Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan

ALAMO wrote:They already did, Mike.
A series of summer training was implemented, some high-level meetings including Shoigu.
I guess it will end up with another Russian base.

That's what I'm thinking. I know Uzbekistan was damn quick to run to Moscow. So I'm assuming they may setup a base in Uzbekistan to help act another asset in region. It's Tajik base may need to be reinforced with newer gear too (drones, and plenty more helicopters would be ideal).

ALAMO wrote:Well, all the US puppet regimes there have something to think about, so let's wait and watch the results ...

Yeah, as I said to the wife how Uzbekistan was kissing uncle scams ass for a years while they decided to snub Russia. Now that they know their ass' are hanging in the wind, they go back to begging to Russia.

This is a huge wake up call to many that US does not have your back

miketheterrible wrote:

ALAMO wrote:Well, all the US puppet regimes there have something to think about, so let's wait and watch the results ...

Yeah, as I said to the wife how Uzbekistan was kissing uncle scams ass for a years while they decided to snub Russia. Now that they know their ass' are hanging in the wind, they go back to begging to Russia.

This is a huge wake up call to many that US does not have your back

They stopped kissing Uncle Sam's ass when Kerimov died. And even before that basically, starting from when the US and pals started taking a harsh tone towards him over his measures against Islamism in the republic. Although he spent the rest of his reign just building an isolated hermit kingdom like Turkmenistan except not as extreme.
When he did die though, the next president started to warm relations with Russia and started talking about reviving the Tashkent aircraft plant, joining the Eurasian economic union, reintroducing the Russian language back into schools and other things.

Didn't find an Afghanistan section, so i am making one.

miketheterrible wrote:
I think he is in Oman or something now. Tajikistan didn't want him knowing they will have more problems on their hands if they kept him.

Believed to be now on his way to the US. With significantly fewer bags of cash than when he left home.

Airbornewolf wrote:...There was this vid of one Afghan sitting on an C-17 wheel carriage waving goodbye to his fellow countrymen as the aircraft took off.

Like he was going on some magic carpet ride to far away lands of untold riches.

Not to dehumanise or anything, but there is just not one shred of common sense that this plan might affect their general health on an utmost negative manner in the very near future...

I have went on record several times about how much I hate that fucking cartoon

Airbornewolf wrote:...I can't imagine it is comfortable to be shoved as an human being into an rotary magazine bay of an B-52 for transport....

Resent experience has shown that it's nowhere near the dumbest idea in circulation

In fact this sound like business class in comparison

flamming_python wrote:Makes sense now. The Afghan President brought the Assad curse upon himself and his country ...

That Russian air group in Syria must have some kind of magical properties