A senior Taliban official has posted a video promoting the group’s willingness to carry out suicide missions, amid renewed tensions following comments by US President Donald Trump about reclaiming Bagram Airbase.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, shared the video on Friday on his X account without providing context. The footage shows Taliban fighters seated in a vehicle, singing a song that glorifies suicide attacks and pledges retaliation against any perceived aggression.
“We are committed to peace, but if they make a mistake against us, the youths will register for suicide missions,” the lyrics say. The song praises several early figures associated with suicide operations and refers to Jalaluddin Haqqani as “Baba.” One verse warns that if anyone opposes the Taliban, they will “turn the mountains and valleys into flames.”
The video’s release follows Trump’s recent remarks that US forces should “retake Bagram Airbase.” In response, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the airbase is part of Afghanistan’s territory and “belongs neither to China nor the United States,” urging Washington to engage “through diplomacy and logic.”
Analysts say the Taliban’s publication of such propaganda is aimed at projecting defiance amid fears that Trump’s statements could signal renewed US interest in Afghanistan. Trump has warned that if the Taliban refuses to hand over the base, “bad things will happen.”
