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An article in the current issue of the "Voice of Khurasan," an English-language monthly magazine published by Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), targets Afghan Taliban's Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who in recent months has advocated education for girls and women in Afghanistan, opposing the strict education ban ordered by Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Hibbatullah Akhundzada.
The article, titled "Whose Taliban?" states: "This world of kufr [unbelief] is wiping out the Muslims, but he [Sirajuddin Haqqani] is still determined to protect their security. It is so much so that the slaughter of Muslims in Palestine is now, in his eyes, only a domestic issue between Israel and Palestine." The Taliban have said that Taliban fighters' participation in foreign conflicts is to be considered war, not jihad, according to shari'a.
The article appears in Issue 41 of the magazine, which is dated Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1446, in the Hijri calendar, which corresponds with the lunar month beginning November 4, 2024.[1]
Following are excerpts from the article:
"In This Deep Friendship With America, Which Sends Huge Piles Of Cash To [Sirajuddin] Haqqani And His Cronies While Raining Bombs On The Muslims Of Palestine, Haqqani Is A Soldier Protecting The Security Of The Kuffar [Unbelievers]"
"Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. We praise him and seek his help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from our mistakes and the evil of our deeds. Whomever Allah guides, there is no one who can lead him astray, and whomever he leads astray, there is no one who can guide him to the right path. I testify that there is no deity but Allah; He is one and has no partner, and I testify that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is his servant and messenger.
"As for what follows: All the actions of the leaders of the Taliban today are based on vanity and lies. Every one of these leaders has reached a state where what they said yesterday and what they say today contradict each other, even when they are on the same side. This is because behind each of them are the hidden hands of different intelligence organizations.
"Some time ago, you may have heard about the controversy over the issue of education in the ranks of the Taliban. There was a debate between [Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas] Stanikzai and the interim head of the Taliban's Ministry of 'Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil,' in which one [Taliban leader] considered education to be obligatory, while the other considered it a liberal field.
"Likewise, on the issue of higher education, one of their commanders said that if a Muslim woman in the East is raped, a Muslim in the West must defend her, while [Foreign Affairs Minister Amir Khan] Muttaqi was gleefully smiling and offering pine nuts to the Chinese for violating the dignity of Uyghur Muslims. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Each of these leaders is feeding from different dirty sources and spreading the mud they are in.
"Today, [Afghan Taliban's Interior Minister] Sirajuddin Haqqani, one of the dogs of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), after making various moves to seek recognition [of the Taliban government] from the United Nations and failing to achieve the results he expected, is resorting to the following rhetoric to deceive his young followers: 'This grape is sour, let it go' or 'America's recognition doesn't mean anything to us; we have already defeated America, so what if it doesn't recognize us?'
"But America knows you very well; you are the ones who bargain over the honor of the daughters of the Ummah for the sake of the throne and authority. You are the ones who trample on all the rulings of Islam for the sake of a few days of power. Does recognition really not matter to you?
"Perhaps it doesn't... But isn't this the recognition that Muttaqi seeks, that Mullah Anas, with his mouth full of naswar (tobacco dip), demands, and that Suhail Shahin [Head of the Taliban's Political Office in Qatar] waits for day and night with prayers? Isn't it the demand that even the drivers at Hayatabad bus stops today dream of calling out. 'Give us recognition; we have accepted your conditions, UN membership, a seat at the UN?' But Haqqani, as a cat raised on the vine of the ISI, retreats, saying, 'This grape is sour, let it go.'
"In the eyes of Haqqani, America, which occupies Islamic lands and massacres the Ummah, is no longer an enemy but a friend, and he says so shamelessly. In this deep friendship with America, which sends huge piles of cash to Haqqani and his cronies while raining bombs on the Muslims of Palestine, Haqqani is a soldier protecting the security of the kuffar [unbelievers] all over the world."
"The security of the kuffar is as valuable to him as the security of Afghanistan, as long as his interests are protected while the enemies of Islam are slaughtering the Muslims. However, this world of kufr [unbelief] is wiping out the Muslims, but he is still determined to protect their security. It is so much so that the slaughter of Muslims in Palestine is now, in his eyes, only a domestic issue between Israel and Palestine."
"To Portray Haqqani As A Hero To The People, America Put A Bounty Of Millions Of Dollars On His Head And Cast Him In This [Presumably Heroic] Role To Deceive The Afghan People"
"Haqqani is the one who is not ashamed to call America a friend, rather than seeing it as an occupier of Islamic lands and a murderer of the Ummah. Out of fear of America and within the framework of international laws, Haqqani considers Israel and America's slaughter of innocent children and honorable women in Palestine a domestic issue.
"Out of fear of America and within the framework of international laws, Haqqani considers Israel and America's slaughter of innocent children and honorable women in Palestine a domestic issue.
"According to the Doha Agreement, he considers the massacre of Uyghur Muslims in East Turkestan [Xinjiang province of China] and attacks on their dignity as an internal matter [of China], too, as they are responsible for protecting the interests of the kuffar and ensuring their security. Likewise, unsurprisingly, the massacre of Palestinian Muslims is an internal matter for Israel and Palestine. For Haqqani, the security of the world is more important than the security of Palestinian Muslims, which is why he remains friends with America.
"To portray Haqqani as a hero to the people, America put a bounty of millions of dollars on his head and cast him in this [presumably heroic] role to deceive the Afghan people. In the early days, when America was promising this reward to him to strengthen his power, Haqqani would present himself as a wanted man, hiding his identity and patching his torn clothes to make the people feel sorry for him. He kept up this game so that they would not recognize him and so that the people would not associate him with the U.S.
"The logic of the Taliban militia is also ridiculous and ironic. It is absurd to think that a man trained by the U.S.-controlled IS, supported by the U.S., and handed the Interior Ministry by the U.S. can hide from them. The Taliban's tailors could not sew a seam strong enough to hide sacks of dollar bills. The same Haqqani for whom the U.S. put a bounty on his head is now being sent aid packages by the same U.S.! Perhaps this is the very reward money that was put on Haqqani's head."
"You Stood Guard At The Kabul Airport While American Soldiers Carried Away The Afghan Girls In Their Arms; You Kept Your Fingers On The Trigger While The Americans Took Away Afghan Women"
"Taliban leaders show their youth (hocks of sheep) green fields with fictitious promises and words, but they are oblivious to these promises. The only thing that matters to them is that everyone keeps their heads down and marches on these dreams. That is why leaders, from time to time, in consultation with America and with their permission, say a few token words against America. Thus, the young masses begin to boast under a false veil of pride and shame.
"Continuing this cycle, Haqqani once sarcastically said with a smile: 'Biden was wise to withdraw, otherwise, we had many plans to kill them.' But those who heard these words should have thought a little and realized the truth of these words in retrospect, but they have done nothing but show loyalty to the 'Biden agreements.'
"Shouldn't they question how many Americans they have killed in the last few years? In the last few years, they have done nothing but guard the Americans. So why was it not possible to kill Americans? Who prevented you? We ask Haqqani: If you had the intention to kill the Americans, why did they kill your militias until the last moment, but you were still sticking to the agreement? Didn't they bomb your troops even when they withdrew from Bagram?
A poster included in the magazine
"What did you do in the face of this attack? The answer is that you stood guard at the Kabul airport while American soldiers carried away the Afghan girls in their arms. You kept your fingers on the trigger while the Americans took away Afghan women. The reason why you call these girls our Afghan sisters is because you are attached to these relations in the name of patriotism. Within the framework of your friendship agreement with the U.S., you handed over some men and women from the former regime to the Americans for training, and you also guarded them.
"You left some of them in Afghanistan to continue in their old positions. What is even stranger is that the Taliban are now belittling the members of the former regime by telling them that the Americans carried those women. But no one is saying to them that you sold those women to America. If this is not the case, where was your famous honor that you stood by with your fingers on the trigger while they carried your women like that?
"The Taliban militias have now completely lost their direction. They have neither remained true to the religion nor succeeded in worldly affairs. Praise be to Allah, who has shown their true face to the whole world through their twisted behavior and empty thoughts. No matter how much they try to deceive the public with false, prideful dialogues and contrived shows, they fail. These lies and dramas can only fool their gullible youth, that's all."
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