Afghanistan (where the war is over)

[John Hill]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/08/asia ... index.html

Twenty years of foreign invasion is coming to an end in Afghanistan.

[Dushan]

It should have been turned into a glass parking lot a long time ago.

[Rwy in Sight]

Dushan it would make solve a lot of problems

[TheGreenGoblin]

It should have been turned into a glass parking lot a long time ago.

Another brittle, but unsurprisingly apocalyptic, proposal from our resident right wing political sage!

[John Hill]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/americ ... IBCQQ7XHA/

US citizens told to get out of Afghanistan and to not rely on help from their government.

Meanwhile in Kunduz..

[Pontius Navigator]

Not a woman in sight and every man fit and of fighting age. They are supposed to be a warrior race.

[Undried Plum]

Every one of them appears to be unarmed. So much for a "warrior race".

Anyway, what do you expect them to do to protect themselves from the B-52s which Biden has sent against them?

[John Hill]

Not a woman in sight and every man fit and of fighting age. They are supposed to be a warrior race.

Did you consider that the one's with weapons are not running away?

[Pontius Navigator]

No, I considered they were all running away from a bomb. Doubtful if there were any armed ones running into the smoke.

My point is they should form militia and fight for their homeland and not flee to ours.

How many has NZ welcomed?

[John Hill]

My point is they should form militia and fight for their homeland and not flee to ours.

Which planet have you been on?

[Pontius Navigator]

The other half of yours and why should they not fight for their country? They fight us for ours.

Anyway answer my question.

[TheGreenGoblin]

The other half of yours and why should they not fight for their country? They fight us for ours.

Anyway answer my question.

A bit of a simplistic analysis of the the history of the events in Afghanistan in the last 5 decades, methinks PN!

[John Hill]

They fight us for ours.

Anyway answer my question.

I do not know which country you call yours.

[Pontius Navigator]

In which case you are not paying attention. And as is your want you still dont answer even the simplest question.

[John Hill]

.........you still dont answer even the simplest question.

Oh no, not this sh*t again?

[John Hill]

Afghan government forces continue to battle Taliban fighters in and around several cities as the armed group presses on with its offensive that US intelligence believes could see it take over capital Kabul within 90 days.

Fighting is raging in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded government forces hope to hold onto the capital after the Taliban’s weeklong blitz has seen it already seize nine others around the country.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/1 ... ve-updates

[John Hill]

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/up ... =770%2C770

[John Hill]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country’s second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission in Afghanistan.

The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as part of a weeklong blitz.

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east- ... cbc38f239a

[Dushan]

So I guess the plan is to pull everyone out, let the towelheads take over all of the 34 major cities and THEN turn it into a glass parking lot? That may work.

[John Hill]

No, the plan is to go home and have victory celebrations.