What A Taliban Victory In Afghanistan Will Look Like

Afghan Taliban fighters and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal signed between US and Taliban in Laghman Province, Alingar district on March 2, 2020. Photo: Wali Sabawoon / NurPhoto via AFP  

Salman Rafi Sheikh, Asia Times: Cause to fear a Taliban victory in Afghanistan 

Taliban claims it has won and US has lost the war but the formation of a new Islamic state in Kabul could destabilize the wider region 

With a US troop withdrawal set for September and a national peace deal nowhere in sight, Afghanistan’s Taliban is claiming victory in its long war to retake power in Kabul. 

Taliban leader Haji Hekmat told the BBC soon after US President Joe Biden announced this month that he would bring home all American troops in Afghanistan by September 11 that “we have won the war and America has lost.” 

The hardline leader made it clear what a Taliban victory would look like for those who favor the country’s current secular, democratic system. 

“We want an Islamic government ruled by the sharia. We will continue our jihad until they accept our demands,” Hekmat said.  

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