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2020-03-03 Afghanistan

‘If our 5,000 prisoners - 100 or 200 more or less does not matter - do not get released there will be no intra-Afghan talks,’ says Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2020-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 Release them to Allan and let him sort it out.

Posted by AlanC 2020-03-03 08:17|| 2020-03-03 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Just introduce a few Corona carriers into them.

"Our demands have changed. You must provide care for them first. No, don't relea... No ! Don't release them ! We were only kidding, biradar."

Posted by Dron66046 2020-03-03 08:22|| 2020-03-03 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Afghanistan had only 1 reported infection as of this morning's report.

However, if the 'there are dozens or hundreds of asymptomatic for every infected showing symptoms' theory is correct, Afghanistan govt, Taliban, isis or al q will get hit just like everyone else.

Posted by lord garth 2020-03-03 08:45|| 2020-03-03 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 There is plenty of smuggling and just plain visiting relatives across the Iranian border, lord garth. Given the dearth of communications and the even worse dearth of modern medicine far from the modernities of Kabul, it’s likely the real statistics will never be known locally, let alone collected for international use.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-03 12:56|| 2020-03-03 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 And, in any case, between them the Talibs and ISIS probably killed anyone capable of administering these tests.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-03 12:58|| 2020-03-03 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Yeah... oops.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-03-03 13:23|| 2020-03-03 13:23|| Front Page Top

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