Afghanistan, now the global beacon for Islamic jihad?

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Aug 18, 2021 12:35 am

THAT certainly seems to be the chilling ramifications of what Taliban commander Muhammed Arif Mustafa told CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward when the Islamists were at the gates of Kabul: 'One day, mujahedeen will have victory and Islamic law will come not just to Afghanistan, but all over the world. We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day.

Jihad will not end until the last day.'

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