Meanwhile, Obama is urging Karzai to come to a settlement with the Taliban, has secretly dropped charges in the case of a Florida man accused of funding the Pakistani Taliban, and is considering sending Taliban detainees back to Afghanistan as a gesture of good will. Note also that Mahmood characterizes the Americans as enemies of […]
Iran allows Taliban to open office in Iran, in talks for giving them surface-to-air missiles
Sunni/Shi’ite cooperation for a higher goal: jihad against the Infidel. “Iran allows Taliban to open office to fight US,” from ANI, August 2 (thanks to S.B.): KABUL: Iran has allowed the Taliban to open an office in eastern Iran, and has discussed providing them with surface-to-air missiles, raising the potential for cooperation with the insurgents, […]
Afghan NATO guards defect to Taliban
The account of the “dispute” these Afghan guards had with the Australian troops doesn’t ring true. It is much more likely that they were more Taliban infiltrators, like so many of their brethren who have turned and fired upon the NATO troops who were training and paying them. “Afghan NATO Guards Defect to Taliban After […]
Afghanistan: Taliban jihadists bomb, destroy 22 NATO supply trucks
Meanwhile, Obama is urging Karzai to come to a settlement with the Taliban, has secretly dropped charges in the case of a Florida man accused of funding the Pakistani Taliban, and is considering sending Taliban detainees back to Afghanistan as a gesture of good will. “Taliban bomb destroys 22 NATO supply trucks in Afghan north,” […]
Afghanistan: Taliban claim bombing that killed six US troops
Meanwhile, Obama is urging Karzai to come to a settlement with the Taliban, has secretly dropped charges in the case of a Florida man accused of funding the Pakistani Taliban, and is considering sending Taliban detainees back to Afghanistan as a gesture of good will. “Taliban claim bombing that killed six US troops,” from AP, […]
Taliban shoot woman 9 times, men cheer “Allahu Akbar!”
Her crime? Two Taliban leaders had sexual relations with her and, “in order to save face,” they accused her of adultery. “Video: Taliban shoot woman 9 times in public execution as men cheer,” from CNN, July 8: Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A shot rings out, but the burqa-clad woman sitting on the rocky ground does […]
“Our friendship and animosity are based on religion. We hate Americans for their secular ideology.”
A member of the Pakistani Taliban explains that — contrary to the dogma held so fervently in Washington — the conflict in Afghanistan is over Islam and the will to impose Sharia. It is not about tribal rivalries. “‘The jihad against infidels will continue,’” from Rediff, July 4 (thanks to Lachlan): The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has […]
Afghanistan: Taliban using children as jihad/martyrdom suicide bombers
Pure evil. “Taliban using kids as suicide bombers in Afghanistan,” from IANS, July 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): Kabul, July 3 “” The arrest of two children and a teenager with bombs and remote-controlled devices in Afganistan’s [sic] former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar has sparked fears that the militant outfit could be […]
Pakistani Taliban beheads seven soldiers: “Our fight will continue until the establishment of sharia law in Pakistan”
Beheadings for Sharia. The Pakistani Taliban has apparently fallen under the influence of greasy Islamophobes who somehow convinced them that Sharia was not as benign and compatible with Western notions of human rights as Imam Rauf would have us believe. “Pakistan: As many as 13 soldiers killed, 7 beheaded,” by Jill Langlois for the Global […]
Afganistan: Taliban murder two with bomb at music market
Listening to music: haram. Murdering people who listen to music: halal. Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.” (The Hadith Qudsi, or holy Hadith, are those in which Muhammad transmits the words of Allah, although those words are […]