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Haqqani Network Increases Presence in Afghanistan: Nabil
[ToloNews] Pakistain-based Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
 has increased its footprint in Afghanistan as its members are now present both in the west and northeastern regions of the country, said Rahmatullah Nabil, former head of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
Nabil, who addressed panel discussion on Afghanistan-US relations under President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
’s administration hosted by the Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies, said that the meeting of Afghan politicians with the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 in Moscow in 2018 was a mistake.

Nabil said that there is a big gap between the government and the public due to the current circumstances.

"Recruitment by ISIS has significantly increased," Nabil said, adding that the status of the Haqqani network has expanded from limited geography to Badakhshan and Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
 (in the north and south of Afghanistan)."

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac?

Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features.

If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!...
 Asadullah Saadati, the deputy head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, said that the Biden administration will pick the option of peace from two options of war and peace.

"There was a specific timeline for the withdrawal of US forces. It was May... This will also change," Saadati said.

"I think the support will increase to democracy, human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
 and the joint gains we have and the opposition to the comeback of an emirate. We have another four years to talk about these issues," said Ahmad Shuja Jamal, head of the foreign affairs office of the National Security Council.

This comes as no meeting has been held between the Afghan Republic and the Taliban negotiators in Doha over the last 18 days. The Biden administration has meanwhile said that it is assessing the US-Taliban deal signed last year in Doha.
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-05
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