Emirate

April 23, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Taliban’s deputy leader stresses importance of judges in the Islamic emirate

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s deputy emir, discusses the importance of the group’s judiciary system in a newly-released, 23-minute audio message. Haqqani, a U.N.-designated terrorist who is closely...

March 12, 2021 | Bill Roggio |

Latest U.S. proposal for ending Afghan conflict runs counter to Taliban beliefs

The United States recently drafted and proposed a plan to end the conflict in Afghanistan, but it featured several proposals that are diametrically opposed to the Taliban’s ideology, opening the door...

July 18, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Qatar finances Hezbollah terrorism, declares ‘Jews are enemies’ – report

Doha sought to silence whistleblower with 750,000 euros

January 21, 2020 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban admits ‘peace’ negotiations with U.S. are merely means to withdraw ‘foreign forces’

The Taliban admitted this week that current negotiations with the “arrogant” U.S. – often billed as “peace talks” that will purportedly end the fighting in Afghanistan – are merely being conducted...

September 24, 2019 | Bill Roggio |

Taliban’s prime objectives: U.S. withdrawal, ‘establishment of an Islamic government’

The Taliban reiterated that its prime objectives in negotiations with the US is to get Coalition forces to withdrawal from Afghanistan and the “establishment of an Islamic government,” a thinly veiled...

May 11, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Al Qaeda video emphasizes unity with Taliban’s Islamic emirate

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December 19, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Frenemies

Less than a generation after World War II, in the midst of a cold war whose outcome was far from certain, John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed that Americans would “support any friend, oppos...

October 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Haqqani Network is Part of the Taliban — Siraj Haqqani

Haqqani Network leader Sirajauddin Haqqani, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, denied that his forces operate separately from the Taliban and said his followers are loyal to Afghan Taliban leader...

September 24, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Taliban Release Video of Planning for Camp Bastion Assault

Co-authored by Bill Ardolino Watch the video here. The Taliban...

January 10, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Haqqanis Part of Taliban: Mullah Sangeen

Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the senior Haqqani Network leader who is also the Taliban's shadow governor for Paktika province, granted an interview with Al Samoud, the Taliban's official maga...

April 16, 2009 | |

Syria’s plan

In an interview with the Emirate daily Al-Khaleej last week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad once again revealed his intention to dominate Lebanon. Assad made a number of thinly-veiled threats a...

March 1, 2009 | Dr. Walid Phares Family Security Matters

Jihadi Penetration of Pakistan’s Armed Forces is at the Centre of All Concerns in Any New Strategy’

The deal between the Pakistan government and pro-Taliban forces in the Swat valley is an ominous portent of Pakistan's slide into jihadism, with strategic implications for India and other co...