<description>&lt;p&gt;According to the Taliban&amp;#39;s self-assessment (what could go wrong), Afghanistan is &amp;#34;stable&amp;#34; — but according to reality, it&amp;#39;s not. Terrorist groups still operate openly, al-Qaeda remains embedded, and the same extremists are now being trusted to “fight” other extremists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bill Roggio and Edmund Fitton-Brown break down why outsourcing counterterrorism to jihadists is a fatal mistake — and why the so-called &amp;#34;peace of the Taliban&amp;#34; comes at an unbearable price: the erasure of half the country’s population and the return of Afghanistan as a global terror hub.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Generation Jihad

FDD's Long War Journal

Fighting terror with terror

DEC 18, 202570 MIN
Generation Jihad

Fighting terror with terror

DEC 18, 202570 MIN

Description

According to the Taliban's self-assessment (what could go wrong), Afghanistan is "stable" — but according to reality, it's not. Terrorist groups still operate openly, al-Qaeda remains embedded, and the same extremists are now being trusted to “fight” other extremists.Bill Roggio and Edmund Fitton-Brown break down why outsourcing counterterrorism to jihadists is a fatal mistake — and why the so-called "peace of the Taliban" comes at an unbearable price: the erasure of half the country’s population and the return of Afghanistan as a global terror hub.