This is the real blackpill. Think of how easily bribed they'll be. Also Pakistanis love guns and they'll probably mass-import them at some point.
Michael Nguyen
Afghanistan will be a tribal borderland long after everything else is gone tbh.
I don't know if the UK is flat enough for that, it might be more like a Bocage type deal instead.
Parker Ortiz
It's interesting how there was some talk of the Taliban coming to a peaceful end, even a US general over there remarked that the war can't end with a military solution. The Taliban are also supposed to have some of their new recruits trained by Iran so I wouldn't be surprised if the de-escalation was just a ploy to launch this offensive.
Lincoln Torres
Taliban trained by Iran? I thought they didn't view the Shiite as Muslims? Practicality trumps all though.
Alexander Lee
They're trained and harbored by Pakistan as an extension of the Saudis, you're right in saying that Iran would never help Sunni wahhabist extremists.
According to the article 500-600 have been/are being trained by Iran with the purpose of fighting Americans and ISIS. As it's mostly unverifiable because of the anonymous sources it's probably more of an Iran is bad and we should fight them.
Logan Harris
It is, Pakistan has used the taliban to exert control over Afghanistan for a long while and it's no secret that Pakistani intelligence has haboured and trained the taliban for a long time.
Brandon Ward
I can see Iran arming their ideological enemies to push the Yanks off their eastern border, though.
James Gomez
Is the times owned by a zionist jew by any chance?
Jayden Carter
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Christian Bell
Well Pakistan has since the arrival of the Soviets supported the Taliban and probably before that, but they are an ally so nothing will be done about it.
Is any newspaper not?
Blake Torres
America has been pulling out if you remember it's not needed especially if you're arming someone that part of your regional competitors forces. What they could actually be doing is arming and training some of the talibans competitors because despite being the biggest power player in Afghanistan they are not well liked.
David Moore
What's the dark orange highlighted one? Their HQ?
Jace Phillips
Taliban controlled areas, the lighter ones are contested areas and the clear ones represent no taliban control.
Ryder Cox
Why so many enclaves? Is there even a front line?
Leo Cooper
It's the nature of guerrilla warfare and tribal conflict. Some clans ally with the taliban because others don't. It mostly comes down to who they think will win in the power struggle.
Hudson Gray
And which neighbors they hate the most I should add.
Austin Green
Sounds more political than ideological tbh We should have never gotten involved. What was the purpose of preventing Soviet expansion in the Middle East when the USSR was in it's death throes anyway.
Tyler Howard
The Taliban hold large parts of the mountainous areas as it's harder to drive them from there. It's sad to see that Helmand Province has been retaken by the Taliban as most of the British involvement was there, 454 died for absolutely nothing.
Ethan Powell
It was resources again the Afghans happen to be sitting on a shite tone of rare earth elements.
Carter Bennett
From what I was taught it was that the US didn't want the Russians expanding into the Middle-East and getting close to where the US gets its oil.
Levi Sullivan
I meant our recent war, I could not tell you why they armed the Taliban the first time round only that that they facilitated the collapse of the communist government in Afghanistan and the USSR went in to retain order. From what I remember the Afghan government did a good job during the 70's playing the USSR and America off against one another for regional control and getting alot of infrastructural projects paid by both sides in attempts to woo the Afghan government to one side.
Luis Sanchez
Afghanistan was a big tourist destination for boomer hippies in the 60s and 70s.
Nicholas Cooper
Imagine following such a weak pathetic religion that you have to blow up 1500 year old works of human engineering because a pig fucker told you to.
Mental how many undercover police there are in London nowadays. In Paris they have the military walking the streets, conducting security checks. Here we just hide them in plane clothes to keep up the pretence of being a peaceful disarmed country.
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