Trump calls the Taliban ‘good fighters’ who are ‘really smart,’ and erroneously claims the group has been around for 1,000 years – By Cheryl Teh (Business Insider) / Aug 18 2021
- Trump had praise for the Taliban during an appearance on Fox News host Sean Hannity’s show.
- Trump called the Taliban “smart” and “good fighters” during a segment on August 17.
- He claimed erroneously that the group had been around for 1,000 years when it was only founded in 1994.
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Former President Donald Trump praised the Taliban this Tuesday, calling them “smart” and “good fighters.”
“The Taliban, good fighters I will tell, you, good fighters. You have to give them credit for that. They’ve been fighting for a thousand years; what they do is they fight,” Trump said on Fox New’s “The Sean Hannity Show” on August 17.
“The Taliban has circled the airport, and who knows if they’re going to treat us right? All of a sudden, they’ll say – well, frankly, if they were smart, they’d really – and they are smart, they are smart. They should let the Americans out,” Trump said to Hannity.
Trump’s claim, however, that the Taliban has been around for 1,000 years is erroneous. The organization was founded in September 1994 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Composed of fighters called the Mujahideen, they took control of the capital of Kabul in 1996, but lost power in 2001 after American forces invaded.
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