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By the way, THIS is what an actual insurrection looks like, you fucking assholes!
Taliban officials declared victory and the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after occupying the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday.
Appearing in a Twitter video alongside other Taliban leaders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s cofounder, pronounced victory in the battle for the nation. “We have achieved an unexpected victory,” he said. “Now is the time to test, to show how we serve our people and ensure their future in the best possible way.”
Baradar said the Taliban have appointed him to be “leader of Afghanistan” and take the reigns of government.
Pakistani authorities arrested Baradar in 2010, but freed him in 2018 under pressure from the United States.
The Taliban’s official documents have long referred to the group as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as it claims to be the legitimate government of the country as opposed to the now-defunct U.S.-backed republic.
The restored Islamic Emirate will likely exercise stronger control over the country than it did before the U.S. invasion. The Taliban regime, which ruled most of the country from 1996-2001, never exercised complete territorial control within Afghanistan’s official borders. Much of the northeast was under the control of anti-Taliban militants at the time of the U.S. invasion. Those groups and holdout territories have, however, evaporated. In early July, the Taliban swept through Badakhshan, formerly the center of fiercest resistance against the Taliban pre-invasion, taking many of its districts without a fight.
Afghan soldiers defected and deserted in droves, many fleeing into neighboring Tajikistan. Long War Journal, an independent group dedicated to mapping the Afghan War, asserts the Taliban currently control or maintain a heavy presence in almost 90 percent of the country, including nearly all of the territories that resisted the Islamic Emirate.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday morning as Taliban forces entered the city and is reportedly now in Taskhent, Uzbekistan, Reuters reported. He later posted a message on Facebook explaining he left to prevent further bloodshed.
By the way, THIS is what an actual insurrection looks like, you fucking assholes!
Taliban Declares Victory, 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan'
Taliban officials declared victory and the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after occupying the presidential palace.
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Taliban officials declared victory and the restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after occupying the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday.
Appearing in a Twitter video alongside other Taliban leaders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s cofounder, pronounced victory in the battle for the nation. “We have achieved an unexpected victory,” he said. “Now is the time to test, to show how we serve our people and ensure their future in the best possible way.”
Baradar said the Taliban have appointed him to be “leader of Afghanistan” and take the reigns of government.
Pakistani authorities arrested Baradar in 2010, but freed him in 2018 under pressure from the United States.
The Taliban’s official documents have long referred to the group as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as it claims to be the legitimate government of the country as opposed to the now-defunct U.S.-backed republic.
The restored Islamic Emirate will likely exercise stronger control over the country than it did before the U.S. invasion. The Taliban regime, which ruled most of the country from 1996-2001, never exercised complete territorial control within Afghanistan’s official borders. Much of the northeast was under the control of anti-Taliban militants at the time of the U.S. invasion. Those groups and holdout territories have, however, evaporated. In early July, the Taliban swept through Badakhshan, formerly the center of fiercest resistance against the Taliban pre-invasion, taking many of its districts without a fight.
Afghan soldiers defected and deserted in droves, many fleeing into neighboring Tajikistan. Long War Journal, an independent group dedicated to mapping the Afghan War, asserts the Taliban currently control or maintain a heavy presence in almost 90 percent of the country, including nearly all of the territories that resisted the Islamic Emirate.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday morning as Taliban forces entered the city and is reportedly now in Taskhent, Uzbekistan, Reuters reported. He later posted a message on Facebook explaining he left to prevent further bloodshed.