Commentary
Former U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad’s suggestion that America and its allies should side with the Taliban against ISIS-K, which has waged an increasingly bloody insurgency against Taliban hegemony in Afghanistan, embodies the naïve belief that there are good jihadists and bad jihadists.
“ISIS is the common enemy of the Taliban and the international community. Cooperation against ISIS can be a key part of future relations. Among the options available, the completed implementation of the Doha agreement is the best way forward. It deals with all issues of concern to Afghans and the international community,” Khalilzad wrote in a tweet last week following the Taliban’s raid of an ISIS-K hideout in Kabul….