IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 604 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress dis-
approves of United States recognition of the Taliban and supports an 
Afghan government-in-exile and the efforts to resist the Taliban in the 
Panjshir Valley. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 24, 2021 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress disapproves of United States recognition of the 
Taliban and supports an Afghan government-in-exile and 
the efforts to resist the Taliban in the Panjshir Valley. 
Whereas the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the 
Taliban committed heinous human rights abuses against 
the Afghan people from 1996 until the United States and 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) inter-
vention in 2001; 
Whereas the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the 
Taliban provided safe harbor to Osama bin Laden and al- 
Qaida; 
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•HRES 604 IH 
Whereas the Taliban conducted armed attacks against the 
Afghan people and denied rights in areas under its con-
trol and influence between 2001 and 2021; 
Whereas the Taliban denied Afghans the right to vote in elec-
tions and sought to decrease voter turnout through 
threats, coercion, and attacks on Afghan voters between 
2001 and 2021; 
Whereas the Taliban have engaged in terror against Afghan 
civilians through indiscriminate attacks, to include bomb-
ings and shootings; 
Whereas the Taliban has a history of attacking diplomatic 
missions—the United States Embassy in 2011 and the 
Indian Embassy in 2008; 
Whereas the Taliban seized territory by force after the 
United States withdrawal in 2021; 
Whereas the Taliban executed surrendering members of the 
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, violating 
the law of war; 
Whereas the Taliban has conducted public summary execu-
tions of Afghans who worked for the Government of the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States 
Government; 
Whereas the Taliban has fired on civilians protesting Taliban 
rule in Jalalabad; 
Whereas the Taliban has beaten and denied entry to Afghan 
special immigrant visa recipients attempting to enter 
Hamid Karzai International Airport to leave the country; 
and 
Whereas the local militia forces, especially those organized in 
the Panjshir Valley, will be the only hope for Afghans 
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•HRES 604 IH 
who do not wish to live under the brutal rule of the 
Taliban: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) stands in opposition to diplomatic recogni-
tion and relations with the Taliban-controlled Is-
lamic Emirate of Afghanistan; 
(2) supports maintaining the existing presence 
of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Af-
ghanistan diplomats and government officers, cur-
rently led by Ambassador Adela Raz, to serve as 
representatives of the legitimate Afghan government- 
in-exile; and 
(3) recognizes and supports the leadership of 
Amrullah Saleh as the Acting President of the Is-
lamic Republic of Afghanistan and the resistance to 
the Taliban being formed in the Panjshir Valley and 
led by Amrullah Saleh, Ahmad Massoud, and 
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. 
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