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It's bullshit number, they just counted MANPADs that Soviets delivered to the communists and CIA to mujaheddin, those MANPADs are long rendered useless, it's only the handful of recent acquisition that are useful. Hell, that report still has Yugoslavia, that shows just how well researched it is.

Thousands of MANPADs? I don't recall USA issuing any to ANA and those from the 80s are way past the use date, while the Taliban manage to acquire only a handful in the last decade (thanks to Quatar) and probably have those under control, a precious asset and all that. The place with most...

And their country is still a worse shithole than Pakistan, which says a lot. Yeah, they probably even more rape inclined than regular Afghanis. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO::poop: :ROFLMAO::poop::ROFLMAO::poop:

Believing that Afghanis could increase ''human capital'' of any country, even one as shitty as Pakistan Like there are not already too many child molestors around Afghanis assimilating :ROFLMAO: I reckon this is where you pull out some token successful case and actively ignore 99,99% who...

''Russian-backed claims'' Everything that is bad has Russian appended these days. It was western media that started the tons of cash hauled out of Afghanistan story, now they hide behind claims of Russian disinformation.

Maybe his staffers told him that deep state is willing to call truce with him, if he gets them back to assfuckistan, to restart the poppy growing.

His predecessor was massively corrupt and established a system of unbridled corruption, USA supported Ghani's election in hopes that he will clean up the mess (it was controversial), but the token superficial measures he took were only for the show, to keep american money flowing

And honestly, since 2002 entire Afghan economy, including the Talibans, substituted on mooching off US money. The entire nation is like a terminal junkie going on a really bad withdrawal crisis.

In somewhat sufficient numbers, not enough to cover all the maintenance needs, but enough to keep most of the aircraft in fighting condition and keep up the sortie rate.

It wasn't. While some components could be serviced by them, most of the work had to be done by professional technical staff.

In comparison, after the Soviets left DRA was able to maintain their air force jets and helicopters, which were a key to the regime survival to 1992, when it was done in by lack of fuel. It seems that neither Americans nor Afghanis never envisioned scenario when USA stops holding their hands.

There a plenty of Uighur and Baloch extremists willing to join either Al-Kaida or ISIS. Now since the policy of local Al-Kaida franchise is to play nice with Talibans, who are not looking for trouble abroad, those whose goal is making trouble abroad (Xingyang or Balochistan) are switching to the...

Attention span of an average voter is only couple of months and elections are fortified. They might allow the Republicunts to retake the Senate in the next elections, in order to keep illusion that elections still matter, but that is all there is.

I'd love to see them try launch these rockets, it should should provide good material for the video funnies.

Because American money demanded them.

Most of the ground crews were foreign contractors, who were supposedly evacuated ahead of Taliban advance. One of the reasons why Pentagon wanted to delay the pullout, was that according to the deal, contractors should be pulled out Afghanistan as well and ANAF simply couldn't operate without...

They have been out of control since the 80s and multiple assassinations of politicians are unofficially attributed to them.

And how will they recruit from an area that is completely surrounded by Taliban and is likely to be overrun by the next Spring?

To be fair, the commandos did fight, unlike much of the ANA, but forming a regiment out of them would be foolish, Gurkhas are still a regiment because they can be recruited from the tribe that holds true to its tradition, who could this regiment recruit to keep up the strength? Rapefugees...

Bombing wrong targets has been order of business for almost twenty years, why change now? n Unlikely, the force balance greatly favours thee Taliban and unlike some other forces they are willing to fight. What we will see is continuation of terror attacks, until Talibans can consolidate power...