On the Authenticity of the Taliban's Awal Gul Statement
Aaron Zelin, who runs the Jihadology site, writes in with the following information by way of verifying the authenticity of the Taliban's statement on the death of Awal Gul:
I noticed that you recently posted an article on your Lawfare site that dealt with the Taliban's statement regarding Awal Gul and linked back to my site. As you surmised, the statement comes directly from the Taliban's website and is authentic.
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Aaron Zelin, who runs the Jihadology site, writes in with the following information by way of verifying the authenticity of the Taliban's statement on the death of Awal Gul:
I noticed that you recently posted an article on your Lawfare site that dealt with the Taliban's statement regarding Awal Gul and linked back to my site. As you surmised, the statement comes directly from the Taliban's website and is authentic. Here is the link in Arabic to the Taliban's site in case you are interested. And then they translated it at their English language site here.
Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.
