TERRORISM Report: Taliban visited North Korea seeking nuclear weapons

[Macgyver]

Report: Taliban visited North Korea seeking nuclear weapons

The Taliban in Afghanistan, which took control of the nation when Joe Biden abruptly withdrew American military personnel, leaving behind thousands of civilians and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of American war machinery, now reportedly is seeking access to nuclear weapons.

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Report: Taliban visited North Korea seeking nuclear weapons​

The Taliban in Afghanistan, who took control of the nation when Joe Biden abruptly withdrew American military personnel, leaving behind thousands of civilians and billions of dollars worth of American war machinery, now reportedly are seeking access to nuclear weapons.
Biden a few years ago abruptly pulled American troops out of the troubled nation in a scheme that cost more than a dozen American lives.

Then the Taliban took over control, gaining access to war machinery that the U.S. had stockpiled there for years.
On the Americans' exit, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled and the Taliban declared victory, taking control of all parts of the government.

Congressional leaders called Biden's plan an "unmitigated disaster."
Now a report from the Middle East Media Research Institute reveals the Taliban's interest in nukes.
It reported, "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) is caught in an international controversy after it has come to light that an eight-member official Taliban delegation secretly visited North Korea to discuss cooperation on nuclear weapons technology."
Will North Korea provide the Taliban with nuclear weapons?

The report said it's not been noticed much, but Afghanistan "has a long-standing nuclear energy program that was taken over by the Taliban mujahideen when they took control of Afghanistan in August 2021."

Taliban armed with American-made weapons in a video released in March 2023 (Video screenshot)

"I have reports indicating that a group of the Taliban is looking into how to access tactical nuclear weapons. Whether they can get them from Pakistan or pay engineers to get them. That is going to be a disaster," explained Rahmatullah Nabil, the former chief of the Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, said at a recent conference.

MEMRI noted, "Since Nabil belongs to the camp of the Taliban's political opponents, his comments were not taken seriously by many. However, on December 26, 2023, Sami Yousafzai, a senior Afghan journalist known for authoritative reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan, tweeted that the Taliban rulers are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, and several Western intelligence agencies, alerted by Nabil's comment, have launched investigations into the Taliban's connections to North Korea."

The delegation reportedly included multiple leaders from the Taliban's ministry of defense as well as Maulvi Abdul Rasheed Munib, the security chief of Kandahar.
There was much secrecy around the reported visit, and Taliban officials have remained silent.

The report noted Afghanistan's neighbors, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, and China, all are friendly with Afghanistan and Russia, Pakistan and China all have such weapons.
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[Housecarl]

Hummmm.......that would give the Pakistani ISI all manner of "plausible deniability" even with just the report of interest, never mind if they actually went through with a sale and transfer. And that's where things get interesting.

Assuming this is a legitimate report, the Taliban would need more than just the "gadgets" but the delivery systems for them to make them more than dangerous door stops, even if we're talking about "demolition mines" they have to be "gotten" to the target.

I can't see Kim's usual business partners in Tehran, Beijing or Moscow (or for that matter Islamabad) being all that comfortable with the Taliban baing able to launch anything, particularly nuclear out of their territory and over any of their shared borders.

ETA: And if in fact such a transfer were to occur, I can see New Delhi preemptively acting against it, and likely not limit themselves to that particular actor either.

 

[custom2006]

Report: Taliban visited North Korea seeking nuclear weapons

The Taliban in Afghanistan, which took control of the nation when Joe Biden abruptly withdrew American military personnel, leaving behind thousands of civilians and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of American war machinery, now reportedly is seeking access to nuclear weapons.

www.wnd.com

Report: Taliban visited North Korea seeking nuclear weapons​

The Taliban in Afghanistan, who took control of the nation when Joe Biden abruptly withdrew American military personnel, leaving behind thousands of civilians and billions of dollars worth of American war machinery, now reportedly are seeking access to nuclear weapons.
Biden a few years ago abruptly pulled American troops out of the troubled nation in a scheme that cost more than a dozen American lives.

Then the Taliban took over control, gaining access to war machinery that the U.S. had stockpiled there for years.
On the Americans' exit, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled and the Taliban declared victory, taking control of all parts of the government.

Congressional leaders called Biden's plan an "unmitigated disaster."
Now a report from the Middle East Media Research Institute reveals the Taliban's interest in nukes.
It reported, "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) is caught in an international controversy after it has come to light that an eight-member official Taliban delegation secretly visited North Korea to discuss cooperation on nuclear weapons technology."
Will North Korea provide the Taliban with nuclear weapons?

The report said it's not been noticed much, but Afghanistan "has a long-standing nuclear energy program that was taken over by the Taliban mujahideen when they took control of Afghanistan in August 2021."

Taliban armed with American-made weapons in a video released in March 2023 (Video screenshot)

"I have reports indicating that a group of the Taliban is looking into how to access tactical nuclear weapons. Whether they can get them from Pakistan or pay engineers to get them. That is going to be a disaster," explained Rahmatullah Nabil, the former chief of the Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, said at a recent conference.

MEMRI noted, "Since Nabil belongs to the camp of the Taliban's political opponents, his comments were not taken seriously by many. However, on December 26, 2023, Sami Yousafzai, a senior Afghan journalist known for authoritative reports on Afghanistan and Pakistan, tweeted that the Taliban rulers are attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, and several Western intelligence agencies, alerted by Nabil's comment, have launched investigations into the Taliban's connections to North Korea."

The delegation reportedly included multiple leaders from the Taliban's ministry of defense as well as Maulvi Abdul Rasheed Munib, the security chief of Kandahar.
There was much secrecy around the reported visit, and Taliban officials have remained silent.

The report noted Afghanistan's neighbors, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, and China, all are friendly with Afghanistan and Russia, Pakistan and China all have such weapons.
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[Housecarl]

"Reports Say"

"Authorities Say"

"Sources Say"

"Officials Say"

"Witnesses Say"

Yeah. Who benefits from you reading the initial "article"?.....

 

[Dennis Olson]

If they got nukes, it would be the equivalent of giving an AR15 and 20 magazines to a 6 year old and telling I’m to have fun….

 

[The Mountain]

Hummmm.......that would give the Pakistani ISI all manner of "plausible deniability" even with just the report of interest, never mind if they actually went through with a sale and transfer. And that's where things get interesting.

Assuming this is a legitimate report, the Taliban would need more than just the "gadgets" but the delivery systems for them to make them more than dangerous door stops, even if we're talking about "demolition mines" they have to be "gotten" to the target.

I can't see Kim's usual business partners in Tehran, Beijing or Moscow (or for that matter Islamabad) being all that comfortable with the Taliban baing able to launch anything, particularly nuclear out of their territory and over any of their shared borders.

ETA: And if in fact such a transfer were to occur, I can see New Delhi preemptively acting against it, and likely not limit themselves to that particular actor either.

Things between Pak, the Taliban, and India have shifted dramatically over the last year or so. The Taliban has been cozying up to India, and negotiating trade deals and the like. They need India's rice, and are offering cement and granite in return. Travel by Indians to Afghanistan has been significantly eased.

Meanwhile the Taliban has soured deeply on Pak, likely part of the reason why Pak ejected all those Afghani immigrants last year.

Even if this is true, the Taliban isn't going to be aiming their nukes at India.