with the soviet union no more, america stopped supplying arms to the mujahideen. our goals had not been, really, to build a new afghanistan and our own internal debate over what s the future of the soviet union affected our strategy towards the afghan resistance. we decided to abandon the afghan resistance. and to focus, really, on recovering the stinger missiles and taking them out of the hands of possible future terrorist attacks. with the us and soviets gone, the field was left open for others to exert their influence. the pakistanis were backing gulbuddin hekmatyar to come into power. the iranians and the indians were backing rabbani and massoud. the un was trying to put together a coalition government with communist elements, as well as mujahideen elements.
Until the Biden administration or its successors realize that they cannot rely on the Taliban to stamp out terror, terrorist groups in Afghanistan will only metathesize.
The Afghan National Resistance Front urged the US to investigate its former top ambassador to Afghanistan over his alleged "dealings" with the Taliban.
Authorities reported that a British police officer issued a fake arrest to kidnap, rape, and murder a female victim under the guise of lockdown regulations. The suspect, identified as Wayne Couzens, arrested the suspect, Sarah Everard on March 3, where he proceeded to sexually abuse her before killing her.