The Hamas terror group praised the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on Monday, calling it “a victory that came as the culmination of more than 20 years of struggle.”
In a statement, the terror group said it “congratulates the Afghani Muslim nation for the downfall of the American occupation in all Afghani territory.”
The Taliban, a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim insurgency in Afghanistan, completed its conquest of the country on Sunday as the United States made a hastily executed withdrawal from the capital, Kabul. The long American-led war effort ended much as it began 20 years ago: with the Taliban ruling Afghanistan.
Many Sunni terror groups, such as Hamas, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda, have similar ideological roots, provide one another with aid, and share some regional patrons. Qatar, for example, has played host to the exiled leadership of both Hamas and the Taliban in Doha.
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