The War in Afghanistan

[Arch Dornan]

Do you have another source? Also why did they not post the colonel name? Sounds like someone who deserves the Vietnam treatment being called a baby killer.

That's the media for you even as they regurgitate it.

Tim Kennedy Reveals What the Fall of Kabul Was Really Like in New Memoir

In “Scars and Stripes,” Tim Kennedy uses his own shortcomings to offer an alternative perspective on the failures we all experience.

www.coffeeordie.com

US Colonel blocked busloads of Americans, allies trying to escape Afghanistan: documentary

A new documentary about the evacuation of Kabul claims one US Army Colonel turned away busloads of people trying to flee.

nypost.com

'Don't care who they are': Ex MMA fighter Tim Kennedy slams colonel for sending 300 orphans to their death during Kabul evac

The former MMA fighter says that four buses were arranged to bring people to Kabul airport but the colonel sent them back

meaww.com

 

[Marduk]

I see a new Axis of Evil:

-Russia
-Belarus
-China
-North Korea
-Afghanistan
-Iran
-Syria

Who else?

It's not really new then, just politically insensitive version of the old one.

 

[WolfBear]

It's not really new then, just politically insensitive version of the old one.

Why is it more politically insensitive than the old one was?

 

[Marduk]

Why is it more politically insensitive than the old one was?

Because the politically sensitive one meant omitting big, influential countries like Russia and China, plus their close pals, to not offend them.

 

[WolfBear]

Because the politically sensitive one meant omitting big, influential countries like Russia and China, plus their close pals, to not offend them.

The original Axis of Evil was Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Then there was Beyond the Axis of Evil: Syria, Libya, and Cuba. And then there were Outposts of Tyranny: Belarus, Zimbabwe, and Burma.

 

[Marduk]

The original Axis of Evil was Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Then there was Beyond the Axis of Evil: Syria, Libya, and Cuba. And then there were Outposts of Tyranny: Belarus, Zimbabwe, and Burma.

Iraq kinda got "neutralized" off it. The rest is the same, often proxies of Russia or China.

 

[WolfBear]

Iraq kinda got "neutralized" off it. The rest is the same, often proxies of Russia or China.

Well, Libya also got off of this list, first due to Gaddafi's rapprochement with the West, and then due to Gaddafi being overthrown and replaced by a Libyan government that doesn't have any regional ambitions (and one that ultimately ended up losing control of large parts of its own country, for that matter).

So, Yeah, Iraq and Libya got off this list but the rest of them stayed on, other than sort-of Cuba, which has successfully pursued a rapprochement with the US over the last decade.

 

[Blasterbot]

I see a new Axis of Evil:

-Russia
-Belarus
-China
-North Korea
-Afghanistan
-Iran
-Syria

Who else?

India is in BRICS. a fair part of africa, south america, and asia is too.

 

[Arch Dornan]

India is in BRICS. a fair part of africa, south america, and asia is too.

They're out for themselves and I don't blame them.

 

[WolfBear]

Is Afghanistan’s Long Civil War Really Over?

The forces that could threaten the Taliban’s control.

www.foreignaffairs.com

 

[WolfBear]

Afghanistan: Taliban torture and execute Hazaras in targeted attack – new investigation

Six people killed during a night raid on a family home in Ghor province, including a 12-year-old girl Ongoing Taliban killings indicate a pattern of attacks on ethnic minorities and members of the former security forces Taliban fighters killed six Hazara people in a deliberate attack on the...

www.amnesty.org

Hazara refugees for Iran, anyone?

 

[Husky_Khan]

US negotiated a swap of kidnapped American engineer Mark Frerichs for a Taliban Drug Lord in US custody.

The United States has confirmed the release of American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for senior Taliban figure Haji Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden administration official said.

Mr Biden granted clemency to Noorzai after he spent 17 years in US government custody, the official said.

Frerichs was working on a civil engineering project on Afghanistan when he was abducted by the Taliban two years ago.

US confirms release of American from Afghanistan

The United States has confirmed the release of American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for senior Taliban figure Haji Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden administration official said.

www.rte.ie

 

[WolfBear]

US negotiated a swap of kidnapped American engineer Mark Frerichs for a Taliban Drug Lord in US custody.



Frerichs was working on a civil engineering project on Afghanistan when he was abducted by the Taliban two years ago.

US confirms release of American from Afghanistan

The United States has confirmed the release of American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for senior Taliban figure Haji Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden administration official said.

www.rte.ie

Great news!

 

[Husky_Khan]

BREAKING!

Taliban has banned the game Player Unknown Battlegrounds for 'Promoting Violence' and 'misleading youth.' Apparently the game is allegedly popular in the country of over twenty million banned websites with a reported hundred thousand people playing PUBG in country. Or were anyways...

According to the local report, the regime has called the game “a source of national moral panic” for some time. It has also been responsible for commandeering internet servers throughout the country, occasionally drawing upwards of 100,000 Afghan gamers at once — a reflection of the game’s soaring popularity among teens.

Afghanistan joins Pakistan and India as other countries to ban the game, the Afghan news service reported. Also included in the imminent ban is the social media platform TikTok.

Well it looks like they recognize the dangers of TikTok at least but honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't been Talibanned already.

Taliban bans popular video game for ‘promoting violence’

The Taliban has banned more than 23 million websites since seizing control of the country in August 2021.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[WolfBear]

BREAKING!

Taliban has banned the game Player Unknown Battlegrounds for 'Promoting Violence' and 'misleading youth.' Apparently the game is allegedly popular in the country of over twenty million banned websites with a reported hundred thousand people playing PUBG in country. Or were anyways...



Well it looks like they recognize the dangers of TikTok at least but honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't been Talibanned already.

Taliban bans popular video game for ‘promoting violence’

The Taliban has banned more than 23 million websites since seizing control of the country in August 2021.

www.militarytimes.com

Is it still legal in Pakistan? If so, Afghans could go/move there to play it?

 

[WolfBear]

Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan | CNN

The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, including potential public executions, amputations and flogging, a move experts fear will lead to a further deterioration of human rights in the impoverished country.

www.cnn.com

 

[Sailor.X]

Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan | CNN

The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, including potential public executions, amputations and flogging, a move experts fear will lead to a further deterioration of human rights in the impoverished country.

www.cnn.com

They had a chance to stand up and fight the Talban. Instead they stood down. Now they get what they get.

 

[WolfBear]

They had a chance to stand up and fight the Talban. Instead they stood down. Now they get what they get.

They should still be able to move to Pakistan in order to escape that Hell and increase Pakistan's human capital.

 

[WolfBear]

Taliban likely gained access to millions that US transferred to Afghan government before collapse, watchdog says | CNN Politics

The Taliban likely gained access to tens of millions of dollars the US transferred to the Afghan government before it collapsed, a US government watchdog found.

www.cnn.com

 

[King Arts]

Taliban to impose their interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan | CNN

The Taliban has ordered judges in Afghanistan to fully impose their interpretation of Sharia Law, including potential public executions, amputations and flogging, a move experts fear will lead to a further deterioration of human rights in the impoverished country.

www.cnn.com

So?
We should offer refugee status to any Christians. But for the most part the people support religious law. I don't see a problem. Let them do what they want in their borders.