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‘What Happens in Kabul will not Stay in Kabul’ My latest in @TheHillOpinion on effects of Biden’s #Afghanistan debacle: revival of Jihadi terrorism, loss of U.S. credibility with allies & adversaries, diminished diplomatic clout, impunity of frenemies. https://t.co/VWNJjxnqfU

— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) August 16, 2021

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The Taliban reportedly named a new president for Afghanistan:

August 16, 2021

The latest reports are that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is being reported as likely president of the new Taliban government, though conflicting reports say former Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali would head a transitional government.

Baradar has been presented as a relatively “moderate” figure in the Taliban for years, and this likely will make him more palatable than some other hardliners for the world. Baradar also served as a chief negotiator for the Taliban in Doha. Taliban officials are openly announcing the reestablishment of Afghanistan as an Islamic Emirate and trying to reassure the public about the fate of Kabul. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/talibans-mullah-baradar-be-new-afghan-president

Iran’s president praised the USA’s military defeat in Afghanistan:

 16 August 2021
Iran: US ‘military defeat’ can ‘restore life, security and lasting peace’

Iran’s ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi said in a statement Monday, “The military defeat and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan should offer an opportunity to restore life, security and lasting peace in that country.” …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was engaged in talks with Yue Xiaoyong, China’s special envoy for Afghanistan. …

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that China is ready to have “friendly and cooperative” relations with the Taliban. She did not answer directly whether China would recognize the Taliban as the new government but instead insisted China will respect the choice of the Afghan people.

Hua said, “The Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope to develop good relations with China, and that they look forward to China’s participation in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan.” https://www.dw.com/en/chaos-at-kabul-airport-as-afghans-try-to-flee-live-updates/a-58874510

Afghanistan is believed to have a lot of uptapped mineral resources, that if properly managed, would probably double or triple the economic output of that nation–if not more than that.

Michael Snyder posted:

The Myth Of U.S. Invincibility Has Now Been Completely Shattered

August 15, 2021

Nobody is going to respect the power of the U.S. military after this.  We spent nearly 20 years and more than 2 trillion dollars fighting the war in Afghanistan.  Much more importantly, 2,448 U.S. service members lost their lives and thousands more were seriously wounded.  After so much heartbreaking sacrifice, the Taliban have won the war.  It is inconceivable that the U.S. military could lose to a ragged collection of drug dealers and goat herders, but thanks to an appalling failure of leadership at the White House and in the Pentagon it has happened.  Not only have we lost, but the Taliban is actually coming out of this conflict in better shape than ever before.  Incredibly, the Taliban appears to be much stronger today than it was just prior to the U.S. invasion in 2001.

How could this happen?  For almost two decades the U.S. military has been pounding on them, and you would think that all of that pounding should have completely wiped out the Taliban by now.

But instead, the Taliban has thrived. …

The Biden administration is trying to insist that this is nothing like the fall of Saigon, but the truth is that it is exactly like the fall of Saigon. …

I am not proud of the U.S. military today.

Instead, I am deeply embarrassed by what it has become.

We have completely lost our way, and when it comes time to fight a major war we are going to get our rear ends handed to us.

And now thanks to the Taliban, the rest of the world has been shown how weak we really are. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/the-myth-of-u-s-invincibility-has-now-been-completely-shattered/

That brings to mind the following biblical warning:

18 ‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 I will break the pride of your power; (Leviticus 26:18-19)

Furthermore, the Bible is clear that the power with the strongest military will be defeated in the last days (see Daniel 11:39; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses).

That being said, Afghanistan was a defeat for the USA. Notice also the following:

August 15, 2021

The New York Times claims that “few will gang up on the U.S. for finally stopping a failed enterprise.” But in the longer term, “the notion that you cannot count on the Americans will strike deeper roots because of Afghanistan.’’ This may underpin some European reactions, according to the article. What is more perplexing is that other NATO members, including European countries, also withdrew from Afghanistan and yet, oddly, this doesn’t erode confidence in whether anyone can count on NATO or European countries. The unspoken point may be that no one was counting on NATO or European states anyway, so it was America’s war to lose.  …

Turkey wants to have discussions with the Taliban and run the airport. Iran, working with China, sees a silver lining in Afghanistan. As Pakistan, Russia, Iran, China and Turkey prepare to rush in, European countries are evacuating embassy staff.  … Afghanistan may simply become a host for the gathering storm of a post-American world order. Regional groupings like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and others will not include the US. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/unpredictable-consequences-from-the-afghan-crisis-676691

August 15, 2021

A Taliban leader identified as Muhammed Arif Mustafa told CNN’s Clarissa Ward that Islam will keep on fighting and advancing towards America, according to Forbes.

“It’s our belief that one day mujahedeen will have victory, and Islamic law will come not to just Afghanistan, but all over the world. We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day. Jihad will not end until the last day,” he said. https://newspunch.com/taliban-tells-americans-jihad-is-coming-to-america-thanks-to-joe-biden/

Some in the USA are voicing concerns about the possible terrorist threat from Afghanistan:

August 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.

Less than a week after a military assessment predicted Kabul could be surrounded by insurgents in 30 days, the world on Sunday watched stunning scenes of Taliban fighters standing in the Afghan president’s office and crowds of Afghans and foreigners frantically trying to board planes to escape the country.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told senators on a briefing call Sunday that U.S. officials are expected to alter their earlier assessments about the pace of terrorist groups reconstituting in Afghanistan, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-taliban-675db659610779b05d8e60f166c53a52

Those of us who believe the Bible realize that terrorism is prophesied.

Notice something from Psalm 83:

3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people,
And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation,
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

5 For they have consulted together with one consent;
They form a confederacy against You:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. (Psalms 83:3-8)

Nearly all the above peoples are in lands dominated by Islam–and many countries are accepting refugees and immigrants from those lands.

Psalm 83 is very likely to involve terrorism.

Why?

Because taking “crafty counsel” sounds like plotting terrorism. Notice also that a deal will happen involving Assyria, which is prophesied to takeover the USA and UK per Isaiah 10 (see also Germany in Biblical Prophecy).

The late WCG evangelist Raymond McNair indicated that Afghanistan may be involved in terrorism:

It believed that some Edomites also live in certain regions of the high mountains of Central Asia, including Afghanistan. … History indicates that some of Esau’s descendants have migrated into Central Asia (into AFGHANISTAN and adjacent nations), Ishmaelite and Edomite names are frequently found in those Muslim nations. … Now the Afghan Taliban has taken on the United States … Many scriptures speak of the unbridled hatred of the Edomites … (cf. Isa. 34; Ezekiel 35; Obadiah 1; Psalm 83 etc.). … The coalition of nations mentioned in Psalm 83 is clearly intended as an end-time prophecy, that shows which nations will wage war against the modern-day descendants of Israel, and this includes the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic, English-Speaking peoples. (McNair R. Solving the Arab-Israeli Impasse! CG21, 2005)

The USA has had less terrorism the past few years than it did during the Obama Administration.

Now, expect more to hit the USA.

Many Afghanis are appalled with USA actions and feel betrayed.

Afghanistan may be a place more terrorists will come from.

Furthermore, the USA intends to allow perhaps multiple thousands of Afghanis to relocate into its country. Some of them will one day support terrorism against the USA consistent with biblical prophecies such as Deuteronomy 32:25.

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 16th, 2021 at 7:00 am and is filed under Prophecy.

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