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| Dawa Khan Meenapal |
The Taliban today murdered Dawa Khan Meenapal, who headed Afghanistan’s government media & information office, as he was traveling in Kabul, according to the Associated Press.
The shooting is part of an assassination wave launched by the Taliban, targeting government officials in the wake of America’s decision to end its involvement in the “forever war.”
The Taliban on Twitter called the killing of Meenapal, who had earlier served as a spokesperson for Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, a “special attack of the Mujahedeen.”
Ross Wilson, US Charge d'Affaires, is “saddened and disgusted” by the targeted killing of Meenapal, whom he called a friend and colleague whose career was focused on providing truthful information to all Afghans about Afghanistan, according to his tweet.
He called the murder “an affront to Afghans’ human rights and freedom of speech.”
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Aug. 6, 2021, by Joe Honick
Of course it was disgusting. It was also an open challenge to the US who led the NATO operation that could not overcome the Taliban all these years. Biggest information lack: ask anyone who the Taliban are, how they are supported, managed and recruited, etc., and you will get a blank stare...all for lack of our own media failure to explain those points. Every year for almost 10 years after publishing a lengthy article in these pages with questions the Pentagon did not want to answer, the four main questions were: how come the forces of some of the most powerful nations could not take down an insurgent force, what kept the Taliban in action, why was no one in Congress or the media asking those questions and why were we there in the first place? The article here was, I believe, simply titled "Unanswered Questions."
This gentleman's murder speaks volumes to the mystery of our involvement and the tragic and wasteful cost in lives and so many hundreds of billions of dollars...all for a failure at the doorsteps of Democrats and Republicans.