Last March, shortly after former President Donald Trump's administration reached a historic peace deal with the Taliban, U.S. and Taliban interests have previously intersected in real-world incidents. "In that respect, we're glad that they're doing what they're doing," the official said, "because it mirrors and parallels what we're trying to do for our counterterrorism mission."
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would actively support this Taliban campaign, such efforts were welcome as the Pentagon formulates its own long-term anti-ISIS strategy in Afghanistan. Read more Afghan Cop Single-Handedly Takes On Dozens of Taliban in 18-Hour FirefightĪnd while there is no suggestion that the U.S. "I think that is the general consensus from most people here in the military, on our military and as well as the civilian side," a Defense Department official speaking on the condition of anonymity told Newsweek, "that the Taliban did not like ISIS in their area, almost to the point where they are more prejudiced against ISIS, and their ideologies, and they're working as hard as they can to remove them." as a far greater global threat, has grown increasingly accepted in official circles.
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and its allies first entered Afghanistan as part of a massive intervention against both Al-Qaeda and its Taliban host in the wake of 9/11.īut as efforts to shore up Afghan security forces against a Taliban rebellion proved fruitless and the regional threat landscape shifted drastically over the past two decades, the prospect of a resurgent Taliban leading the local fight against ISIS, identified by the U.S. The concept reflects a new and stark reality, some 20 years after the U.S. As the last foreign troops depart Afghanistan, the United States is counting on its old foe, the Taliban, to keep the new threat posed by the Islamic State militant group ( ISIS) at bay as the country teeters toward an uncertain future.