Commander Ahmad Massoud
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But so far, I don't see any interest in accepting me in America and listening to what we have to say.
Well, one thing is that Al-Qaeda for the past 20 years with their relationship with the Taliban, they complete each other.
This is something that might interest the people of America that Al-Qaeda
And Taliban lived so close with each other and so integrated with each other for so long that it is almost impossible to differentiate them now.
For the past 20 years, there's a lot of weddings and marriages happened within them.
Now they turned into a family.
How can you break a family apart?
It is proven that there has been marriages between them.
So that's one aspect.
The second aspect, the shared interest.
Al-Qaeda helped them intellectually
and help them with experience and knowledge, help them with the technical aspect of making bombs and expertise.
And of course, help them with the presence of the Al-Qaeda fighters.
For example, we showed you a video of the Taliban alongside Al-Qaeda fighters attacking Panjshir Valley on August, 2021.
So they had so many shared experiences
that it is impossible to differentiate them now.
It's just like how we mix sugar in a water or salt in a water.
It's almost impossible if you keep, like in a swirling it for 20 years, how will you take the sugar or take the salt out of the water?
So that's one aspect of Al-Qaeda that let's not forget.
The second aspect is,