Sources: Taliban May Have Set Up Former Afghan Intel Officer

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By    |   Tuesday, 09 December 2025 06:23 AM EST

The Taliban may have set up a former leading Afghan intelligence officer who the Trump administration accused of being an ISIS-K terrorist, numerous sources told Newsmax.

Sources believe the Taliban has a vendetta against exiled former Afghan government officials who it believes could pose a threat to its hold on power if the former officials ever were to cooperate to build an insurgency against it.

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