Afghan Conflict: Russian Political Leader Meets With Massoud

[Kowani]

US believes that both Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh have fled to Tajikistan, contrary to public claims

[Insaanistan]

US believes that both Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh have fled to Tajikistan, contrary to public claims

As I’ve seen claims of either of them fleeing to Tajikistan every five minutes for the past ever since the resistance started, I’ll view these claims as possible but unlikely.

[Fahran]

The world's superpower and a trillion dollars never came close to exterminating the Taliban, much less exterminating the influence of a nuclear great power.

We didn't fight the Taliban like we fought the IJA/IJN. We didn't even fight the Taliban like we fought the commies during the Cold War.

[Christian Confederation]

Taliban names spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's U.N. ambassador, request to speak at the UN on Monday

The UN should say no tbh.

The UN allows Communist China, Iran, and North Korea on the Human Rights Council. The representative of the Islamic Emirate would probably be welcomed with Thunderous Applause

[Lady Victory]

The UN should say no tbh.

The UN allows Communist China, Iran, and North Korea on the Human Rights Council. The representative of the Islamic Emirate would probably be welcomed with Thunderous Applause

Unironically calling China "Communist" is a great way to discredit yourself fyi.

They're a hyper-capitalist dystopia lmao. About as Communist as a stock exchange.

[Evil Wolf]

How many incidents of America bombing civilians did CBS report on? What happened in Kabul happened regularly in the countryside but never got covered. Why did they not cover so many Muslims killed by Marine bullets after the ISIS attack, as verified by doctors and eyewitnesses? Because they have an ideological stake

"Doctors" didn't verify shit. There have been hazy reports of a shoot out following the suicide bombing ever since the attack occurred. Initial claims were that the Marines just randomly panicked after the bombing and started blindly shooting into the crowd for no reason, which seems weird and not up to snuff. Then there were follow up reports stating that Daesh-K did a combination attack of a suicide/mass shooting, which, yeah, that pretty much follows their MO.

We will never fully know because the Taliban isn't exactly letting neutral third parties do an in-depth investigation, likely because it will be uncovered that the Taliban let a Daesh kill team through their security net without so much as a pat down.

The UN allows Communist China, Iran, and North Korea on the Human Rights Council. The representative of the Islamic Emirate would probably be welcomed with Thunderous Applause

A reminder that the UN took nearly 40 years to recognize the PRC as China and that tiny little ROC held that Security Council seat for decades.

[HISPIDA]

It's not. That said, it is absolutely our job to protect our interests and those of our allies. If the Taliban begin cuddling up to al-Qaeda, IS-K, and similar groups again, I would absolutely support crushing them and plugging the power vacum with the Northern Alliance and a restored monarch. And allowing them to do whatever needed to be done to exterminate the Taliban and Pakistani influence once and for all.

The world's superpower and a trillion dollars never came close to exterminating the Taliban, much less exterminating the influence of a nuclear great power.

but... american policy did help exterminate the influence of a nuclear great power

hint, hint: the USSR

it wasn't the sole reason but it was an incredibly important one

also, pakistan as a great power lmao

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

The UN absolutely should recognise the Taliban government, although getting the US, Britain, and France to agree to that might be a little bit of a tall order.

The Taliban de facto controls a country and that should be recognised with a seat at the table of international diplomacy. Whether anyone wants the Taliban there is not relevant to the question that right now, nobody is willing to put up the military force to get rid of them.

[Evil Wolf]

The Taliban de facto controls a country and that should be recognised with a seat at the table of international diplomacy. Whether anyone wants the Taliban there is not relevant to the question that right now, nobody is willing to put up the military force to get rid of them.

I don't think the UN should recognize a barely functional terror-state that none of it's own member states, not even Pakistan, have yet recognized as a county, especially while giving Kosovo and the Republic of China the cold shoulder, both of which have far, far more recognition and legitimacy than the Taliban's hyper-partisan wanna-be fascist government.

[Kowani]

Deputy cabinet members chosen

[Evil Wolf]

Deputy cabinet members chosen

From the Article:

He suggested Afghanistan could manage without that aid, saying the country had sufficient resources. “According to our inspection, Afghanistan is not a failed country, financially,” he said. “We have revenue, and if it is controlled and collected properly, it can solve our current problems.”

Heroin and ransom money doesn't count as a legitimate form of revenue, my guy.

[Bears Armed]

He suggested Afghanistan could manage without that aid, saying the country had sufficient resources. “According to our inspection, Afghanistan is not a failed country, financially,” he said. “We have revenue, and if it is controlled and collected properly, it can solve our current problems.”

Heroin and ransom money doesn't count as a legitimate form of revenue, my guy.

Also, notice the "if"...

[The Alma Mater]

Deputy cabinet members chosen

From the Article:

He suggested Afghanistan could manage without that aid, saying the country had sufficient resources. “According to our inspection, Afghanistan is not a failed country, financially,” he said. “We have revenue, and if it is controlled and collected properly, it can solve our current problems.”

Heroin and ransom money doesn't count as a legitimate form of revenue, my guy.

Afghanistan has huge deposits of rare minerals advanced electronics, like your phone, need.

[Chess Reloaded]

From the Article:


Heroin and ransom money doesn't count as a legitimate form of revenue, my guy.

Afghanistan has huge deposits of rare minerals advanced electronics, like your phone, need.

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

[Diahon]

Afghanistan has huge deposits of rare minerals advanced electronics, like your phone, need.

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

no, they want the taliban to fuck off the face of the universe

[Chess Reloaded]

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

no, they want the taliban to fuck off the face of the universe

Nah, many are just waiting for a more lucrative deal. China for example doesn't prefer the American puppet to the Taliban but they aren't interested in helping development unless they can have a very powerful hand there which the Taliban isn't allowing as of yet

[The Alma Mater]

Afghanistan has huge deposits of rare minerals advanced electronics, like your phone, need.

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

Why would the Taliban have a problem with that scenario ? As long as they get rich and remain in power they are happy. That outsiders in farawayistan get even richer is not an issue.

[Chess Reloaded]

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

Why would the Taliban have a problem with that scenario ? As long as they get rich and remain in power they are happy. That outsiders in farawayistan get even richer is not an issue.

Muhammad Omar refused an all-expense-paid hajj to Mecca from Saud because he thought it would be a disgrace to go be among the wealthy while his people starved, he opted to live in poverty his whole life. None of these fighters, 60,000 of them, was paid to fight. You should read My Life with the Taliban, written by a Guantanamo Bay inmate who got out after years on a prisoner exchange for a captured U.S. soldier, before presuming you understand the motives of the Taliban

[Insaanistan]

Afghan Civilians in Takhar Gather in Local Mosque, Threaten to Remove the Taliban by Force if They Don’t Follow Through With Promises of Security

[Heloin]

Why would the Taliban have a problem with that scenario ? As long as they get rich and remain in power they are happy. That outsiders in farawayistan get even richer is not an issue.

Muhammad Omar refused an all-expense-paid hajj to Mecca from Saud because he thought it would be a disgrace to go be among the wealthy while his people starved, he opted to live in poverty his whole life. None of these fighters, 60,000 of them, was paid to fight. You should read My Life with the Taliban, written by a Guantanamo Bay inmate who got out after years on a prisoner exchange for a captured U.S. soldier, before presuming you understand the motives of the Taliban

That the Taliban paid it’s soldiers on time unlike the Afghan National Army being a significant factor in why the ANA disintegrated is clearly lost on you.

[Resilient Acceleration]

Because it's not America's Job to Forc the rest of the world to be democratic

It's not. That said, it is absolutely our job to protect our interests and those of our allies. If the Taliban begin cuddling up to al-Qaeda, IS-K, and similar groups again, I would absolutely support crushing them and plugging the power vacum with the Northern Alliance and a restored monarch. And allowing them to do whatever needed to be done to exterminate the Taliban and Pakistani influence once and for all.

Regime change = no. But what's the feasibility (and counterarguments) for limited wars? United States is extremely capable in long-range surgical operations of "bomb from far away and forget", such as the Reagan-era raids to Libya or the Qasem Suleimani assassination. There isn't really anything stopping the US from maintaining continuous drone or air presence aiming to continuously prevent the Bad Guys from gaining too much power. (Which I guess is similar to Israel's strategy against Hamas of accepting that they'll be there forever, and as such Israel only needs to regularly deflate their powers from time to time.) Peferably acting as a collosal support for local forces who comprises the bulk of the military operations, as shown in America's (and Russia's) strategy in how to deal with ISIS.

[Gallia-]

The UN allows Communist China, Iran, and North Korea on the Human Rights Council. The representative of the Islamic Emirate would probably be welcomed with Thunderous Applause

Unironically calling China "Communist" is a great way to discredit yourself fyi.

They're a hyper-capitalist dystopia lmao. About as Communist as a stock exchange.

They're in the state capitalist stage of the historical materialism.

That's right but they need the development to take advantage of that. Very few countries are willing to provide that to the third world on equitable terms, they generally expect to eat it all while the locals eat dirt, except some corrupt puppets

Why would the Taliban have a problem with that scenario ?

Because the Taliban isn't Ashraf Ghani. In the long run they will probably accept Chinese development of the lithium lodes in exchange for a more equitable share of profits to invest in things like rebuilding Helmand or some of the other more war-torn parts of the country.

[Insaanistan]

Asked 5 Afghans, three different responses:

1. Ahmad Massoud didn’t leave Panjshir and is still in the valley
2. Ahmad Massoud left Panjshir 3 days ago for Tajikistan then came back (not on the 6th like the Intercept reported).
3. They don’t think he left, but if he did, he’ll be more useful outside the country than inside the valley.

[Christian Confederation]

How many incidents of America bombing civilians did CBS report on? What happened in Kabul happened regularly in the countryside but never got covered. Why did they not cover so many Muslims killed by Marine bullets after the ISIS attack, as verified by doctors and eyewitnesses? Because they have an ideological stake

"Doctors" didn't verify shit. There have been hazy reports of a shoot out following the suicide bombing ever since the attack occurred. Initial claims were that the Marines just randomly panicked after the bombing and started blindly shooting into the crowd for no reason, which seems weird and not up to snuff. Then there were follow up reports stating that Daesh-K did a combination attack of a suicide/mass shooting, which, yeah, that pretty much follows their MO.

We will never fully know because the Taliban isn't exactly letting neutral third parties do an in-depth investigation, likely because it will be uncovered that the Taliban let a Daesh kill team through their security net without so much as a pat down.

The UN allows Communist China, Iran, and North Korea on the Human Rights Council. The representative of the Islamic Emirate would probably be welcomed with Thunderous Applause

A reminder that the UN took nearly 40 years to recognize the PRC as China and that tiny little ROC held that Security Council seat for decades.

Now we have a Genocidal Communist Regime on the Secretary council

[Chess Reloaded]

Muhammad Omar refused an all-expense-paid hajj to Mecca from Saud because he thought it would be a disgrace to go be among the wealthy while his people starved, he opted to live in poverty his whole life. None of these fighters, 60,000 of them, was paid to fight. You should read My Life with the Taliban, written by a Guantanamo Bay inmate who got out after years on a prisoner exchange for a captured U.S. soldier, before presuming you understand the motives of the Taliban

That the Taliban paid it’s soldiers on time unlike the Afghan National Army being a significant factor in why the ANA disintegrated is clearly lost on you.

That's probably because it's bogus, the Taliban didn't give paychecks to its fighters by and large