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PREVIEW: #ISIS-K: #TALIBAN: #MOSCOW: Excerpt from a two hour conversation with authors Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson re their book, KABUL, that begins to sort out the jihadist stew that gathered in Afghanistan and the surrounding countries, such as Taj

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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PREVIEW: #ISIS-K: #TALIBAN: #MOSCOW: Excerpt from a two hour conversation with authors Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson re their book, KABUL, that begins to sort out the jihadist stew that gathered in Afghanistan and the surrounding countries, such as Tajikistan, after the US and NATO withdrawal in 2021. Fog of war. But Jerry Dunleavy lays out the dots that can be connected. More later.

Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by Jerry Dunleavy (Author), James Hasson (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1

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0:00.0

This is John Bachelor. The incomplete information from Moscow is that the suspects apprehended

0:08.8

may be Tajik's from Tajikistan which borders Afghanistan and has been the scene of

0:15.8

Soviet activity during the 20th century and Russian activity during the 21st century said to be a Russian base there in Tajikistan.

0:27.0

At the same time, Tajikistan is heavily influenced by the jihadists, which may explain why the reports from Moscow say ISIS

0:36.8

K recruited and carried out the attacks against the Moscow theater murdering dozens of people more than a hundred more than

0:46.5

150 unclear fog of war. In any event ISIS K operates in the Corusan province of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan.

0:58.2

It's a general area of influence.

1:00.6

It is understood to be secondary to al-Qaeda and certainly present in Afghanistan without the permission

1:09.5

or perhaps with the permission of the Taliban.

1:11.6

It's all very unclear. This particular

1:15.0

explanation from one of the authors of the book Cabell about the withdrawal from

1:19.5

Afghanistan in 2021, identifies what it is about ISIS K that makes it a strong

1:27.4

suspect for the attacks in Moscow.

1:31.1

Aakhani Network, ISIS K, the ISI of Pakistan, the Taliban, al-Qaeda.

1:41.0

This is a stew of jihadist and jihadist enablers.

1:47.0

Moscow will have to sort all this out if it's going to take its revenge

1:52.0

as threatened by Vladimir Putin. In any

1:54.8

event this excerpt is Jerry Dunleavy co-author with James Hassan of the book

2:01.6

Cabell, the untold story of Biden's fiasco and the

2:04.6

American warriors who fought the end. Critical here is the connection between all

2:09.9

of these jihadists and Jerry Dunleavy lays it out especially turning on the man

2:15.4

Hakani who heads up the Hakani network probably was number two in Al Qaeda at the time in Afghanistan, with the death of Zwari

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