1050: US Treasury says Taliban works with al Qaeda. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio
Image: The Pentagon (light blue) compared to large ships and buildings: The Pentagon, 1,414 feet, 431 m RMS Queen Mary 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2) , 1,132 feet, 345 m USS Enterprise (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)) , 1,123 feet, 342 m Hindenburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg) , 804 feet, 245 m Yamato (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato) , 863 feet, 263 m Empire State Building (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building) , 1,454 feet, 443 m Knock Nevis, ex-Seawise Giant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawise_Giant) , 1,503 feet, 458 m Apple Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park) , 1,522 feet, 464 m Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: US Treasury says Taliban works with al Qaeda in a report to the Defense Department.. A slew of assassinations strikes Afghanistan, especially killing of women, intellectuals, and journalists.. Forty people have been killed since the Biden installation. Senior members of Taliban have discussed forming a new operating network, a new army — the first for the Islamic Emirate— to be funded by al Qaeda. ISIS is still in Afghanistan, but a smaller scale of threat. ISIS core is in Syria; also in Khorasan province.