Afghanistan Thread | Taliban Rule

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

A Taliban leader has arrived in Kabul, as the group aims to form a new government.

 

[King Kreole]

Scuitto in a race to the bottom with Tapper

 

[FAH1223]

Scuitto in a race to the bottom with Tapper

 

[88m3]

lol who are they trying to shovel this shyt to the Tory base?

 

[Geek Nasty]

Everything You Need To Know About 'Aquila Omnia', Italy's Air Bridge To Evacuate Civilians From Afghanistan

Here's All The Intel You Need On The Ongoing Evacuation Operation In Kabul

I really don’t understand how there can be 15-20K US citizens in Afghanistan for the life of me and I’m sure they’re not including soldiers in that figure

A lot of them are dual citizens. And I heard the Taliban doesn’t want them leaving

 

[King Kreole]

 

[Geek Nasty]

Get the fukk out of here. Remember Trump wanted us out of Afghanistan FASTER. This is after Biden's extension to the deadline, so how the hell are they happier with Trump?

And how the hell were the Allies blindsided when Trump was on TV with Taliban leaders talking about his exit plan???

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Scuitto in a race to the bottom with Tapper

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[FAH1223]

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

Also it should be more clear than ever that moving forward, permanent US military presence in any country after mandatory military action is a must and no-brainer to uphold American interest/safety

Putin Rejected Role for U.S. Forces Near Afghanistan at Summit With Biden

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a June 16 summit meeting with President Biden,
objected to any role for American forces in Central Asian countries, senior U.S. and
Russian officials said, undercutting the U.S. military’s efforts to act against new terrorist
dangers after its Afghanistan withdrawal.

The previously unreported exchange between the U.S. and Russian leaders has
complicated the U.S. military’s options for basing drones and other counterterrorism
forces in countries bordering landlocked Afghanistan. That challenge has deepened with
the collapse over the weekend of the Afghan government and armed forces.

The U.S. requirement for what the Pentagon calls an “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism
capability in Afghanistan has grown substantially in recent days with the Taliban
takeover.

Without access to Central Asian nations, such as Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan, the
U.S. would need to rely on bases in Qatar, other Arab Gulf states and U.S. Navy aircraft
carriers in the Indian Ocean to fly aircraft to Afghanistan. Flight times from the Gulf
states are so long that a U.S. drone might spend more than 60% of its mission flying to and
from Afghanistan from the U.S. base at Al Udeid, Qatar, a former senior U.S. military
official said. This would limit the time for conducting reconnaissance or carrying out
strikes over the country.

Mr. Putin told Mr. Biden at their Geneva meeting, however, that Moscow was opposed to
any U.S. military role in the Central Asian region and that China would reject it as well—a
position a senior Russian official reiterated this week. A senior U.S. official said the
Russian president emphasized the point even though Mr. Biden didn’t seek Mr. Putin’s
support for positioning U.S. military or intelligence assets in the area.

WSJ News Exclusive | Putin Rejected Role for U.S. Forces Near Afghanistan at Summit With Biden



Again, US is more vulnerable now. Biden knew Russia/China was positioning themselves to block them out, but he still left

To ignore/downplay that reality is a foolhardy luxury that only exist in countries with coddled citizens who can cherry pick when to be informed/offended/fearful/happy at their leisure...keep playing political games Never Learning

 

[Shogun]

People are seriously making arguments in favor of foreign military occupation


I guess we’re done being infectious disease experts and have moved on to geopolitical larping

 

[thatrapsfan]

Scuitto in a race to the bottom with Tapper

shameless. I haven’t seen breathless simplistic coverage like this since early 2000s.

 

[OfTheCross]

September 11 in the White House

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

September 11 in the White House

It is deeply disturbing that this anniversary al-Qaida will be back in Kabul.

^ This is incredibly sounding like a film ive seen before!