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2021-07-15 Afghanistan

Taliban Say Do Not Want to Fight inside Afghanistan's Cities

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-15 00:51|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Duh. They'd rather you just gave up.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-07-15 13:09|| 2021-07-15 13:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Urban warfare be hard. Very hard.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-15 13:16|| 2021-07-15 13:16|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Especially for cave dwellers.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-15 13:17|| 2021-07-15 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 as the article says, back in the 90s, the city elders surrendered to the Taliban

what the article doesn't say is that some of the elders ended up ingratiating themselves and did OK under Taliban rule but a lot of the elders were killed or tortured or lost family

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-07-15 16:19|| 2021-07-15 16:19|| Front Page Top

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