by Frances Martel
Breitbart.com
The “commerce minister” of the Taliban terrorist organization told Reuters on Thursday that the group is in the “advanced” stages of a deal to do business with Russia using local currency and is pitching China to adopt a similar policy.
The Taliban has been the uncontested ruling entity of Afghanistan since August 15, 2021, when former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country after the arrival of the Taliban to Kabul. The Taliban’s return to power after being deposed in 2001 was facilitated by former President Joe Biden extending the decades-long war by breaking an agreement between Washington and the terrorists that would have seen American troops leave the country in May 2021. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced this week that he would launch a “comprehensive review” of the Biden administration’s actions that resulted in the establishment of a violent jihadist regime taking control of Afghanistan.