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Afghanistan
Genocide In The Panjshir Valley – The Taliban Begins To Round-Up All Males 12 And Over
2021-09-13
[AND] This is a first-hand report from an asset on the ground in the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan with whom AND Magazine is in contact.

Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
forces in the Panjshir Valley are rounding up all males 12 and over and taking them away. The individuals being taken are not being questioned. There is no indication that any of these individuals will ever return. No camps have been built to hold them. Residents of the valley assume that they will all be killed as part of a "genocidal cleansing."

In the past, the Taliban typically carried out extermination operations of this type in the following manner. They herded the individuals to be killed into empty cargo containers, shot them, and then closed up the containers. The containers were then buried. This was done to avoid creating large-scale mass graves because the Taliban was conscious that these could be detected remotely via satellite and might lead to international sanctions and pressure.

Residents of the Panjshir Valley believe that the current roundup is being done to entirely strip the area of any males with knowledge of the period of American occupation. It is believed by the Taliban that it is necessary to "cleanse" the area of anyone who might be able to organize resistance to the regime in the future.

No assistance is being provided by the United States to the resistance forces still fighting in the Panjshir Valley. No assistance is being provided to individuals trying to escape from the Taliban and leave Afghanistan.

AND’s source in the Panjshir stated his belief that the United States Government wants anyone who is a witness to the ongoing atrocities to die. "They want us all to die here. We can’t talk if we’re dead. If we make it out everyone will know what happened here."
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  Thought the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan had taken back this region in the Panjshir Valley?
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-09-13 16:21  

#7  I’m a bit surprised they haven’t gone and done Roman style decimation of the entire province. Seems that would be more their style.

Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70_CE)#Destruction_of_Jerusalem tends to get cited a lot for stuff like this, but it wasn't specific to Rome (or the Greeks). Read about the sack of Thebes and Persepolis, where all the men were killed. It's basically self-preservation. If you lose, they might do the same to you. The old principle of reciprocity was last used by Uncle Sam in the Philippine-American War:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War#Atrocities

Note that it ended with American victory. The Taliban's methods aren't pretty, but they've worked since time immemorial. That's why so many extant humans bear DNA from one male line and a completely unrelated female line, geographically speaking. The men were slaughtered, and the women taken as wives.

If we had done what the Taliban are doing today, the movement would have been eliminated inside a year. Millions of mostly Pashtun members of the Taliban and associated supporters would lie in mass graves, but Afghanistan would be at peace, and we wouldn't have wasted $1T and thousands of American lives.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2021-09-13 16:17  

#6  Decimation would only get 10% of the population.

This removes anyone who might effectively object to their methods of goals while keeping the chattel and dancing boys...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-09-13 12:00  

#5  I’m a bit surprised they haven’t gone and done Roman style decimation of the entire province. Seems that would be more their style.
Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721   2021-09-13 11:29  

#4  This was done to avoid creating large-scale mass graves because the Taliban was conscious that these could be detected remotely via satellite and might lead to international sanctions and pressure.

Yeah, right - the 'international community' was fellating these guys as they marched into Kabul. They probably still are but I haven't read the BBC's website in a while.
Posted by: Raj   2021-09-13 11:17  

#3  Mao, Stalin and Hitler method.

It worked for Stalin and Mao. It was working for Hitler until he overreached.

And no, I am no admirer of any of them.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-13 09:01  

#2  How's That Doha Agreement working out?
Posted by: Sonny Black   2021-09-13 07:52  

#1  Mao, Stalin and Hitler method.
Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721   2021-09-13 01:27  

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