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2022-05-01 Afghanistan
Millions of people across 11 provinces in Afghanistan face blackouts after two power transmission towers were blown up
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Posted by Fred 2022-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top
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#1 
An just like as has been seen in Afghanistan for the last 1600+ years, Muslims are back to killing each other. Until the next foreign power thinks it can bring Afghanistan in the modern civilization times.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-05-01 05:50||   2022-05-01 05:50|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Chumming the waters for economic sponsorship.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-01 06:46||   2022-05-01 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 ^...in the States, it's sometimes referred to as the "Chicago Model"-gangs, corrupt government. decivilization....
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-01 06:51||   2022-05-01 06:51|| Front Page Top

#4 I expect as many won't even know the power is out.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-01 08:08||   2022-05-01 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 more like 1000 to 1500 years ago

The first major city in what is now Afghanistan to be conquered by moslems was Herut in about 650. Kabul wasn't conquered until about 950.
Posted by Lord Garth 2022-05-01 08:10||   2022-05-01 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 "Mo didn't have electricity, and now neither do you"
Posted by Frank G 2022-05-01 08:20||   2022-05-01 08:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm sure everyone who is in good with the Taliban has access to portable generators and so on.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-01 08:23||   2022-05-01 08:23|| Front Page Top

#8 "When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains.
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains.
And go to your g-d like a soldier."
Posted by irish rage boy  2022-05-01 10:56||   2022-05-01 10:56|| Front Page Top

#9 What ever happened to Gobar gas/biogas as a solution for isolated Afghan villages? Did enough ever get built to make a difference anywhere in the country?
Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-01 12:18||   2022-05-01 12:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm sure their Allen will save them
Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-01 21:35||   2022-05-01 21:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Always blowing up the infrastructure. That's why ya'll can't have nice things like civilization.
Posted by SteveS 2022-05-01 21:41||   2022-05-01 21:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Running water? Toilet paper first
Posted by Frank G 2022-05-01 22:05||   2022-05-01 22:05|| Front Page Top

#13 "When you're bouncing along on Afghanistan's plains
And you feel an unease as your battery drains,
Fear not! Just pull over, plug into the mains...
And say hi to the bones of my soldier."
Posted by Glorong Dribble4666 2022-05-01 22:47||   2022-05-01 22:47|| Front Page Top

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