In a stern warning to the Biden administration, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, Michael Mccaul said that he will do everything in his power to oppose recognition of the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan.
Mccaul added that US President Joe Biden is attempting to whitewash the Taliban’s and Al-Qaeda’s longstanding ties.
His comments come in the wake of Biden’s remark stating that Al-Qaeda is no longer operating in Afghanistan and that the Taliban had become the US’ national security partner in the region.
Mccaul wrote on his Facebook page, “Al Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, was discovered living comfortably in Kabul in a home owned by a senior Taliban official, and when the US neutralised the Al-Qaeda leader, the Taliban disavowed the strike.”
He stressed that even though the UN and top US generals regularly report Al-Qaeda’s growing capabilities in Afghanistan, the Taliban has been aiding the terror group by sending across funds and providing it a safe haven in Afghanistan.
At the end of a White House press briefing last week, Biden had said, "Remember what I used to say about Afghanistan? I told Al-Qaeda would not be there. I told them to get help from the Taliban. What happened now? Read the press. I was right."
The Taliban had welcomed Biden's comments.
