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2021-07-05 Afghanistan

Taliban tell NATO - get out by September 11 or be treated as 'occupying forces': Terror group's demand as they sweep across Afghanistan - with last US troops leaving within days

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-05 09:03|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Ex-MI6 chief warns terror threat to Britain posed by al-Qaeda and ISIS will grow if Western allies make 'enormous mistake' of turning their backs on Afghanistan after withdrawal

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-05 09:05|| 2021-07-05 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Ideological not just military. Several service members were converting the local savages to the Christian faith when they were threatened with court-martial. You live and die for the religion or non religion that you follow.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-07-05 09:11|| 2021-07-05 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Afghanistan: Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after militant clashes

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-05 09:15|| 2021-07-05 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The experience of Gen. Elphinstone should be a lesson on how not to leave Afghanistan.

Posted by Glenmore 2021-07-05 10:58|| 2021-07-05 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 This doesn't speak well for our 20 years of effort to train up the Afghan army. Maybe we should have spent less time on diversity and inclusion.

Posted by Matt 2021-07-05 11:01|| 2021-07-05 11:01|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ In another ten years, you'll be glad you didn't train them too well.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-05 12:01|| 2021-07-05 12:01|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ LOL True that. But in fairness to me, my instinct on the afternoon of 9/11 was to nuke the site from orbit.

Posted by Matt 2021-07-05 12:11|| 2021-07-05 12:11|| Front Page Top

Posted by Glarong Wittlesbach2168 2021-07-05 12:16|| 2021-07-05 12:16|| Front Page Top

#9 20 thousands of live, trillions of dollars and wow, Afghanistan didn't change at all!

Imagine my shock. Shock I tell ya!

Posted by DarthVader 2021-07-05 13:09|| 2021-07-05 13:09|| Front Page Top

#10 The only way to truly change Afghanistan is to crop dust it with Cobalt 60 and kill everything there for the next 25 years.

Posted by These Forkbeard7574 2021-07-05 19:55|| 2021-07-05 19:55|| Front Page Top

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