Despite the United States’ significant investment and expenditures bolstering the Afghan government, the local authority collapsed under Taliban control as American troops withdrew, prompting praise from white supremacists and similar extremists, CNN reported.
In a telephone conversation with local law enforcement Friday first obtained by the news outlet, the chief official at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis spotlighted a noteworthy bias shared by White supremacists and domestic terrorists that “frames the activities of the Taliban as a success.”
Some extremists see the Taliban’s actions as an archetype of what they feel they should do in the United States, said the homeland security department’s top counterterrorism official.
The celebration of the faction of roughly 60,000 to 100,000 Taliban members successfully destabilizing a U.S.-backed government and military of 300,000 soldiers has left security officials concerned.
Cohen also said some conversations have discussed “the great replacement concept,” a suggestion that relocating thousands of Afghans to the U.S. would result in loss of power and dominance by White Americans, leading to their extinction.
According to an analysis from the independent SITE Intelligence Group, people have referred to the takeover as “a lesson in love for the homeland, for freedom, and for religion,” according to an analysis from the independent SITE Intelligence Group. Some dream of inciting a race war and commend the Taliban’s anti-Semitic views, opposition to homosexuality, and treatment of women.
Intelligence officials have warned of the potential for domestic extremism like that witnessed during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
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