Taliban offensive of 2021 and collapse of Afghan government.

[Clockwork_PurBle]

I'm assuming it's more or less guaranteed the Taliban will do something bigly on 9/11?

 

[Voltekka]

Just about everyone is rightfully realizing that the US military is not as “high speed low drag” as it wants to believe. Deployment takes time, and against a real opponent like China you’ll be heavily interdicted.

China could invade Taiwan and Japan tomorrow and only the Navy present in the region could hope to stop them. And when your priority is putting sailors in high heels and funneling as many refugees into middle America as possible, there isn’t much hope. Taiwan is def going to start preparing for unification now.

China can invade Taiwan very easily, but Japan? You seem to forget the Japanese has nuke technology, and might have some in storage.

 

[Hackallier]

Afghan military plane crashes in Uzbekistan but cause disputed

An Afghan military plane crashed in the Surkhandarya region of southeastern Uzbekistan over the weekend, but Uzbek authorities on Monday issued conflicting reports on the cause.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Afghan air force flees en masse: Uzbekistan SHOOTS DOWN one fighter plane and forces another FORTY SIX helicopters and planes to land carrying 600 Afghan soldiers​

• Uzbekistan said 46 Afghan aircrafts carrying 585 troops were 'forcibly landed' at Termez aiport in southern Uzbekistan at the weekend after they fled the Taliban
• One of the Afghan military planes that crossed the border was shot down by Uzbekistan's air defence system on Sunday
• The two pilots in the military were reportedly injured and placed in custody
• Uzbekistan has held high-level talks with the Taliban on security and the future of regional infrastructure projects
  
  
  Uzbekistan said it shot down an Afghan fighter plane and forced the landing of 22 military planes and 24 military helicopters carrying nearly 600 Afghan troops that 'illegally' crossed its border at the weekend when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
  
  The 46 Afghan aircrafts carrying 585 troops were 'forcibly landed' at Termez aiport in southern Uzbekistan on Saturday and Sunday after they had fled the Taliban, the country's state prosecutor said.
  
  One of the Afghan military planes that crossed the border was shot down by Uzbekistan's air defence system on Sunday after it illegally entered the country's air space, the Uzbek defence ministry said.
  
  But the state prosecutor's office contradicted this statement and said the aircraft had collided with an escorting Uzbek fighter jet causing both to crash in the southern province of Surkhondaryo.
  
  'The pilots of these aircraft landed by parachute,' the statement said. The two pilots in the military plane were reportedly injured and placed in custody.
  
  It comes after both Uzbekistan and neighbouring Turkmenistan have held high-level talks with the Taliban touching on security and the future of regional infrastructure projects.
  
  
  The prosecutor's statement also said that 158 civilians and military personnel had crossed over the Amu Darya river into Uzbekistan by foot on Sunday and were now under criminal investigation.
  
  The military plane's reported crash late on Sunday set media abuzz in Uzbekistan as photos and footage of the debris and wounded pilots circulated on Telegram.
  
  A plane crash was first reported by local media. Uzbekistan's Defense Ministry initially said it was studying videos and reports of the crash, then confirmed the plane crash took place without offering any details. Only later on Monday did officials reveal that the plane was downed.
  
  Ministry officials told Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency that the country's air defense system 'averted an attempt by an Afghan military plane to illegally cross Uzbekistan's air border.'
  
  The Defense Ministry initially said one Afghan serviceman was injured after ejecting himself from the plane. Later Monday, RIA Novosti reported that two pilots from the plane survived the crash and have been hospitalized in serious condition.
  
  Bekpulat Okboyev, a doctor in the city of Termez, Surkhondaryo's regional capital, told AFP his hospital had taken in two patients who were wearing Afghan military uniforms late on Sunday, that were presumed to be the pilots of the plane.
  
  The doctor described one as being 'with a parachute' and noted that the man had suffered fractures.
  
  Okboyev said his hospital had also accepted three injured Afghan soldiers a day earlier after a total of 84 troops illegally crossed the border into the country while fleeing the Taliban.
  
  
  Uzbekistan's foreign ministry said on Sunday that those Afghan soldiers were detained the night before by Uzbek border guards but had received humanitarian assistance.
  
  The men were offered food and temporary accommodation in Uzbekistan, and the statement said Uzbekistan was negotiating with the 'Afghan side' over their return home.
  
  Caroline Tabler, a communications director for U.S. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, said the GOP lawmaker's office was working urgently to support Afghan pilots fleeing from the Taliban to Uzbekistan.
  
  'We're working with an intermediary who's been in touch with the pilots,' she told the AP.
  
  'We have not heard from them since last night (Washington) time. We know Uzbekistan has taken their cellphones.
  
  'Our primary concern is making sure Uzbekistan does not turn them over to the Taliban. We are frantically reaching out to the State Department on this case and trying to get them asylum and literally can't get a response.'
  
  Reports of the plane crash appeared Monday as thousands of Afghans packed into the Kabul airport, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country a day after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government.
  
  U.S. troops fired warning shots as they struggled to manage the chaotic evacuation.
  
  
  Uzbekistan's neighbour Tajikistan said Monday it had allowed over 100 Afghan military members to land at Bokhtar airport in the south of the country.
  
  'Tajikistan received SOS signals, after which, in accordance with the country's international obligations, it was decided to allow Afghan servicemen to land at the airport,' the Tajik foreign ministry's information department told Russian news agencies Interfax and RIA Novosti.
  
  RIA Novosti reported that three planes carrying the soldiers had landed in Bokhtar during the night.
  
  Central Asia has watched with alarm as the government in Kabul collapsed.
  
  Three former Soviet countries - Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - border Afghanistan.
  
  Of the three Central Asian countries bordering Afghanistan, only Tajikistan has eschewed talks with Taliban officials, who have assured neighbours of their commitment to regional peace and infrastructure projects.
  
  Tajikistan has said that it had not held talks with the group. Its leader has complained about 'terrorist groups' taking control of the border with his mountainous country.
  
  The Taliban has moved to reassure its northern neighbours that it has no designs on them, despite the fact that several Central Asian countries offered logistical support to Washington's war effort.
  
  It comes after thousands of Afghans rushed into Kabul's main airport on Monday, some so desperate to escape the Taliban that they held onto a military jet as it took off and plunged to their deaths.
  
  At least seven people died in the chaos, U.S. officials said, as America's longest war ended with its enemy the victor.
  

 

[Felthas]

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Mil doggo on the job:

Doggos on the way home for well deserved r & r:

 

[Never Scored]

I'm assuming it's more or less guaranteed the Taliban will do something bigly on 9/11?

Mohammad Yaqoob will throw the opening pitch at the daily stonings.

 

[Bongocat]

Everything has devolved back into partisan bickering, so I'm gonna dip out. This has been the most entertaining weekend in recent memory though. I leave you all with a relic from a simpler time when boomers ruled the internet.

We finally came home

 

[KooksandFreaks]

Imagine actually investing in your infrastructure over sending a bunch of skanks to get gender studies degrees. What a bunch of barbarians.

Gonna let you in on a little secret.

The reason most men do what they do? Sex and money.

 

[Corpun]

Is that real or shooped?

It's /pol/ take it as you will. I guess some reverse image searching might verify it's authenticity but I'm lazy.

 

[LUNEKO]

Imagine actually investing in your infrastructure over sending a bunch of skanks to get gender studies degrees. What a bunch of barbarians.

>Spend 20 years in Afghanistan
>Spend half the budget on sending women to university for gender studies
>Spend the other half on a pedophile trafficking ring
>Taliban starts fixing infrastructure and providing stability
>Taliban take the country back unopposed the second they leave
>Biden and co. face when

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Cope harder Biden shill.

The clusterfuck exit could have been avoided. To quote Biden: "We won't be lifting people on the top of rooftops with helicopters." Guess what we did. All to spite Orange Man. We fucking left people to die at the hands of the Taliban while we airlift our heckin' doggerinos out.

Like I said, repeatedly, this was bad. The evacuation could've been handled way better.

But you know what? If Trump was still president, the Taliban still would've taken over. And you'd still not regret for vote for Trump if that had happened, and I wouldn't blame you. This was going to happen regardless of who was president. Anyone who thinks otherwise is legit more autistic than Chris Chan and unaware of what a clusterfuck Afghanistan has always been. The citizens don't give a fuck about the borders of Afghanistan. They care about the tribe they belong to. The borders of Afghanistan mean jack shit to them. The soldiers were gonna leave as soon as there was trouble because they don't give a fuck about the country

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

I think what makes me so ass-mad about Biden's speech isn't that he was a bumbling retard with a speech impediment, but that he essentially told all of our allies to go fuck themselves. Ukraine invaded by Russia? Best fight them yourselves. Taiwan invaded by China? Go fuck yourself, not our problem.

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In early October the weather conditions over the Strait of Taiwan will improve. Until March, it will be the most opportune time for China to launch amphibious operations in the Strait. I would not be shocked, seeing the President of the US fleeing from the press of all things, if China attempts to take Kinmen Island directly off the coast.

China just can't stop taking shits on America.

They're now seeing working with the Taliban as an advantageous economic opportunity.

 

[Cool Dog]

China can invade Taiwan very easily, but Japan? You seem to forget the Japanese has nuke technology, and might have some in storage.

Even if you're a "turnkey" country you dont get to make a bomb quickly, also imagine the signal that it would send if japan gets a nuke, not just due to proliferation but also that the burgers are weak faggots who cant or wont protect their allies

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

Afghan military plane crashes in Uzbekistan but cause disputed

An Afghan military plane crashed in the Surkhandarya region of southeastern Uzbekistan over the weekend, but Uzbek authorities on Monday issued conflicting reports on the cause.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It's a good day for the Uzbek Air Force, finally getting to do something after... 30 or so years sitting around waiting for something. Congrats on earning your pay boys!

 

[DelusionTree]

No kidding. God knows he needs something to distract from the embarrassing spectacle he made of himself yesterday.

I've been lurking A&N for a couple years and @Hollywood Hulk Hogan is the prime example of as Mr. Terry would put it, niggercattle, who have completely fallen into the forever war uniparty's propaganda that keeps America divided in the false choice of a tribalistic two party system when in reality most establishment Dems and Repubs serve the same masters, corporations and the military industrial complex.

 

[Meat Target]

not just due to proliferation but also that the burgers are weak faggots who cant or wont protect their allies

I'd say that ship has now sailed.

 

[theshitposter]

You of all people should know not to try a turn towards a centrist position of "Oh well it was bound to happen". You're an idealogue like the rest of A&H. Don't try to mince words and come up with some faggy middle-ground position.

Own this. This is riden with Biden, straight off the wing of a C-17.

Okay agreed. But then why tf Mr Donald 'Voter Fraud' Trump released 5000 taliban soldiers before getting out? What's your cope on that?

 

[HumanHive]

China can invade Taiwan very easily, but Japan? You seem to forget the Japanese has nuke technology, and might have some in storage.

Japan has no actual nuclear weapons; you are confused about their status as a nuclear power. Hypothetically they could make a bomb in months, but they never will because they’re culturally autistic.

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

I've been lurking A&N for a couple years and @Hollywood Hulk Hogan is the prime example of as Mr. Terry would put it, niggercattle, who have completely fallen into the forever war uniparty's propaganda that keeps America divided in the false choice of a tribalistic two party system when in reality most establishment Dems and Repubs serve the same masters, corporations and the military industrial complex.

lol calm down. You spazes are obsessed with hating me, all because I don't have a fetish for racist, obese, elderly conmen like you do

 

[arabianights]

China just can't stop taking shits on America.

They're now seeing working with the Taliban as an advantageous economic opportunity.

based Chinese