Taliban's shadow government | FDD's Long War Journal

Al Qaeda growing stronger under Taliban’s umbrella, UN finds

Thomas Joscelyn | June 23, 2019

According to a recently released report by a UN Security Council monitoring team, the Taliban is the “primary partner for all foreign terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan,” including al Qaeda. The only exception is the Islamic State, which opposes the Taliban.

It’s a ‘religious duty’ to oppose Afghan elections, Taliban says

Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio | October 19, 2018

The Taliban has a released a series of statements threatening the Afghan elections this week. The statements are attributed to three different commissions within the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which operates as a shadow government throughout much of the country.

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