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Vol. 15 · No. 133 · Friday, 6 November 2026

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Taliban confirms they won’t visit the White House if they win the war on terror

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SHARANA, Afghanistan—Mohammad Omar confirmed in a press conference on Wednesday that the Taliban will not visit the White House if it wins the War on Terror. Omar cited numerous inflammatory tweets sent by President Donald Trump and the Taliban’s general “Death to America” stance as his reasons for not going.

“I’m fighting for a fundamentalist Islamic state and I don’t feel like this administration supports that” said Omar. “If any of the other fighters want to go, that’s their choice but they should think long and hard about how I’m going to murder them when they return before they make that call.”

The stance is hardly a surprise for Omar who is a career terrorist known for burning the American flag while shouting “Death to America” and firing an AK-47 into the air during the National Anthem. Trump has gone on record stating that he finds some of those actions unpatriotic.

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