Press Release
Trump's Arrogance Must Be Answered by Establishing the Second Rightly-Guided Caliphate!
(Translated)
Once again, Donald Trump took an arrogant and threatening stance towards the Afghan government and Muslims, declaring: "If the Taliban does not hand over Bagram Air Base to those who built it, which is the United States, bad things will happen."
The Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir / Wilayah Afghanistan condemns Trump's statements in the strongest terms, and considers any agreement in this regard a betrayal of Islam, Jihad, and the blood of the martyrs, and warns that any renewed American presence - whatever its name - will turn Afghanistan into a conflict zone for competing colonial great powers.
Trump's statements can be read as an attempt to pressure the Afghan authorities to extract political, economic, or security concessions, or as a threat directed at the countries of the region. But what is clear is his colonial mentality towards Afghanistan. Bagram Air Base, which was the center for tens of thousands of American troops and a symbol of America's power in the region, was evacuated after America's defeat in the Afghan war. America's withdrawal from Bagram was not just the end of a military presence; it was also a sign of the decline of America's power and influence regionally and globally, a defeat that is now gnawing at Trump's heart. Meanwhile, some local and foreign parties are trying, through communication or political pressure, to change some of the Islamic standards of the rulers and urge them to concede, retreat, or make deals on this issue. Anyone who imagines that strengthening cooperation with America, or even a military return, will benefit Afghanistan is gravely mistaken. This is the same deception that led the treacherous Arab rulers to reconcile with America, and it is the same logic presented by the Republican rulers, a logic that has resulted only in humiliation, escape, collapse, and distance from Islam.
The Islamic lands belong to the Muslims, and Islamic Sharia alone is the reference for determining their fate. America, the warring state, stands not only in fundamental and political opposition, but in military hostility towards the Islamic nation, and even towards humanity as a whole. America has openly supported the genocide in Gaza committed by the Jewish entity, and is now preparing a deal to sell it weapons worth $6.4 billion, with the aim of killing, displacing, and starving more Muslims. What is the Islamic response to these arrogant oppressors other than Jihad in the path of Allah?
The rulers of Afghanistan must realize that this trial is from Allah Almighty to distinguish the grateful from the ungrateful. They must work to revive the spirit of Islam, steadfastness, and Jihad in society systematically. They must beware of humiliation and love of the world for themselves and for society. The Prophet ﷺ, when asked, "What is al-wahn (weakness)?" said: "Love of the world and hatred of death," for these qualities remove the fear of the enemy from the hearts of Muslims. Although Trump threatens and seeks to frighten the ruling regime with the consequences, we must remember that Satan also whispers and spreads fear of the consequences of certain actions; we must not allow such Satanic and arrogant words to fill our hearts with fear or drive us to surrender. Allah Almighty says: ﴿IT IS ONLY SATAN WHO FRIGHTENS [YOU OF] HIS ALLIES. SO FEAR THEM NOT, BUT FEAR ME, IF YOU ARE [INDEED] BELIEVERS.﴾.
Remember: As long as we are confined to the framework of the modern nation-state and its current political standards, our spirit of Jihad will weaken, and our pursuit of rapprochement with the international system will expose us to the risk of repeating the history of colonialism in Afghanistan. The enemies insist on using deception, cunning, and planning to weaken the Muslims. Therefore, until we establish a political pole centered on Islam and the Islamic nation, and until we re-establish the Rightly-Guided Caliphate, the enemy will continue to threaten us brazenly and declare the occupation of our lands.
The Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Wilayah Afghanistan