Taliban leaders watched Monday night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from a secret location in Afghanistan and felt a bit left out when they were not featured in the discussion, according to NBC News.
While it’s not clear if the secret location was a cave in some remote mountain, the militant Islamic group apparently favor Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as the more serious candidate.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told NBC News that “Trump … [says] anything that comes to his tongue” and labeled the GOP nominee as “non-serious.”
Taliban leaders tune into #DebateNight from secret location https://t.co/gzpVFVBBjQ pic.twitter.com/WvnWqnMmyB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 27, 2016
“We were very interested in watching,” Mujahid said, adding that Taliban leaders had hoped their country would be more prominently featured in the discussions, according to NBC News.
“There’s nothing of interest to us in the [presidential] debate as both of them said little about Afghanistan and their future plans for the country,” he concluded.
The reaction on social media offered plenty of speculation about where the alleged “secret location” may be… here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
@NBCNews The Taliban is afraid of a @realDonaldTrump presidency. They are rooting for Hillary.
— Alexander Reagan (@1DoWhatIsRight) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews if it’s so damn secret how did you know about it? The media and current government are in bed with these guys. Prove me wrong!
— Sam Newton (@samnewt10) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews the Taliban watched the debate while visiting Hillary’s website to see our plan of attack.
— Ramblin’ Man (@RamblinManNC) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews And where was the “… secret location”? Why the NBC boardroom, of course. What a scoop! pic.twitter.com/4FYMvZAMxo
— Marie von Astra (@marievonastra) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews “Allah be praised, brothers! They say our girl won!”
— Chris Longley (@chrisinfolsom) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews That secret location was the East Room.
— j (@jfoxinmo) September 27, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews Who the F’k cares what those Sub-Human POS’ think or say. They need to be exterminated like the cockroach’s they are.
— Impeach Obama (@PutinsBitch) September 27, 2016
@NBCNightlyNews @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump They pray for Hillary to win, several times a day. :)
— James Zimmerman (@jzman299) September 27, 2016
The Taliban had a debate watch party https://t.co/LDnlKdjnin
— Torie Rose DeGhett (@trdeghett) September 27, 2016
@NBCNews Did NBC get Brian Williams back? “Taliban Watches Clinton, Trump Debate from Secret Afghanistan Location” …..yes of course.
— TwH (@SonicHues) September 27, 2016
Taliban Watch Presidential Debate From Secret Location, Appear To Back Hillary Clinton, Say Trump Is “Non-Serious”… https://t.co/EArqyQoUDf
— Deplorable Gal 5:1 (@marian_maio) September 27, 2016
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