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Afghanistan
US intelligence agencies warn of Taliban ‘takeover’ of Afganistan
2021-03-28
[KhaamaPress] US spy and intelligence agencies have warned the Biden administration that the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
could take over most of Afghanistan within two-three years if U.S troops leave before the power-sharing deal. New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

reported.

According to New York Times, such overrun and takeover would potentially allow the al-Qaeda group to rebuild and remerge in the country.

US officials who favor keeping American troops in Afghanistan are Using intelligence reports to argue that troops must remain beyond the May 1st deadline

The report comes as the US-Taliban deal continuous to be under the review of the Biden administration, which also includes American military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

This classified intelligence assessment was prepared last year when former President Trump was in the office.
Did they actually share it with him? Because this makes it sound like they decided to save the sales pitch for a more amenable target.
Earlier, President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
said in a White House news conference that it would be extremely hard to comply with the May 1st deadline which also requires the withdrawal of 7,000 NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
forces.

On the other hand, Taliban on Friday said that the group will resume attacks on foreign troops if the Doha deal is violated.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  /\ You got that right.

Posted by: Clem   2021-03-28 18:58  

#6  who gives a fuck? let them have it.
Posted by: Chris   2021-03-28 17:57  

#5  The are propping up the narrative so war as usual can go on and fund the defense industry friends with payback channels around the world so deeply embedded now in our government.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-03-28 17:46  

#4  
We are owed stock in Afganistan llc. and are sticking around for the stock options, dividends, and convertible notes.

Afghanistan is a business transaction.
Posted by: Whomomp Stalin6875   2021-03-28 12:44  

#3  P2k,
Because they don’t hate the taliban like they hate conservatives.
Posted by: Xyz   2021-03-28 10:23  

#2  If they can't defeat the Taliban what makes them think they could defeat a real insurrection here?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-28 09:43  

#1  Those troops will never leave. Permanent war, forever. No victory, because that would end the war.
Posted by: Elmung Hatrack5948   2021-03-28 02:14  

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