America Should Back Taliban’s Enemies in Panjshir

The completion of Washington’s pullout from Afghanistan leaves President Biden’s team with two very challenging tasks going forward: evacuating those Americans and Afghan allies still left in the country and continuing to degrade the ability of al-Qaeda and ISIS-K to carry out attacks internationally.

Biden officials seem to have credulously cast their lot with what they hope to be a newly reformed Taliban. Yet they could find some natural allies in Panjshir Valley, just 50 miles north of Kabul, who would help — if only the administration were not loath to support them.

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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The completion of Washington’s pullout from Afghanistan leaves President Biden’s team with two very challenging tasks going forward: evacuating those Americans and Afghan allies still left in the country and continuing to degrade the ability of al-Qaeda and ISIS-K to carry out attacks internationally.

Biden officials seem to have credulously cast their lot with what they hope to be a newly reformed Taliban. Yet they could find some natural allies in Panjshir Valley, just 50 miles north of Kabul, who would help — if only the administration were not loath to support them.