Bin Laden Documents Reveal His Involvement In Launching Attacks On NATO Soldiers In Afghanistan (Update)

Revealed: Secret Documents Show Bin Laden Helped Taliban Launch Attacks On Western Soldiers In Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

Osama bin Laden worked directly with the Taliban from exile to plan attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan, as well as raids on the Afghan government and terrorist plots around the world, it was revealed on Sunday.

Documents discovered in the compound where bin Laden was killed last spring show similar ideology between Taliban leader Mullah Omar and the al-Qaida leader, according to reports.

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More News On Bin laden Documents Revealing His Assistance To The Afghan Taliban

Osama bin Laden files 'reveal close ties between al-Qaeda and Taliban' -- The Telegraph
Documents reveal Bin Laden kept up links to Taliban -- Sydney Morning Herald
Bin Laden Files Show al-Qaida And Taliban Leaders In Close Contact -- The Guardian
Bin Laden worked directly with Taliban from exile, secret documents reveal -- Al Arabiya
Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden: like minds -- The Guardian editorial

Files Seized From Bin Laden's Home When He Was Killed Reveals A Close Relationship With The Taliban Leadership

Bin Laden Files Show al-Qaida And Taliban Leaders In Close Contact -- The Guardian

Blow to Afghan peace hopes as documents reveal Bin Laden, Zawahiri and Omar discussed joint operations against Nato.

Documents found in the house where Osama bin Laden was killed a year ago show a close working relationship between top al-Qaida leaders and Mullah Omar, the overall commander of the Taliban, including frequent discussions of joint operations against Nato forces in Afghanistan, the Afghan government and targets in Pakistan.

The communications show a three-way conversation between Bin Laden, his then deputy Ayman Zawahiri and Omar, who is believed to have been in Pakistan since fleeing Afghanistan after the collapse of his regime in 2001.

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My Comment: When I first learned that the Taliban and their leadership were adamant in not giving up Bin Laden to US authorities right after 9/11 .... even when threatened with all-out war .... was a clear sign to me that the Taliban leadership and Al Qaeda had a tight alliance. The fact that this relationship is still continuing should not be a surprise.

Is U.S. Intelligence Right When It Comes To Al Qaeda in Afghanistan?

Are Obama Advisers Downplaying Afghan Dangers? -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration reconsiders its Afghanistan policy, White House officials are minimizing warnings from the intelligence community, the military and the State Department about the risks of adopting a limited strategy focused on al Qaida, U.S. intelligence, diplomatic and military officials told McClatchy.

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments have found that the Taliban and other Pakistan-based groups that are fighting U.S.-led forces have much closer ties to al Qaida now than they did before 9/11, would allow the terrorist network to re-establish bases in Afghanistan and would help Osama bin Laden export his radical brand of Islam to Afghanistan's neighbors and beyond, the officials said.

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My Comment: What is disturbing is when one reads reports like this .... 4,000 foreigners join Taliban, minister says. The administration says that Al Qaeda is on the ropes, and that there are probably less than a 100 in Afghanistan. If that is the case, who are these 4,000 foreign jihadists?

From where I stand, these fighters are obviously coming from somewhere, and the only organization that is capable of assembling and transporting these fighters are .... Al Qaeda. Once in country, the only organization that is capable of organizing them and taking care of them is the Taliban. If there was ever a smoking gun that reveals the close connection between the two, this is it .... but it appears that many in the White House are choosing to ignore this information.

Why is the White House doing this .... your guess is as good as mine.

Hat Tip: Prairie Pundit and Weasel Zippers.