State Department turns against anti-Taliban fighters, as al Qaeda operates freely across Afghanistan

The State Department is condemning Afghans for fighting back against the Taliban as the Islamist group in control of Afghanistan allows al Qaeda to operate freely across the country, creating what some experts warn is a situation worse than what existed before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, a military alliance opposed to the Taliban, recently ambushed the Taliban and took control of areas in the Khost district of Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, according to press reports.

The State Department rebuked the ambush by the resistance fighters in a statement to The Foreign Desk and said it wouldn’t support “violent opposition toward the Taliban government.”

Many observers expressed shock and outrage at the State Department’s condemnation of Afghans for fighting back.

Just the News reached out to the State Department to clarify its intended message and whether it’s the position of the department that Afghans shouldn’t resist Taliban rule.

“We are monitoring the recent uptick in violence closely,” a State Department spokesperson told Just the News. “We call on all sides to exercise restraint and to engage. This is the only way that Afghanistan can confront its many challenges. We want to see the emergence of stable and sustainable political dispensation via peaceful means. We are not supporting organized violent opposition to the Taliban and we would discourage other powers from doing so as well.”

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