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Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

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Post n°451

Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

JohninMK Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:45 pm

Status-6
@Archer83Able
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Taliban fighters entered the presidential palace in Kabul, according to Reuters.

Dr. Drexluddin Khan Spiveyzai Kayani (Drexy Baba)
@RisboLensky
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Btw all districts in #Kabul province fell to #Taliban earlier today #Afghanistan

Meanwhile in Washington

Tom Cotton
@SenTomCotton
· 17h
At a minimum, President Biden must unleash American air power to destroy every Taliban fighter in the vicinity of Kabul until we can save our fellow Americans. Anything less will further confirm Joe Biden’s impotence to the world.
https://cotton.senate.gov/news/press-rel

Elijah J. Magnier
@ejmalrai
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1h
#US spent $88 billion dollars training 300,000 Afghan Army for 20 years and it has collapsed in one week, less than the Iraqi army's collapse for the obvious reason: Iraqi Army members were trained only for 11 years and collapsed in 3 days.

The proportion is quite right.

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Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

JohninMK Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:02 pm

It looks like the US/UK left it too late to get those large numbers of troops into Kabul, just a few hundred. Mind you it looks like they aren't needed.

syrseal
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Flag of AfghanistanBattalion from 82nd Airborne (1,000 soldiers) is being redirected to go straight to Kabul instead of Kuwait according to a Defense official

Where will these 5,000 soldiers sent by Biden land? On the heads of the Taliban, aki space marines?

Servicemen of the 16th Airborne Assault Brigade of Great Britain on the way to Kabul

18h
According to sources in Kabul, Taliban forces engulfed Kabul airport from both north and south.

The Turkish army, due to strong desire, failed to teleport to Kabul airport. The Taliban ruined the plans, both for them and for the US

6h
Taliban completely surrounded Kabul and enter the airport

2h
group of military transport aircraft of the US Air Force participating in the Kabul air bridge received a military transport aircraft C-130

1h
3 thousand US troops are ready to be sent from Kuwait to Afghanistan to ensure the evacuation of American citizens (about 2.5 hours flying). However, there is no safe airfield to receive them

Kabul airport hosting the U.S. Embassy comes under fire - the Embassy statement.

US military to take control of Kabul airport in coming hours to improve air traffic

The Intel Crab
@IntelCrab
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Insane footage from the tarmac of KBL shows people boarding a RAF C-17. No order. Total chaos.

Status-6
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No departures from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport in recent minutes, according to flightradar24 data.

Ministry of Defence
@DefenceHQ
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British forces are in Kabul assisting the evacuation of British Nationals and former British staff as part of Operation PITTING.

NOTE video shows Voyager leaving UK and a C-17 full of UK troops in disembarking in Kabul.

Status-6
@Archer83Able
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All commercial flights from the Kabul International Airport suspended, only military aircraft allowed to operate, NATO official stated.

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Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

flamming_python Sun Aug 15, 2021 6:31 pm

Utter shitshow

https://twitter.com/snarwani/status/1426967814536060936

https://twitter.com/saadmohseni/status/1426942627174301699

https://twitter.com/saadmohseni/status/1426958272645435398

https://twitter.com/DruseSaher/status/1426948929975984132

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1426924155845369869

Lot of people trying desperately to find a country that will take them. Heartbreaking

https://twitter.com/AishaTaIks/status/1426761407232712705

https://twitter.com/AishaTaIks/status/1426962855417556997

https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1426954343069200392

https://twitter.com/MunizaeJahangir/status/1426948820676526099

And some are just in denial

https://twitter.com/Pariyababaji/status/1426952132565995520

Meanwhile Afghan President turned acting mayor of Kabul turned random nobody is now chilling in Oman
welcome

https://twitter.com/HashimWahdatyar/status/1426961191230976000

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medo Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:08 pm

PapaDragon wrote:
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country for Tajikistan, senior interior ministry official says

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1426931538571128838

I must leave, my money needs me!

Ghani is now in Oman.

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Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

PapaDragon Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:10 pm

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flamming_python Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:18 pm

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Post n°457

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Sujoy Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:27 pm

How the US ensured that the Taliban comes back into power.

https://twitter.com/obaidotman/status/1426647746212159493?s=20

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Post n°458

Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

JohninMK Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:34 pm

Looks like the US has moved the big boys in

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Meanwhile whilst its all over bar the shouting

syrseal
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During a live broadcast from the presidential palace, the Taliban announced that their leaders will soon arrive in the country from Qatar

Status-6
@Archer83Able
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Taliban spox: "We assure all embassies, diplomatic missions, institutions and residences of foreign nationals in Kabul that no danger is posed to them."

The US is talking about pouring more troops in. Whilst there are many USAF tankers flying around, at what point does Kabul run out of trucked in aviation fuel?

Dan Lamothe
@DanLamothe
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33m
Overall numbers now will include:

~ 2K Marines
~ 2K soldiers from 82nd
~ 1K from composite unit with Minnesota National Guard
~ Nearly 1K that had been assigned to protect embassy and airport prior to last week

Status-6
@Archer83Able
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8m
The Pentagon is authorizing the deployment of additional 1,000 US troops (from the 82nd Airborne Division BCT) in Kabul.

The expected overall number of US troops in Afghanistan would rise to around 6,000.

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Post n°459

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Hole Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:01 pm

They supported the Taliban for 25 years. Suddenly they got a problem with them coming to power. Karma, baby. Very Happy

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Post n°460

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flamming_python Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:36 pm

More pandemonium:

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1427000776698875907

https://twitter.com/saadmohseni/status/1427000691407654914

https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1426958585741942791

Betrayal:

https://twitter.com/AfgFactChecks/status/1426246356969132032

And the deputy spokesperson of the President of Afghanistan

Hmm, wonder if she got away. Guessing not

https://twitter.com/FMurchal/status/1426984398050693122

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Quotes From Journalist Mark Ames

calripson Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:34 pm

"US elites are melting down over Afghanistan because they don't like being humiliated. They see this defeat as a destabilizing threat to their own legitimacy at home & won't forgive Biden until he gives them a new war, which he almost surely will. Dangerous times ahead for all.

Can't count how many times I've seen establishment psychos throwing around Nietzschebabble like "we lack political willpower". When the US ruling class starts blathering about the need to demonstrate their will-to-power, a lot of innocent people are going to die."

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Post n°462

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Gomig-21 Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:36 pm

flamming_python wrote:

He certainly messed up by making those bold comments on Kabul no way falling to the Taliban for at least 60 to 90 days and then just 3 days ago, while watching the Taliban Blitzkrieg unfold in front of the entire world, tell a reporter the same thing again about Kabul and not seeing a Saigon in the remaking. Clearly he either had bad intel -- which I highly doubt -- or he didn't believe them which I also highly doubt. So while Trump signed the bill to evacuate all US forces from Afghanistan, Biden definitely will have to shoulder the blame for the tremendous failure of those particular statements.

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Post n°463

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Cowboy's daughter Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:39 pm

If Joe Biden can be President of the USA, anyone can be President of the USA

It looks like Mitt may run next time.

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ALAMO Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:40 pm

Just wait and see.
The next line of the narrative will be that the Taliban is actually their project, so they won Laughing

And hey, this is somehow right Laughing

Besides, don't be so rush against a guy who hardly remembers his breakfast, OK? dunno

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SeigSoloyvov Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:42 pm

Finty wrote:

Sujoy wrote:Russia Today is reporting based on interviews with locals on the ground that Taliban is carrying out terrible atrocities across the country. Civilians have been killed by Taliban in large numbers.

I suspect this was bound to happen because Pakistanis comprise a bulk of these fighters.

It's bad, people getting beaten for listening to pop music and others having their eyes gouged out.

but but according to fanboys here the Taliban are okay guys and the people want this.

The fact is life under the Taliban will be utterly brutal and any morons who thinks otherwise needs to go live there then come and talk.

We gave the afghans the ability to defend themselves, their military commanders just betrayed their own people for deals with the Taliban.

we helped them for 20 years and while we were there, the Taliban was kept in check, America did its part, it was up to them and they failed now they reap the rewards of this failure.

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PapaDragon Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:44 pm

I can almost hear this poor Humvee yelling: ''I was meant to die in Fulda Gap dammit, that was my destiny!!!'' (in Lieutenant Dan's voice)

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But seriously, what Afghans (all of them) have been doing with Humves and hillbillie armours is a crime against civilisation

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SeigSoloyvov Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:45 pm

Sujoy wrote:

Finty wrote:It's bad, people getting beaten for listening to pop music and others having their eyes gouged out.

Biden is responsible for this. Biden is responsible for the massacre of Afghans. He could've reversed course. . He made the call and he has said that he has no regrets. This is on him

So it's up to the US to defend Afghan from itself forever?

No its not, we gave them the ability to stop this. Blame the tratiors in the military for ordering their men to just surrender and run away.

Not my countries or militaries job to baby sit people who clearly have no desire to fight their own battles but rely on us to do it.

20 years, we trained 300k men, we gave them everything they needed. America helped out Aghanistain enough.

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PapaDragon Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:47 pm

SeigSoloyvov wrote:...but but according to fanboys here the Taliban are okay guys and the people want this. ...

Dude, nobody here thinks that Taliban are cool, not even in the ballpark

And those who do say it are probably just taking a piss

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littlerabbit Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:59 pm

PapaDragon wrote:
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country for Tajikistan, senior interior ministry official says

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1426931538571128838

I must leave, my money needs me!

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Re: Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

ALAMO Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:05 pm

300k in 20 years for a 40mln country?
Laughing

Are you trying to entertain us all here?
With Afghan population size - 40 mln, and its structure - well below 20 y/o - they should be able to conscript a 100k men a year voluntary based.
For Poland - similar in size and double the age population structure - the goal is to deliver z 17+k territorial army soldiers each year.
A YEAR.
And we still have a regular army, and not at war!
In WarPac times, our population was 35mln, army was 350k strong, and steadily replaced with double the year conscript, making the yearly conscript number close to 250k, leaving the professional officer and sergeants cadre.
The numbers you provide - if we combine those with close to $90 bln expenditures - is just another face of total failure.
A corruption operation put on the outrageous stage and size.
Just like the Iraq.

300k in 20 years ... seriously ... ? lol1

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Cowboy's daughter Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:11 pm

Matt Zeller
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Internet in Kabul is starting to go down. Taliban may plunge our allies into complete communications blackout. Dark days coming.

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SeigSoloyvov Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:12 pm

What a moronic remark, for a country like Afghan 300k is a normal-sized military and 300k was more than enough to keep the Taliban in check.

Afghanistan is not Poland, completely different, learn some facts before you run your mouth.

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PapaDragon Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:15 pm

Cowboy's daughter wrote:
Matt Zeller
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Internet in Kabul is starting to go down. Taliban may plunge our allies into complete communications blackout. Dark days coming.

I'm amazed internet lasted this long over there

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littlerabbit Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:19 pm

SeigSoloyvov wrote:

Finty wrote:

Sujoy wrote:Russia Today is reporting based on interviews with locals on the ground that Taliban is carrying out terrible atrocities across the country. Civilians have been killed by Taliban in large numbers.

I suspect this was bound to happen because Pakistanis comprise a bulk of these fighters.

It's bad, people getting beaten for listening to pop music and others having their eyes gouged out.

but but according to fanboys here the Taliban are okay guys and the people want this.

The fact is life under the Taliban will be utterly brutal and any morons who thinks otherwise needs to go live there then come and talk.

We gave the afghans the ability to defend themselves, their military commanders just betrayed their own people for deals with the Taliban.

we helped them for 20 years and while we were there, the Taliban was kept in check, America did its part, it was up to them and they failed now they reap the rewards of this failure.

Honestly, I think that Medieval Europe would be a candyland, compared to Taliban ruling. But, that's only my opinion, we will see what will happen. dunno

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PapaDragon Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:21 pm

You gotta be shitting me... Suspect

https://twitter.com/whatismoo/status/1426939056970244103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1426939056970244103%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

First, a Getty image of Dep't of State Air Wing CH-46 N38TU (BuNo 154038) over Kabul evacuating the US Embassy today. Second, what appears to be 154038 on the deck of USS Hancock during Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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