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Biden Policies Driving Anti-Taliban Forces Toward Russia, Iran

Ahmad Massoud, left, leader of the National Resistance Front and son of anti-Soviet mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, visited Moscow in late August. (Getty Images)

By    |   Monday, 02 October 2023 08:21 AM EDT

Biden administration policies barring the U.S. government from working with anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have forced those groups to partner with American adversaries Russia and Iran – and served to divide the anti-Taliban resistance into pro-American and anti-American factions.

There is a widespread perception among Afghans that the U.S. government at best tolerates and at worst supports the Taliban. Pro-American leaders of the exiled pre-Taliban Afghan government tell Newsmax that they believe Russia and Iran have ulterior motives behind offering aid to the groups: (1) being seen as having filled a void vacated by the U.S. and (2) further splitting the political and armed resistance to the Taliban.

John Rossomando

John Rossomando is an experienced national security and counterterrorism analyst and researcher who writes for Newsmax and has been featured in numerous publications and has been consulted by numerous U.S. government agencies.

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Biden administration policies barring the U.S. government from working with anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan have forced those groups to partner with American adversaries Russia and Iran.
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