Is jihad in Afghanistan an individual obligation, and is there a group that advises us to join them?

The questioner : Shaykh, I have three questions. The first question is regarding the issue of Afghanistan: Is jihad in Afghanistan an individual obligation? And if it is an individual obligation, what is your advice? Is there a group that is based on the Book and the Sunnah that you advise us to go to?

The Shaykh : I still believe that jihad in Afghanistan is an individual obligation, and now it is even more emphatic than in the past, because I believe that those who go there from the Arab countries are going, first, to fight the disbelievers who are the communists, who have made the land lawful to themselves and ruled it with destruction, and second, that they will convey to them some of the knowledge that they are in need of. We used to say this in the past, but now there is something else that is obligatory for whoever is able to go there in the cause of jihad, and also in the cause of reconciling the differences between the leaders who have fallen into disagreement, as has reached us, unfortunately. Perhaps that was one of the reasons for not reaping the fruit of these ten years, during which we heard that they were on the verge of reaching the capital, which is Kabul, and then they stopped. Allah knows the reason, or perhaps one of the reasons is the disagreement that occurred between the leaders there. This is a new, urgent matter that did not exist before, which obligates the zealous Muslims to go there to fight the enemy, the disbelieving communists, first, and then to attempt to reconcile these differing parties. This is my answer to what you asked.

The questioner : May Allah reward you. The second question