Tweeting in both Arabic and English, he wrote, "The Taliban are victorious today after being accused of backwardness & terrorism. it became more pragmatic. They have stood up to the US & its agents refusing compromise, they have not been fooled by slogans like democracy & elections.
This is a lesson for all oppressed peoples."
Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh met with a Taliban delegation in the past couple of months,probably in Qatar.
A Fatah news site aligned with Abbas rival Mohammed Dahlan says that Hamas' praise of the Taliban is shortsighted - not because they are bloodthirsty Islamists, but because they never helped the Palestinian cause.
UPDATE: Hamas formally congratulated the Taliban with this press release:
In the name of of Allah the Merciful
Press release
Issued by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas
- Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas blesses the people of the Muslim Afghan defeat of the US occupation of Afghan territory.
-The Hamas movement congratulates the Taliban movement and its courageous leadership on this victory, which was the culmination of its long jihad over the past twenty years.
- Wishing Afghan Muslim people and their leadership success in liberating Afghanistan and its people , unity, stability and prosperity, to confirm that the demise of the American occupation and its allies, to prove that the resistance of peoples, particularly the Palestinian people who are struggling will be victorious and achieve their goals of freedom and return , God willing.
"The victory comes only from Allah"
Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas"
