Thread by @billroggio

1) Not gonna happen: @ashrafghani: “It is our responsibility to merge the Taliban in the structure of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan..."
tolonews.com/afghanistan/gh…

@ashrafghani 2) The Taliban has been very clear: it will note share power. "The Islamic Emirate has not readily embraced this death and destruction for the sake of some silly ministerial posts or a share of the power." longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/…

@ashrafghani 3) The Taliban has has been clear about its position on the "poisonous deviant beliefs of atheism, communism, secularism, democracy, and other satanic western and disbelieving ideologies in order to mislead the Muslims with their deviant ideologies”
longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/…

@ashrafghani 4) To clarify point #3, the Taliban is saying it is not going to join an Un-Islamic western-styled government known as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

@ashrafghani 5) More from the Taliban, keep in mind this was all after the deal with the U.S. was signed: “The Deviants are the people who work for the implementation of secularism and deviant laws instead of sharia [Islamic law]”
longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/…

@ashrafghani 6) From emir Mullah Haibatullah after the deal with the U.S. was signed. The Afghan government is un-Islamic to the Taliban: "“The objectives of our Jihad are to gain the pleasure of Allah (SwT), freedom of our country and to establish an Islamic system." longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/…

@ashrafghani 7) Last but not least, just after deal with U.S. was signed, the Taliban issued a fatwa stating that the only acceptable outcome is "the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s supreme leader as the lawful ruler of Afghanistan." longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/…

@ashrafghani 8) Peace, out.