Taliban leaders L.A. Times: For the Taliban, a victory. For other jihadis, an inspiration
It was a scene that once seemed unthinkable: a dour-looking Taliban fighter, his AK-47 on the desk before him, his comrades by his side in the ornate office formerly occupied by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who had fled the country hours before.
For the Taliban, those images from Sunday night, when the group’s fighters advanced from the provinces and breached the presidential palace in Kabul, culminated in a lightning takeover of the country after two decades of grinding combat against the U.S. and its allies. For other jihadi groups, it was nothing less than an inspiration.
“Twenty years ago, [George W.] Bush declared the end of the Taliban … but the Taliban were patient and did jihad,” Abdul Razzaq Mahdi, a prominent jihadi cleric based in Syria’s opposition areas, declared on his social media channel Monday. “So, men of Syria! Rely on God, unify your ranks and have the Taliban as your example.”
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WNU Editor: To say that this is a major defeat in the war against radical Islam is an understatement.
