Russia even as President Joe Biden steers billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine to use against Vladimir Putin, who he said “cannot remain in power.”
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As Afghan forces fled before the Taliban, they left behind billions of dollars worth of US equipment. The US government had been training and equipping the Afghan army. As lately as last month, Afghan soldiers posed alongside new US helicopters.
“They’ll continue to see a steady drumbeat of that kind of support, going forward,” U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters.
It is now believed all the equipment that was not destroyed, is now in the hands of the Taliban.
Many have called into question why big tech are failing to censor terror groups like the Taliban, whilst President Trump is still banned from Twitter, and right-leaning groups in the U.S. see their accounts censored.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, has tweeted regular updates of their march to Kabul, with his tweets being referenced by numerous major news outlets.
However, Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter in January. Even CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday, “The former President of the United States is banned from Twitter but the Taliban is not.”
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After President Biden pulls out the US troops the Taliban have taken control of the country. Chaotic scenes unfolded as Afghans tried to flee the Taliban.
Biden has stood by his decision to pull the troops out, despite widespread condemnation. Veterans have questioned what their legacy is after years of conflict; with grieving families of dead servicemen wondering if their sacrifice was for nothing.
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The Taliban claim to have taken 85% of Afghan territory. The Government refute these claims, saying the territory taken is of little strategic importance.
It is believed the Taliban now control valuable mineral trade routes along the border with Iran. If this is the case, the Taliban will see their revenues increased.
As the US withdraw troops from the country, President Biden has said that he unwilling to allow another generation of young Americans to die in Afghanistan. However, he admitted that, “the likelihood there is going to be one unified government in Afghanistan controlling the whole country is highly unlikely”.
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“For me, the Taliban is on the inside of the building”. Eric Nordstrom, the former Libyan regional security officer for the State Department, said in his testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday regarding the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
“It’s not the hardships, it’s not the gunfire, it’s not the threats. It’s dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me… For me, the Taliban is on the inside of the building.”
Both Eric Nordstrom and Lt. Col. Andrew Wood, former head of a 16-member U.S. military team that helped protect the embassy in Tripoli, in testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee described their frustrations in performing their jobs.
“We were fighting a losing battle. We couldn’t even keep what we had,” stated Wood in relation to having asked for further security forces to defend the Libyan Embassy before it was attacked on September 11, 2012.