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    The chinkies may regret trying to stick their grubby snouts in that trough.

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    As opposed to America's Divine Intervention?

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    China shouldn't go on any peace mission as long as they are holding the Myanmar military junta under the arms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    As opposed to America's Divine Intervention?
    More whataboutism from one of the three stooges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    As opposed to America's Divine Intervention?
    It hasn't ended well for anyone who has entered, you retarded cockwomble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
    China shouldn't go on any peace mission as long as they are holding the Myanmar military junta under the arms.
    They don't give a fuck, they just want anything they can harvest that can be converted into money.

    If Soylent Green were real, it would be made in Shenzen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    stick their grubby snouts in that trough
    An invitation to join various Asian communities will be offered, if agreed by the existing members. The Afghani politicians will decide, yes or no.

    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
    China shouldn't go on any peace mission as long as they are holding the Myanmar military junta under the arms.
    As you suggest China is assisting Myanmar, are they suggesting caution or ....?

    According to some TD members ASEAN countries and Russia are also offering assistance.

    Should they let the western block turn Myanmar into another Vietnam? That turned out just great, eh?

    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    It hasn't ended well for anyone who has entered
    Quite a different scenario from previous offerings. Some of the world has moved on from military invasions and pillage, to offers of trade, assistance and development.

    Something previous offerings lacked.

    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    just want anything they can harvest that can be converted into money.
    Another stunning China first, eh?

    Move on from your time warp.

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    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

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    You should update your cartoons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    You should update your cartoons.
    There is a TD thread available, you may wish to read it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    There is a TD thread available, you may wish to read it.
    Is there? Just fancy that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    I thought that the Taliban were our allies, fighting the evil Russians? Oh that's right, now it's Isis. Stay home yankee.
    Until the Russians quit and the US cut their funding off at the knees. Which apparently (sic) upset Bin Laden.

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    I suspect Afghanistan will become part of the BRI, if the Taliban & other groups can form some kind of security alliance. It offers a pretty good trade corridor between China and India/ Pakistan/ Iran. Kind of like an east/ west Khyber Pass.

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    Afghan border guards, customs officials who fled to Iran returned to Kabul


    TEHRAN (Agencies): Afghan border guards and customs officials who fled to Iran after the Taliban occupied a number of border crossings were returned by plane to Kabul, Tasnim reported, citing an Iranian police official.


    The spokesman for the Iranian Police, General Mahdi Hajian, said on Sunday that a number of armed border guards of Afghanistan and its customs office employees had fled to the Iranian Border Police station at the common border, requesting entry to Iran, following the recent outbreak of insecurity in their country.


    The problems of those Afghan forces and staffers were addressed, their weap-ons were taken, and they were accommodated on the Iranian soil, he added.


    The general said those Afghan forces have been fl-own back to Kabul following on official request from the Afghan government, m-ade via diplomatic chann-els, and upon a decision by the Iranian authorities. The Afghan soldiers and emp-loyees fled to Iran after the Taliban made continuous a-dvances and took over several Afghan border stations.


    In the last week, the Taliban have overrun areas bordering five countries – Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmen-istan, China and Pakistan.


    IRGC General: Common Border with Afghanistan Safe, Iranian Forces on Alert: Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force gave an assurance that security prevails along Iran’s eastern boundaries, including the common border with Afghanistan, following the recent developments in the neighboring state.


    Brigadier General Pakpour on Sunday paid a visit to the Dogarun border crossing in Taibad, a city in eastern Iran adjacent to Afghanistan.


    Pointing to the recent de-velopments in Afghanistan, where a conflict has broken out and the Taliban have taken control of many provinces and border crossings, the IRGC general said security and calm prevails along the entire eastern border of Iran, including the common border with Afgh-anistan. The commander said he has visited the border area in person to evaluate the military preparedness of the armed units stationed in the region.


    Considering the developments of the past recent days in Afghanistan, some smugglers and outlaws might seek to take advantage of the situation and infiltrate into Iran, but such moves will undoubtedly draw a harsh response from the Iranian military forces stationed along the eastern borders, he warned.


    There is a high level of intelligence dominance over the borders and any activity with the purpose of fomenting insecurity in Iran or its surrounding areas will be dealt with by the armed forces decisively, the commander added.


    Afghan border guards, customs officials who fled to Iran returned to Kabul - The Frontier Post

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    Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted away

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 12 (Reuters) - Soldiers from Afghanistan's special forces paused for a short prayer late on Sunday night on a deserted stretch of highway in the southern province of Kandahar. They do so each time they prepare to face Taliban militants in battle.


    The highly trained troops had been called in to flush out insurgents who attacked regular forces and local police hours earlier, only to find that the Taliban had disappeared into the darkness leaving behind a few civilians and wounded soldiers.


    "We received a report that the enemy had infiltrated here and wanted to overthrow the district," Major Mohammad din Tasir, a member of the special forces unit deployed in the Taliban's former stronghold of Kandahar, told Reuters after the operation.


    The report had suggested up to 300 Taliban fighters were present in the area, he said.


    "Unfortunately, what we heard in the report and what we saw on the scene did not match."


    Tasir said the absence of Taliban fighters showed that claims by the group that they now controlled up to 85% of the country's territory were exaggerated.


    It also underlined the difficulty in facing an enemy that mixes open assaults on checkpoints, villages, towns and cities with hit-and-run tactics that tend to avoid heavy casualties.


    Recent territorial gains by the Taliban come as foreign troops led by the U.S. military withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, leaving the task of pulling the country from a spiraling security crisis to local forces.


    On Monday, the U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, will relinquish his command, in a symbolic end to America's longest conflict.


    TALIBAN ADVANCES


    Kandahar is one of many provinces to see a recent surge in offensives by the Taliban, which says it wants to be involved in running the country peacefully although it has always opposed the presence of foreign forces.


    In the last week the group has been advancing in the west of the country near the border with Iran and has surrounded the central city of Ghazni.


    The special forces unit had been called in after insurgents attempted to take control of Khan Baba village in the Dand district of Kandahar, unleashing RPGs and heavy machinegun fire at Afghan security forces and local police.


    The soldiers traveled there under cover of darkness, using night vision equipment and moving in Humvee vehicles scarred with bullet holes from previous missions, some of them carried out with U.S. allies.


    When they arrived they found the village largely abandoned. Air strikes by the Afghan Air Force had helped push back Taliban fighters.


    Special forces personnel moved swiftly and silently from house to house, entering through doors and jumping walls to locate Taliban remnants who may still be hiding in the area.


    They found only a few mainly elderly locals who said that other residents had fled when the fighting began. The troops also tended to soldiers wounded in the earlier clashes before evacuating them to the nearest military base.


    In the distance sporadic gunfire rang out.


    An Afghan defense official said on Twitter on Monday that 26 insurgents had been killed in operations and air strikes a day earlier in two Kandahar districts, including Dand.


    Reuters could not independently verify this.


    Once the operation was complete, the special forces caught a short rest, before preparing to receive orders for their next mission.


    Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted away

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Afghan special forces
    These dudes look legit...

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    I doubt the Taliban can viably 'unite' Afghanistan by force, and if they could it would probably be a Pyrrhic victory at best.
    I'm certainly not privy to their grand plans, but common sense would dictate that some sort of peace deal be arrived at.
    The regional hegemons, China, Iran and Russia, would likely encourage this. Why not- stability on their borders, and trade benefits.
    What the US might think is more opaque. It might think it's interests are best served by an unstable, warring Afghanistan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    I doubt the Taliban can viably 'unite' Afghanistan by force
    They will soon return to their previous status quo of controlling three quarters of the country and leaving a few other sects to govern themselves.

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    I oversimplified anyway. Then there's India and Pakistan. Afghanistan truly is the crossroads of Asia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    I oversimplified anyway.
    You sure did, and you have many times over.

    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Then there's India and Pakistan. Afghanistan truly is the crossroads of Asia.
    Did your Chinese holders just tell you that?


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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    ^^ Well it clearly doesn't include amerka the night runners.

    Yet, does include plenty of romantic championing of militarism, equivocal [and mindless] patriotism and perpetuation of the empire.
    Quite civilised.

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    ^^ The jokes on you, night runner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    The jokes on you, night runner.
    I am fucking ripped, and you are not far behind. Goodnight fucko and yes I do love you.

    Peace to all...

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    Whoever has read a Joseph Kessel's novel The Horsemen (I read it end of 60's translated from French original Les Cavaliers) and/or later could have seen the movie with Jack Palance and Omar Sharif (that did not disappoint - as sometimes is the case when liking the book) could get an idea what tough people the Afghans have to be.

    And not only to get an idea from a book and film - not always necessarily showing the real life - but the misery of the population enduring for centuries...

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    Press release on consultations with a Taliban delegation

    8 July 202119:30

    "On July 8, Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov held consultations with a delegation from the Taliban’s political office.The discussion focused on the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the prospects for starting intra-Afghan talks.

    (A political rather than military solution)

    The Russian side voiced their concern over the mounting tensions in the northern regions of Afghanistan and urged [the Taliban] not to allow these tensions to spread outside the county.

    (Russia and its allies will defend their sovereignty)

    The Taliban delegation reassured the Russian side that the Taliban would not violate the borders of the Central Asian counties and also provided guarantees of the safety of foreign countries’ diplomatic and consular missions in Afghanistan.

    (No requirement for Turkish or other military within Afghanistan)


    The representatives of the Taliban reaffirmed their interest in securing a lasting peace in their country through negotiations, taking into account the interests of all ethnic groups living in the country, as well as their readiness to observe human rights, including the rights of women, in keeping with Islamic standards and Afghan traditions.

    (Inclusive of all Afghani groups. Not western imposed, but Islamic and Afghan demands)

    It was separately emphasised that the Taliban is firmly determined to ward off the threat of ISIS in Afghanistan and eradicate drug production in the country after the end of the civil war."

    (Deny ME backed terrorism activities and eradicate drug cultivation)


    Press release on consultations with a Taliban delegation - News - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

    Somewhat different from the 1990 era Taliban aims.

    A meeting with like-minded politicians, Russian and Afghanistani, with similar objectives.

    A successful fruition is obtainable.

    Along with, its speedy deliverance.
    Last edited by OhOh; 12-07-2021 at 11:47 PM.

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    You don't actually believe that shite do you?


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