KABUL — Pentagon officials are hopeful new equipment and training will better prepare local militia groups, otherwise known as the “Taliban," in sustaining the fight against a corrupt regime while simultaneously taking the fight to ISIS in Afghanistan, sources confirmed today.

“Simply put, a new plan is needed to create a sustainable and capable force that can bring security back to Afghanistan, and root out groups like ISIS,” said Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan. “And we think we finally found a plan that will work.”

In keeping with a similar strategy of supporting the "Al Qaeda" militia group in Syria, the Pentagon said it will provide select groups of Taliban fighters with advanced military training, high tech military equipment, and unlimited funding to “pursue targets of their own choosing.”