The US is apparently providing 'limited' support for the Taliban against ISIS

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Task and Purpose

The US is apparently providing 'limited' support for the Taliban against ISIS

JARED KELLER 18 MINUTES AGO

The U.S. military is apparently providing some form of "limited support" for the Taliban as part of the terror group's fight against ISIS in Afghanistan, officials revealed on Tuesday.

Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Central Command chief Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie stated that the Taliban had proven "very effective" at "compress and crush[ing]" ISIS in the group's stronghold in the country's Nangarhar province. (1)

The Taliban had accomplished this, McKenzie said, with "very limited support from us, and I would characterize that as very limited support" — a terse admission that the U.S. has somehow aided the Taliban in Afghanistan.

McKenzie did not elaborate on the nature of that support. When pressed on the matter at a Pentagon press conference later that day, Joint Staff vice director Navy Rear Adm. William D. Byrne Jr. declined to elaborate and referred questions back to CENTCOM.

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David Fahrenthold Retweeted

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Amazing. The US is backing the Taliban in their fight against ISIS in Nangarhar province, 4-star CENTCOM chief tells Congress. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-aiding-taliban-against-isis-afghanistan (h/t
@PaulSzoldra
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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I thought the Taliban were our "enemy"

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Must be what Putin wants.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Is this one of those "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" things? I'm confused.

[enki23]

4. So.... we've come full circle now.

That' nice. Glad it was all worth it.

[marble falls]

5. "This is a job for Milo Minderbender."

[maxsolomon]

6. Maybe intel, maybe clearing Govt and Coalition forces from the area, doubtful air support.

I watched a doc (on Vice IIRC) with a reporter embedded with the Taliban as ISIS was starting up in Afghanistan.

They are a threat to everyone. The Taliban aren't extreme enough, and ISIS will torture Talibs to death for fun. I encourage this fight. Hopefully they all kill each other.