A quick look at the a Taliban’s network of friends:
Hamas and the Taliban are the same, hence the celebrations from Hamas. Neither are big on elections or freedom.
For Jews in Israel, “Antizionists” seek an even more hideous version of Afghanistan’s reality...
Of course the Taliban are cosy with Iran, the psychopaths behind most war in the region who publicly hang dissenters and hate women. Shared values...
And China won’t hang about. Not with all those natural resources they can take advantage of as well as increasing their influence...
Of course the Taliban are keen on the Islamic republic of Turkey, who have imprisoned the most journalists in the world and conduct a permanent racist war on Kurdishness....
It’s an open secret that Pakistan is helping (or dictating) the Taliban. The leadership were always welcomed, their soldiers got treatment, their children schooled and some own property there. Pakistan’s politicians have laughably rebranded them as “the new, civilized Taliban.”..
This is the network that the US and UK withdrawal has supercharged. This is the future.
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