Afghanistan Peace CampaignSebastian Gorka added that there are groups in Afghanistan that pose a threat to the current ruling authority as well.
Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President and a senior member of the National Security Council on counterterrorism affairs, has said that the “Taliban” have cooperated with the United States in the fight against terrorism.
Sebastian Gorka added that there are groups in Afghanistan that pose a threat to the current ruling authority as well.
He stated: “Cooperative counterterrorism partners, because there are certain threat groups in their country, Muslim threat groups that threaten them as well, and so we’re working together. We don’t have a complete overlap in threats, but not bad. The biggest concern is, of course, and you understand this, is with the surrender of Kabul under Biden, it’s very hard to see everything we need to see happening in that region.”
The senior U.S. official also spoke of some progress, particularly regarding U.S. citizens who, according to him, are detained in Afghanistan.
Sebastian Gorka emphasized that after August 2021, the United States lost its full oversight over the situation in Afghanistan.
He added: “With regards to Afghanistan, some very promising things I can’t give full details about are in motion right now, especially when it comes to US citizens who are being detained in Afghanistan. My greatest concern, and the Taliban, this sounds strange coming out of my mouth, but the Taliban have been moderately cooperative counter-terrorism partners, because there are certain threat groups.”
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump once again criticized the manner of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
At a press conference in the White House, Trump said that Biden left behind a large amount of U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan.
“We gave a lot of it away to Afghanistan, but relatively small compared to the overall, but I think it was the most embarrassing day and period in the history of our country that they allowed those 13 wonderful people, but it’s really hundreds of people were killed,” Trump said.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on this matter, though it has previously rejected the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
This is the first time since Donald Trump assumed the U.S. presidency that a senior American official has made such remarks about the Islamic Emirate.