Afghan Taliban Approve Of Paris Terror Attacks

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Threat Matrix: The Taliban approves of Paris suicide assault

Just three days after an Islamic State suicide assault team killed 129 people in Paris, the Afghan Taliban released a statement approving of the mass murder and said France’s “colonial policy” and involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya justified the attack. The statement was released on Nov. 16 on Voice of Jihad’s Pashto language section of its website, and is reproduced in full below. A translation of the statement was obtained by The Long War Journal.

The Taliban’s statement of support for the Paris attack should come as no surprise. The Taliban also approved of al Qaeda’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters in Paris in January 2015, which it described as “justice.” The Charlie Hebdo attack is referenced twice in the most recent statement.

WNU Editor: No surprise that they are supporting last week's Paris attacks .... they supported Al Qaeda's attack against Charlie Hebdo earlier this year. As to the Afghan war itself, the Taliban continue to make progress .... Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan (Al Jazeera).