With US leaving, Taliban tales of ‘victory’ and jihad lure youth
Posted on AllSides May 21st, 2021
From The Center
In life, Saheel was a young, improbable Taliban commander who launched multiple attacks against Afghan National Army bases.
But in death, Saheel – who detonated a car bomb May 8 that killed 12 Afghan troops in the Saydabad district of Wardak province, only to be killed himself by a surviving Afghan soldier – has become another tool in a fresh Taliban drive to recruit young men to their jihadi cause.
He is just one of a new crop of young men riding Taliban promises of overthrowing the “infidel” Afghan government...
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