A senior Taliban terrorist responded to President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that he was working to reclaim Afghanistan’s Bagram military base by rejecting the possibility of a renewed U.S. military presence in the country.
The comment, posted on social media by Second Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zakir Jalali, used a diplomatic tone and emphasized that the Taliban would keep the “doors for further engagement” with America open – just not at the cost of having American troops on the ground in Afghanistan. The measured rejection followed months of efforts by the Taliban to improve its relationship with the U.S. government. Taliban terrorists welcomed a Trump administration delegation to Kabul last weekend and have explicitly stated they hope to normalize relations
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