Erdogan has a warm spot for the Taliban

It is no coincidence that the only embassy of a NATO member country left open in Kabul is Turkish. Op-ed.

By Giulio Meotti, INN   Aug 18/21

Mohammad Yaqoob, son of the founder of the Taliban Mullah Omar, wants to establish “close relations” with Turkey. “We perceive Turkey as our ally,” said Yaqoob, who oversees the Islamic group’s military operations, on the day of the capture of Kabul. Turkish President Erdogan, four days before the conquest of Afghanistan, announced that he wanted to meet the leader of the Taliban. Then there is the announcement of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who greets the “positive messages” of the Taliban.<
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“Will Turkey work with the Taliban in Kabul?”, Newsweek now asks.

At the end of July, the Turkish president had already said that Turkey “has nothing against the convictions of the Taliban”, a reference to Islam. Then there are Erdogan’s ties with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami, an ultra-fundamentalist group close to the Taliban. Erdogan had himself photographed kneeling in front of Hekmetyar, nicknamed the “butcher of Kabul”.

At the end of July, as jihadist fighters took control of dozens of districts in Afghanistan, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid gave an interview to the Turkish newspaper Istiklal, in which he said: “The Islamic Emirate has no differences with Turkey. Erdogan is a very illustrious leader for us and for the Islamic world”. The Turkish newspaper Ahval writes that, “as the de facto leader of political Islam, Erdogan could see himself in a new role as the de facto patron of the Taliban.”

In mid-July, the al-Arabiya broadcaster reported that the Muslim Brotherhood was moving its leaders from Turkey to Afghanistan, a rumor that, at least for the moment, has not yet found official confirmation. When General Al Sisi deposed the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Taliban immediately sided with the latter.

Then there is the recent war against the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh. Hekmatyar, the Afghan guerrilla linked to Erdogan, has sent Afghan refugees from Iran to join the fighting alongside the Azeris in Nagorno-Karabakh, where the Turkish army has been very active in favor of Azerbaijan. “A considerable number of our mujahedin went there and achieved numerous victories,” Hekmatyar said at a mosque in Kabul. Humayun Jarir,

Hekmatyar’s son-in-law and leader of Hezb-e Islami in Afghanistan, revealed that 70 Afghans were killed in the fighting against the Armenians. Already in 1993, at the time of the first Armenian-Azerbaijani war, Afghan mujahideen had gone to fight alongside the Azeris. On October 12, 2020, the Russian magazine Ogoniok published a lengthy report, entitled “Jihad for Karabakh.” In it it explains that Pakistani and Afghan fighters close to the Taliban have left to fight the Armenians.

Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan (and China) are the four countries on which the Taliban are counting in building their new Islamic Emirate. Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan are the triad of the new Sunni Islamic power, but also of the link with Beijing. Last week there was a flash visit by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to Pakistan. And the talks between the Americans and the Talina for the de facto surrender of Kabul took place in Doha, Qatar, which has very strong ties with Erdogan.

Finally, it is certainly no coincidence that Erdogan has offered to take charge of the security of the Kabul airport and that the only embassy of a NATO member country left open in Kabul in these terrible hours is the Turkish one.

There is a snake within NATO that, from Kabul to the Armenian hills, projects its Islamic hegemony.

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  2. The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has issued a security alert

    “Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so,” the embassy announced.

    “U.S. citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately,” it added.

    The embassy further advised that stranded Americans take the following precautions:

    Be aware of your surroundings at all times, especially in large crowds.
    Follow the instructions of local authorities including movement restrictions related to curfews.
    Have a contingency plan for emergencies and review the Traveler’s Checklist.
    Monitor local media for breaking events and adjust your plans based on new information.
    Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program(STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency.
    Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter.

    — https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/25/stranded-americans-afghanistan-avoid-kabul-airport-leave-immediately/

  3. Peloni,

    The Kyodo News report looks like Sino-Russian diplomatic boilerplate. There appear to be three superpowers now: Oceania, Eurasia and East Asia.

  4. Vacancy taken

    Xi, Putin agree to join hands to stabilize situation in Afghanistan

    KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS – 8 hours ago – 21:40 | World, All

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed that the two countries will join hands to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan, during their telephone conversation on Wednesday.

    Their talks came as China has been eager to bolster its influence in Afghanistan in the wake of the planned withdrawal of the U.S. military forces from the nation, with tensions between Beijing and Washington showing few signs of easing soon.

    Xi was quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency as telling Putin that China stands ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Russia and the broader international community on the Afghanistan issue.

    The Chinese president also called for concerted efforts to encourage all factions in Afghanistan to build an open and inclusive political structure through consultation and thoroughly dissociate from all terrorist groups, according to the news agency.

    As for the novel coronavirus pandemic, Xi told Putin that China is ready to work with Russia to deepen cooperation on vaccine development and production.

    Putin, meanwhile, said Russia is opposed to the politicization of COVID-19 tracing, as China and the United States have been at odds over the origins of the virus, first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.

  5. “Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan (and China) are the four countries on which the Taliban are counting in building their new Islamic Emirate. Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan are the triad of the new Sunni Islamic power, but also of the link with Beijing. Last week there was a flash visit by Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to Pakistan. And the talks between the Americans and the Talina for the de facto surrender of Kabul took place in Doha, Qatar, which has very strong ties with Erdogan.”

    A cogent observation. Turkey has been aligned with the most radical Sunni groups since Erdogan’s ADP came to power. A Turkey-Qatar-Azerbaijan-Afghan Taliban alliance is the new reality. Ezekiel 38 is shaping up:

    “And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog (Erdogan, Turkey), the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia (Iran, but also Qatar, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan), Ethiopia (Sudan), and Libya (allied with Erdogan) with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee… After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.”

    Obviously a prophesy applicable to the post-1948 world. If the current Iranian regime collapses, the Turkish alliance against Israel will be complete, AND POWERFUL — and Biden’s US will NOT save you.