PREVIEW: From a conversation with colleague Bill Roggio, FDD, about ISIS operating out of Afghanistan in order to attack the Islamic State of Iran. What is the relationship between ISIS and the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Are they one and the s
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 5 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exclusive-us-intelligence-confirms-islamic-states-afghanistan-branch-behind-iran-blasts-sources/ar-AA1mwinq
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Jimmy was chuffed with his new Italian scooter, however he was even more chuffed that he bought it on his Barclay card. |
| 0:06.5 | Because when things didn't quite go to plan, he had protection and could claim back on his purchase. You'll be up and running in no time Jimmy |
| 0:14.8 | What you buy is your business giving you purchase protection is ours |
| 0:18.9 | Search Barclay Card protection to find out more about how we protect your purchases. |
| 0:23.0 | Barclay Card, make money work for you. |
| 0:25.0 | 28.9% APR variables, subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history. |
| 0:30.0 | T's and sees apply. This is John Batcher, conversation with my colleague Bill Rajo of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy |
| 0:36.2 | about the report from US intelligence sources that the bombing attack in Iran around the commemoration event of |
| 0:46.0 | Sulemani's death, leaving 90 to 100 dead, many more wounded. |
| 0:51.0 | The bombing attack was launched out of Afghanistan by ISIS. That's right, ISIS |
| 0:56.3 | operating in Afghanistan under the nose or with the cooperation or the same as al-Qaeda and the Taliban. I asked Bill Rajo about |
| 1:06.0 | this because the puzzle here is, is Afghanistan a state to be trusted in the region. It's looking for relations with China and India. |
| 1:16.0 | Or is it a terror platform? Bill answers with great detail. |
| 1:21.0 | This is Bill Rajo, Foundation for the defense of democracy. ISIS in Afghanistan |
| 1:26.1 | attacking Iran. |
| 1:29.9 | It is a good question and it does raise a lot of questions I suspect in some cases you know |
| 1:35.8 | your your guess that is it the two-face right Taliban or al-Qaeda in the day and |
| 1:40.5 | Islamic State at night that is certainly a possibility this is probably the you know they are an entity of their own they have carved out some small areas |
| 1:55.2 | where they're able to operate with the help of something in southeastern Afghanistan |
| 2:00.6 | southwestern and northeastern Afghanistan. |
| 2:04.0 | They have small pockets where they're known to operate. |
| 2:08.0 | And the Taliban targets them routinely and kills them, you know, a number of them at a time. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Batchelor, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of John Batchelor and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

