Taliban fighters were the storm troopers of a vicious ideology, gun-toting, torturing louts with no place in a civilized society. Or so you would think. In recent weeks there has (as previously mentioned on the Corner) been controversy in Britain over the decision to admit one of these thugs as an ‘asylum seeker’.

Well, that controversy can be expected to get worse. In a reminder of the stupidity that, along with cruelty, was one of the defining characteristics of the Taliban regime, Wali Khan Ahmadzai, has now chosen to speak to the British press. Amongst his pearls of wisdom:

“I live here but I still think America and Britain are enemies of the Afghanistan people and Muslim people,” he said. “But I don’t want to fight anymore. I just want the chance to live in peace and safety and to be a good Muslim.”

Ahmadzai’s presence in the UK, in that ‘enemy’ nation he so clearly despises for everything other than its welfare benefits and material comforts, is an insult to the British troops who fought in Afghanistan – he should be sent home.