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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4974843" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>On July 1, 2020, the Department of Defense reported that al-Qaida “<a href="https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/01/2002348001/-1/-1/1/ENHANCING_SECURITY_AND_STABILITY_IN_AFGHANISTAN.PDF" target="_blank">routinely supports and works with low-level Taliban members</a>” and “assists local Taliban in some attacks.” This matched a separate report from <a href="https://www.undocs.org/S/2020/415" target="_blank">United Nations Security Council investigators</a>. Some of the evidence, later published by the Washington Post, indicated that throughout this period, Taliban leaders had <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-al-qaeda-afghanistan/2020/12/07/79d4bddc-3414-11eb-9699-00d311f13d2d_story.html" target="_blank">collaborated militarily with al-Qaida partners</a> and had pledged not to betray them. When Pompeo was asked about the DOD report, he claimed to have secret evidence that the Taliban was working against al-Qaida. “<a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-of-state-michael-r-pompeo-with-bret-baier-of-fox-news-special-report/index.html" target="_blank">I can’t talk about the things that I have seen</a>,” he said.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4974843, member: 54375"] On July 1, 2020, the Department of Defense reported that al-Qaida “[URL='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/01/2002348001/-1/-1/1/ENHANCING_SECURITY_AND_STABILITY_IN_AFGHANISTAN.PDF']routinely supports and works with low-level Taliban members[/URL]” and “assists local Taliban in some attacks.” This matched a separate report from [URL='https://www.undocs.org/S/2020/415']United Nations Security Council investigators[/URL]. Some of the evidence, later published by the Washington Post, indicated that throughout this period, Taliban leaders had [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-al-qaeda-afghanistan/2020/12/07/79d4bddc-3414-11eb-9699-00d311f13d2d_story.html']collaborated militarily with al-Qaida partners[/URL] and had pledged not to betray them. When Pompeo was asked about the DOD report, he claimed to have secret evidence that the Taliban was working against al-Qaida. “[URL='https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-of-state-michael-r-pompeo-with-bret-baier-of-fox-news-special-report/index.html']I can’t talk about the things that I have seen[/URL],” he said. [/QUOTE]

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