ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.
lol what help would the US even be in afghanistan anyway
Not much considering they're obviously funding ISIS in Afghanistan.
Yeah... It's pretty obvious how IS suddenly became a force to be reckoned with in Afghanistan the moment it was clear the yanquis were being kicked out.
The best thing the US could do to eradicate Islamic State in Afghanistan would be to declare their support for them.
I honestly think they'll collapse now that there isn't a US presence to galvanize people against. The path of least resistance is the Taliban now and they have all that fancy hardware that the US left behind.
And yeah, if the Taliban suddenly decided to accept US support they'd immediately lose whatever popular support they have lmao.
That would be saying the quiet part out loud.