Is this news true? (Taliban Supports Qassem Soleimani)

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

In a statement released by the Afghan extremist and terrorist group “Taliban” on 4 January, the group condoled the death of Qassem Soleimani and called him a “Martyr”.

ISNA the Iranian news agency reported on 5 January 2020 about a statement of Taliban after the killing of Soleimani: “The Taliban considers his murder a great American adventurism and warns of the consequences.”

هشدار طالبان به آمریکا در پی شهادت سردار سلیمانی

گروه طالبان با انتشار بیانیه‌ای نسبت به شهادت سردار سپهبد قاسم سلیمانی واکنش نشان داده و آن را ماجراجویی از سوی آمریکایی‌ها عنوان کرد و نسبت به عواقب آن هشدار داد.https://t.co/dNOA80naMJ

— خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) January 5, 2020



“With a great regret we were informed that General Qassem Soleimani has been killed by the attack of the savage US forces,” ISNA added regarding the statement of Taliban.

The report continued that the Taliban wrote: “We ask God to grant this great warrior paradise and to grant his family patience.”

ISNA news agency website reported on 5 January 2020 about a statement of Taliban after the killing of Soleimani

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ISNA news agency website reported on 5 January 2020 about a statement of Taliban after the killing of Soleimani

Qassem Soleimani was killed by US on 3 January 2019. Hi was the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Soleimani was in charge of all terrorist activities, recruitment and export of fundamentalism by the Quds Force in neighboring and Middle East countries, and other Asian countries, Africa, America and Europe.

He was a top adviser to Ali Khamenei (the Iranian regime’s supreme leader) in some countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq.

In the Supreme National Security Council, Qassem Soleimani had the last word on interfering in the affairs of the two countries. In Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, he was personally involved in promoting the regime’s political influence and terrorist activities. In 2011, he was promoted to the rank of Major General.

Analysts say that the Iranian regime always tried to mask the real relations with the Afghan Taliban and to show that the regime is an enemy of the Taliban. It seems that after the killing of Soleimani, the truth of Iranian-Taliban relations is revealed.

The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), are a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country.

https://themediaexpress.com/2020/01/06/taliban-supports-qassem-soleimani/

Would be a welcoming opening to have ties with (Pashtun) brothers from Taliban.

 

[Areesh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1214273835412799489

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Taliban have many faction unless Zabiullah Mujahid Says it himself or Taliban uses their other official channels take it with a pinch of salt. This is either Iranian propaganda or a Faction showing their own opinion.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1214273835412799489

Thanks.

 

[Gangetic]

Iran should support Afghan Taliban. Imagine Taliban with ballistic missiles like Houthis and Hezbollah. US forces wouldn't last a month.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Taliban have many faction unless Zabiullah Mujahid Says it himself or Taliban uses their other official channels. Otherwise either this is Iranian propaganda or a Faction showing their own opinion.

hmm ok.. so how many autonomous operating divisions/leaders does the Taliban have? Do they take orders centrally or do some factions work independently from each other?

Iran should support Afghan Taliban. Imagine Taliban with ballistic missiles like Houthis and Hezbollah. US forces wouldn't last a month.

Believe me Iran is considering these options.. me and you are typing this from behind our laptop, be sure that Iran has connections and plans to make such measures possible if decided. They should be helped for free when it comes to weapons, and they should even receive bonus (bounty) for each killed american diplomat/soldier/general/officer in Afghanistan.

 

[B.K.N]

hmm ok.. so how many autonomous operating divisions/leaders does the Taliban have? Do they take orders centrally or do some factions work independently from each other?

Taliban have their own website and official twitter account. And if they haven't posted this at their website or Twitter then it's a fake news and they don't care about anything outside of Afghanistan

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Taliban have their own website and official twitter account. And if they haven't posted this at their website or Twitter then it's a fake news and they don't care about anything outside of Afghanistan

Although not caring for anyone outside Afghanistan, would they mind receiving anti-tank and anti-chopper missiles for free to serve their already decided goal of ousting US occupiers?

 

[Arian]

Believe me Iran is considering these options.. me and you are typing this from behind our laptop, be sure that Iran has connections and plans to make such measures possible if decided. They should be helped for free when it comes to weapons, and they should even receive bonus (bounty) for each killed american diplomat/soldier/general/officer in Afghanistan.

No, Iran is not considering the Talibans as an option. The Talibans are anti-Iranian and if we arm them today, we will have trouble disarming them tomorrow.

 

[Cthulhu]

These righteous Mujaheds should be armed to their teeth.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

No, Iran is not considering the Talibans as an option. The Talibans are anti-Iranian and if we arm them today, we will have trouble disarming them tomorrow.

It's not the old taliban anymore, they're more pragmatic and they fought ISIS. We have some common goals here which we can use as an opening (battling ISIS and USA).

The differences will remain, but they have not been worse than Saddam when it comes to living next to them. Also Taliban knows that economy and trade are important nowadays for survival of a country and system. And Iran being next to them as a big country and connected to it (transit routes) is also important for them. We already invited them a few times for peace talks between them and Afghan government, so they're not unfimilair to us. We should support them, but ofcourse it should be controlled support so that it benefits us and them both, but not harm us in the future.

 

[Yankee-stani]

The last few years have been whirlwind of change the Taliban whether you like em or not control large chunk of Afghan territory and besides their prism is less of the 90s Pakistan centric policy they want diplomatic ties with all sides of the players why you think they are getting red carpet treatment in Moscow, ex Soviet Republic capitals, Beijing and Tehran these days in response to the incidents of the last week I would not be shocked if the Iranians would be working with Taliban low key in the near future

 

[Arian]

It's not the old taliban anymore, they're more pragmatic and they fought ISIS. We have some common goals here which we can use as an opening (battling ISIS and USA).

The differences will remain, but they have not been worse than Saddam when it comes to living next to them. Also Taliban knows that economy and trade are important nowadays for survival of a country and system. And Iran being next to them as a big country and connected to it (transit routes) is also important for them. We already invited them a few times for peace talks between them and Afghan government, so they're not unfimilair to us. We should support them, but ofcourse it should be controlled support so that it benefits us and them both, but not harm us in the future.

A lot of terrorist groups in Syria fought each other. That doesn't make one of them better than the other.

They weren't worse than Saddam because they didn't have the military power to cause trouble for Iran. Saddam used to have one of the world's largest and best equipped ground forces in 1980s. The Talibans kidnapped and beheaded our diplomats. Have you forgotten it? They killed 10,000 Hazaras in Afghanistan in less than a week because they were Shiite. They forced Afghan women to stay indoors and barred them from education. How can you trust such a radical anti-Iran group with game changing weapons? Are you sure you are thinking rationally now?

The reason that Pakistanis on PDF support the Taliban is because they see it as their "soft power" in Afghanistan, taking their share of Afghanistan and blocking the Indian influence in there. We have no interest in Afghanistan like that.

 

[Yankee-stani]

A lot of terrorists groups in Syria fought each other. That doesn't make one of them better than the other.

They weren't worse than Saddam because they didn't have the military power to cause trouble for Iran. Saddam used to have one of the world's largest and best equipped ground forces in 1980s. The Talibans kidnapped and beheaded our diplomats. Have you forgotten it? They killed 10,000 Hazaras in Afghanistan because they were Shiite. They forced Afghan women to stay indoors and barred them from education. How can you trust such a radical anti-Iran group with game changing weapons? Are you sure you are thinking rationally now?

Geo Politics isnt moral Like I said the Taliban may be hard on women rights, and in the past had issues with Iran in the late 90s with the Hazara and the Iranian diplomat murders but again they were never unified as a group but we are dealing with Afghanistan here a tribalistic, ethnic and religious sectarian nation Syria had the same issues but they had unifying leader Bashar Al Assad and the Syrian Ba'tth Party Afghanistan does not have that all the groups treat minorities and women like crap there not just the Taliban do you want the Americans out and instable Afghanistan or a Taliban controlled Afghanistan thats beholden to its neighbors Iran,Pakistan,China,Ex CARS ,Russia and sorta stable

 

[Arian]

Geo Politics isnt moral Like I said the Taliban may be hard on women rights, and in the past had issues with Iran in the late 90s with the Hazara and the Iranian diplomat murders but again they were never unified as a group but we are dealing with Afghanistan here a tribalistic, ethnic and religious sectarian nation Syria had the same issues but they had unifying leader Bashar Al Assad and the Syrian Ba'tth Party Afghanistan does not have that all the groups treat minorities and women like crap there not just the Taliban do you want the Americans out and instable Afghanistan or a Taliban controlled Afghanistan thats beholden to its neighbors Iran,Pakistan,China,Ex CARS ,Russia and sorta stable

I wasn't talking about morality. I am saying that we cannot trust them with game changing weapons.
We do not want the Americans in Afghanistan out at the cost of creating another enemy which has nothing to lose. If we want to support them, we should first be able to control them by gaining influence within their organization. And we do not have influence in the Taliban now.

They are near our border. You should think twice before arming an enemy that lives right next to you.