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    A tweet from the Afghan Presidential palace account said firing had been heard at a number of points around Kabul but that security forces, in coordination with international partners, had control of the city.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    "Comparisons with Vietnam abound,"
    Of course there is but not likely the fundamental comparason. CORRUPTION.
    Anytime the US or any nation throws billions to prop up a known to all corrupt regime the result will be the same. Failure is inevitable.

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    What the fuck else did anyone think was going to happen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    What the fuck else did anyone think was going to happen?
    Some orderly disengagement, not a USA run away. It is one of the most disgusting tragedies of recent time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Some orderly disengagement, not a USA run away. It is one of the most disgusting tragedies of recent time.
    This is the closest you are going to get to an "orderly disengagement". Kandahar fell with nary a shot being fired, and Kabul will be the same.

    It's what happens after it that is a tragedy. And that is all on the talitubbies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    This is the closest you are going to get to an "orderly disengagement". Kandahar fell with nary a shot being fired, and Kabul will be the same.

    It's what happens after it that is a tragedy. And that is all on the talitubbies.
    Could be worse....

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Some orderly disengagement, not a USA run away.
    Don't we hear it from the highest posts? They surely would not lie to us, would they?

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    U.S. leaves its last Afghan base, effectively ending operations-8833e180b96335957f2a1f1a89f3413bc1a67c83c3d37f72a7f6fc7f3fa9bd24-jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    It's what happens after it that is a tragedy. And that is all on the taliban.
    We have yet to see what the returning NATO warriors , the in country "contractors" and NATO ME based air wings will deliver.

    If true that a new government has been sworn in, presumably they can deny landing, block all runways, to any dubious plane.

    Will the Afghani military switch to the newly ordained Taliban military leaders or melt away to form another grouping?

    Awaiting bsnub's "ameristan won another war" statement.

    Any foreign country's leader congratulated the newly appointed government yet?
    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

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    ^But what to do with the 300,000 Afghan strong trained army as I am just hearing from Joe and he is confident?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    friction will likely occur as to who controls (and profits from) the drug trade
    Why would you say that ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    300,000 Afghan strong trained army
    However many able-bodied men and women there are, I'm sure reconstruction jobs can be found for them throughout Afghanistan.

    Possibly a Great Leap Forward, is due.

    Roads, railways, bridges, power stations, schools .... don't build themselves. Plenty of experienced companies in the neighbourhood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    Why would you say that ?
    Because he doesn't understand that talitubbies have always run the drugs trade and pretty well always have. The US gave up bombing it when they realised it is virtually a pop-up business.


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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    However many able-bodied men and women there are, I'm sure reconstruction jobs can be found for them throughout Afghanistan.

    Possibly a Great Leap Forward, is due.

    Roads, railways, bridges, power stations, schools .... don't build themselves. Plenty of experienced companies in the neighbourhood.
    They will do what the talitubbies tell them to, that's if they even want the talitubbies to know they were in the army.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Will the Afghani military switch to the newly ordained Taliban military leaders or melt away to form another grouping?
    I don't think hoohoo is the full shilling you know.

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    So, who's feeding the Taliban? Who's not feeding the Afghan army?

    As Norton said, no-one bothers fighting to defend a corrupt government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Because he doesn't understand that talitubbies have always run the drugs trade and pretty well always have
    The Taliban eradicated the poppy fields when they were last in power.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    to know they were in the army
    They are all at tattoo shops hoping there's a short queue.

    U.S. leaves its last Afghan base, effectively ending operations-back-head-neck-skull-tattoo-glasses

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Because he doesn't understand that talitubbies have always run the drugs trade and pretty well always have.
    Blah blah
    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    The US gave up bombing it when they realised it is virtually a pop-up business.
    Ok
    Some humour

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    Quote Originally Posted by pickel View Post
    The Taliban eradicated the poppy fields when they were last in power.
    And all the way from Canada: The truth !

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    ^

    Yeah


    I never saw the non-stop helicopter rescue from Saigon.

    Now it runs on the sceen live.

    Peace

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    Afghanistan on the brink of Taliban takeover

    Afghanistan is on the brink of a total Taliban takeover, with the insurgents reaching the outskirts of the capital after capturing most of the country.

    President Ashraf Ghani was reported to have fled the country as the Taliban drew closer to victory.

    Officials earlier said talks had taken place to ensure a peaceful transition.

    A Taliban spokesman told the BBC there would be "no revenge" on Afghans.

    Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said militants had been ordered to enter some parts of Kabul on Sunday.

    He said Taliban forces were going in to prevent chaos and looting after security forces left parts of the city and their checkpoints.

    Earlier on Sunday, the Taliban said they had taken control of Bagram airfield and prison, about 40km (25 miles) north of the city centre.

    Once the largest American military facility in Afghanistan, the complex was evacuated by the US military in the dead of night on 2 July.

    Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC that people in Kabul had no need to worry and that their properties and lives were safe.

    "We are the servants of the people and of this country," he said.

    He added that the group did not want Afghans to flee, but instead to stay and help with the post-conflict reconstruction.

    Afghanistan on the brink of Taliban takeover - BBC News


    Afghan President Ghani flees country

    Afghanistan crisis: President Ghani flees country - BBC News

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    But what to do with the 300,000 Afghan strong trained army
    What did they do with it when the Soviet Union fled, beaten to within an inch of their existence




    Tail between their legs and a corrupt leader in Moscow.

    History is a curse to be repeated


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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told the BBC that people in Kabul had no need to worry and that their properties and lives were safe.
    Cold comfort, given their history. Women, academics, girls etc... will be jubilant at their plight

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