Group White House Says Doesn't Qualify as "Terrorists" Kills Three Americans in Afghanistan

PJ Media " Pressed by reporters about why the Jordanians can’t trade a would-be suicide bomber to ISIS for the return of a downed pilot, the White House said today that deal-making with the Taliban to win Bowe Bergdahl’s release was different.

 '“The Taliban is an armed insurgency. ISIL is a terrorist group. So we don’t make concessions to terrorist groups,” spokesman Eric Schultz said today.". . .

Rich Terrell

. . Group White House Says Doesn't Qualify as "Terrorists" Kills Three Americans in Afghanistan.

. . . "As a reminder, the Taliban has been classified as a terrorist organization since 2002.

Tuesday White House National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden noted that the Taliban was added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) by executive order in July 2002, even if it is not listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the State Department.