Taliban offensive of 2021 and collapse of Afghan government.

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i tried to archive that shit, but there's nothing happening in them other than him rambling in afghani. none of the videos dl'd with youtube-dl. so idk
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The Taliban did generally put bacha bazi pedos under ground, so a further reminder that along with the possibility that opium growing might be reduced, the rape of little boys will be reduced drastically. US and other Coalition troops were under orders not to do anything about the rape of little boys. The good guys in Afghanistan were very much the bad guys. Some rich women could roam at will, so what, under the Kabul regime, so what.
 

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/...t-under-pressure-amid-ongoing-taliban-assault​

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Afghanistan’s Herat under pressure amid ongoing Taliban assault​


Ali M Latifi

6-7 minutes


Kabul, Afghanistan – Intense fighting in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat continued for a third day on Saturday as the Taliban continued an assault to take the province’s eponymous capital, home to hundreds of thousands of people.
Residents fear that the group could enter Herat, the nation’s third-largest city, any day.
On Friday, the road leading to the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport, 10.5km (6.5 miles) from the city, was the site of intense battles between the Afghan National Security Forces and the Taliban.
Those battles resulted in the death of a local military commander who was captured by the Taliban and the death of an Afghan security guard outside a United Nations compound near the airport.
Though security forces were able to retake the airport road by Saturday afternoon, residents remain on edge.
Sources in Herat said that cars full of women and children could be seen heading towards the provincial capital from the Pol-e Pashto and Pol-e Malan areas.
Both of those locales are less than 10km (6.2 miles) from the city. Security sources say the Taliban hoped to use two bridges in the areas to stage attacks from three sides.
A government official told Al Jazeera that Afghan forces have employed air attacks to defend Herat and that the United States, which is preparing to withdraw all of its forces by the end of August, is paying “close attention” to the situation in the province.


Musa, a member of a local volunteer fighter group known as an “uprising force” in the province, told Al Jazeera that fighting had not subsided on Saturday and that people remain fearful, even in the city.
“The Taliban continue to stage assassinations and launch grenades,” he said, which makes people afraid to move around a city that is considered one of Afghanistan’s economic and cultural hubs. Other residents said several markets in the city remain closed, as many people are too scared to venture outside.
“The situation is very difficult right now because of terror from the ‘inside’,” Musa said in reference to claims that supporters of the Taliban are providing the group information from within the city.
The latest battles in Herat come as the Taliban also tries to inch closer to the cities of Kandahar and Lashkar Gah in the south.
The Taliban launched a sweeping offensive across Afghanistan in early May as the US-led foreign forces began their final withdrawal.
For many Afghan people, the Taliban’s efforts to take control of some of the nation’s largest cities belies their claim that they are in favour of a political settlement to the 20-year conflict.

‘Worse and worse’​

For Herat residents, the warning signs of an intensifying battle were apparent in recent weeks as the Taliban continued to seize districts near the city.
Shoaib Khan, a local businessman, told Al Jazeera he and his family left the city for Kabul prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday earlier in July.
“We could see even then that the situation was getting worse and worse,” he said.
Khan’s family businesses back in Herat have been left largely unattended for nearly two weeks now.
“When we wanted to go and check on our business we couldn’t because the airport was closed,” Khan said. Travelling by road to Herat would require a journey of more than 14 hours along a road that would leave them susceptible to being stopped at any number of Taliban checkpoints.
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Afghan National Security Forces, along with local uprising forces, were dispatched to the areas near Herat’s airport in an effort to keep the Taliban from reaching the provincial capital [Mohammad Aref Karimi/Al Jazeera]
Musa, the fighter, says the uprising forces and the army and police are putting up a brave fight, but that the sheer number of Taliban fighters is “unbelievable”.
The Ministry of Defence claims that dozens of Taliban have been killed in Herat in the last two days.
Musa agrees, saying the number of Taliban killed in Herat greatly outweighs the number of government forces who have been killed in battle. Still, Musa says he is surprised by the amount of Taliban fighters in the province.
“They’re like ants. As soon as you kill them, more appear.”
The government official told Al Jazeera that the Taliban could have as many as 1,000 fighters in Herat at the moment. Pictures shared by uprising forces online purport to show numerous dead bodies belonging to the Taliban; however, those images could not be verified.
Uprising forces and residents in Herat told Al Jazeera that the Taliban have been accused of commandeering civilian homes in the outskirts of the city to stage their attacks. Residents in Kandahar also made similar claims to Al Jazeera last week about the fighting near their city.
“The Taliban entering the house of people makes it much more difficult for us, we have to be so much more careful,” a member of the security forces told Al Jazeera.
The uprising forces, led by former anti-Soviet commander Ismail Khan, have been fighting alongside the security forces for several weeks now, but they say they have not been given the support they were promised by the government in Kabul.
Khan has said he spoke to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday. Ghani, according to Khan, promised to send reinforcements, but on Saturday Khan said that assistance had yet to arrive.
The Ministry of Defence did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for clarification on Khan’s claim.
But Musa says Khan is correct in his criticism.
“It’s been three days and three nights of fighting, but still the uprising forces haven’t received the weapons and ammunition they need,” Musa said.
Khan’s presence on the battlefield has led to a heated war of words online.
Many have exalted the former governor, who has been accused of abuse and corruption in the past, for his willingness to defend the city even in his seventies.
Other online accounts, seemingly belonging to Taliban supporters, claimed Khan was attempting to flee to Kabul as the fighting intensified.
 
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atleast3letterslong said:
And to those who think communism is a good idea look no further than the Saur revolution 40+ years of conflict could have been avoided if that never happened.
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Afghanistan had like 300 years of monarchy that lasted until 1973, after it was overthrown into a fresh and weak Republic. The Soviets saw a puppet state in the making and so tried to turn it into one in 1978, then proceeded to fight a decades long war in Afghanistan. Bringing this up as a example of the failings of Communism in action is retarded, as it was simply bombed out of existence. This is just one of many proxy wars that happened during the Cold War, which the United States also took part in and did plenty of its own interventions. Either through boots on the ground or CIA.
 
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SnusBurns said:
Afghanistan had like 300 years of monarchy that lasted until 1973, after it was overthrown into a fresh and weak Republic. The Soviets saw a puppet state in the making and so tried to turn it into one in 1978, then proceeded to fight a decades long war in Afghanistan. Bringing this up as a example of the failings of Communism in action is retarded, as it was simply bombed out of existence. This is just one of many proxy wars that happened during the Cold War, which the United States also took part in and did plenty of its own interventions. Either through boots on the ground or CIA.
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"But, but CIA" Nobody cares.
 
SnusBurns said:
Afghanistan had like 300 years of monarchy that lasted until 1973, after it was overthrown into a fresh and weak Republic. The Soviets saw a puppet state in the making and so tried to turn it into one in 1978, then proceeded to fight a decades long war in Afghanistan. Bringing this up as a example of the failings of Communism in action is retarded, as it was simply bombed out of existence. This is just one of many proxy wars that happened during the Cold War, which the United States also took part in and did plenty of its own interventions. Either through boots on the ground or CIA.
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The guys who have the "bright" idea to turn it into a weak republic might spin in their graves now had they knew.....
 
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Very unlikely. This is being written off as a loss, and it is possible that glowies will utilize their influence to alter relations with Paki-PRC Belt and Road projects sent into southern Afghanistan.
 
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PS1gamenwatch said:
Our Pro-PRC YouTuber friend has this take on the situation and says this could spread to Central Asia
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More than likely it returns to where things were in the 1990s. Except this time there is no Massoud or Northern Alliance so I'd guess factions emerging from Takikistan and Iran to destabilize the Taliban near the Western and Northern border.
 
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So how many burgers died in this thing again? counting the ones that died when saudies played airplane yenga in 2001

And how much money was burned on this place again?

I get the feeling the only way to pacify this shithole would be with a no-holes-barred genocide. I dont know what the fuck its wrong with afghans, they even killed that japanese guy who went there and spent like 20 years building aqueducts and irrigation to turn that desert into something decent

Whatever you build these retards break it, but I'm open to alternatives
Gone Ham said:
Can't wait to be drafted to retake that shithole of a country when the inevitably strike back on American soil for 20 years of pain
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What are you 10? why would you be drafted in a future war?
Super-Chevy454 said:
Indeed, there was a time when Afghanistan wasn't communist and still a monarchy and more prosperous.
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46 Fascinating Photos Of 1960s Afghanistan Before The Taliban

1960s Afghanistan presents a stark contrast to the war-torn region we recognize today. Take a peek at the way Afghanistan was — and how it can be again.
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If the commies hadn't screwed things, maybe just maybe the Talibans wouldn't be the force as we know today.
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Funny how that blog says "before the taliban" and not "before the commies"

Lefties gonna left
Badungus Kabungus said:
Another great dipolmatic victory by the Biden regime, this will surely not return to bite them on the ass in 20 years like it did last time.
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Nobody will care, just like nobody cares about this now, and nobody cared about what happened in the 80s when 9/11 happened

No heads will roll, nobody will go to jail for corruption or ineptitude, they wont lose their careers, not even a dime
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Very unlikely. This is being written off as a loss, and it is possible that glowies will utilize their influence to alter relations with Paki-PRC Belt and Road projects sent into southern Afghanistan.
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How? the chinese would have zero issue genociding the afghans, look what they do to their muslims

If anyone can neutralize that shithole its the chinese, but because nobody cares or has the balls to stop them from going SS on that place
 
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Cool Dog said:
How? the chinese would have zero issue genociding the afghans, look what they do to their muslims

If anyone can neutralize that shithole its the chinese, but because nobody cares or has the balls to stop them from going SS on that place
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No one has been able to do it and for their larger objective, Afg is just one pitstop on an interstate.
 
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