Al-Qaeda Magazine Celebrates Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan: ‘After 20 Years Of War, America Has Been Defeated’

Related: Al-Qaida Returns in Triumph to Afghanistan – Just in Time for Biden’s 9/11 Anniversary

Democrat Terror: Four of Obama’s ‘Taliban Five’ Take Top Leadership Posts in Afghanistan

Taliban Announces Partnership With China

PARTY OF TREASON: Democrats BLOCK Vote To Require Biden Rescue Americans Abandoned in Afghanistan And Equipment Left Behind

Muslim Supporters Hail U.S. Afghanistan Defeat As ‘Great Victory For Islam And Muslims,’ Envision Upcoming Liberation Of Al-Aqsa Mosque From ‘Tyrannical Jews’

Al-Qaeda Magazine Celebrates Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan: ‘After 20 Years Of War, America Has Been Defeated’

MEMRI,

Issue 30 of the Thabat weekly magazine, released by the pro-Al-Qaeda Thabat News Agency on August 20, 2021, focuses on the takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban).[1] The magazine’s cover depicts former U.S. President George W. Bush, who presided over the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, with the English and Arabic text: “After 20 Years Of War.. [sic] America Has Been Defeated.”

Al-Qaeda has sworn allegiance to Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the Taliban’s recent gains in Afghanistan were widely celebrated by Al-Qaeda supporters, as well as by jihadi groups officially affiliated with Al-Qaeda, such as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Al-Qaeda’s Kurdish Battalions (AQKB).

An article on the first page of Thabat titled, “The Islamic Emirate Gains Control over All of Afghanistan,” reports that, “After twenty years of jihad against more than forty Crusader countries, the mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate succeeded in entering the Afghan capital, Kabul, and gaining control over all of Afghanistan. The mujahideen announced the conquest at a press conference from the Presidential Palace in the capital.”

An article on the first page of Thabat magazine is titled, “The Islamic Emirate Gains Control over All of Afghanistan;” and is illustrated with an image of Taliban fighters in the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

Thabat further notes that, “The Islamic Emirate announced that Islamic shari’a will be the system of government in Afghanistan, not Western democracy.”

The article exultantly reports “a state of great alarm in the Crusader countries after the Muslims’ gaining control over Afghanistan,” noting that there are “fears of a similar event occurring in several other arenas.”

According to Thabat, the U.S. government has admitted that over the course of twenty years of war in Afghanistan, more than 6,300 American soldiers were killed and 20,000 were wounded. The magazine adds that “the accuracy of this sum is in doubt, considering the American government’s customary lies.” The article also notes that the U.S. government claims to have spent more than $2 trillion on the war.

Thabat adds: “The Muslims in various arenas of jihad – in Pakistan, Kashmir, Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Somalia, and Mali – celebrate the liberation of Afghanistan. Shouts of ‘Allah Akbar!’ resounded in the mosques, rejoicing over the victory.”

The fifth page of the magazine quotes the comments of several American and European politicians in reaction to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. These include a comment by former President George W. Bush in July 2021, predicting that “the consequences [of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan] are going to be unbelievably bad;” former President Donald Trump’s statement describing the Taliban takeover as “one of the greatest defeats in American history;” and President Joe Biden’s remarks on Afghanistan: “As known in history, it’s the graveyard of empires.”

The pro-Al-Qaeda magazine also quotes foreign leaders, such as French President Emmanuel Macron, who reportedly stated that, “the current situation in Afghanistan affects France, Europe, and the world;” German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who described the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover as “bitter, dramatic and terrifying;” and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said that “the events in Afghanistan have unfolded […] faster than even the Taliban themselves predicted.”

The above page in Thabat magazine shows U.S. and European politicians who described the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country as catastrophic.

 

---

[1] Telegram, August 20, 2021.

[2] For official statements from Al-Qaeda affiliates, see MEMRI JTTM Reports: Al-Qaeda-Aligned Kurdish Battalions In Iran, Iraq Congratulate The Taliban: You Forced Biden To Acknowledge That Afghanistan Is Graveyard Of Empires, August 17, 2021; and Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Congratulates Taliban On ‘Blessed Victory’ In Afghanistan, Hails Them For Not Abandoning Al-Qaeda ‘Brothers,’ Urges Them To Implement Shari’a, August 18, 2021. For congratulations from unofficial pro-Al-Qaeda media groups, see MEMRI JTTM Reports: Pro- Al-Qaeda Outlet Congratulates Taliban For Defeating ‘America’s Massive Military Arsenal,’ Salutes Al-Qaeda Affiliates For Making ‘The Islamic Caliphate More Tangible Than Ever’, August 17, 2021; and Five Media Outlets Affiliated With Al-Qaeda Congratulate Taliban For Victory In Afghanistan, Wish Them Success “For The Sake Of The Islamic Nation”, August 17, 2021.

The Truth Must be Told

Your contribution supports independent journalism

Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.

Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.

Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.

Please contribute here.

or

Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.

• $25.00 here
• $50.00 here
• $75.00 here
• $100.00 here
• $250.00 here