How the Taliban seized Afghanistan again - BBC News

Taliban fighters have swept across Afghanistan taking control of towns and cities.
Ros Atkins looks back at recent events in Afghanistan, and how the Taliban managed to takeover.
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[@beautyofpakistan2805]

Russia: leaves afghanistan British : leaves afganistan France : leaves afghanistan USA : leaves afghanistan Afghanistan: leaves afghanistan

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

🙄

[@AbdulKhaliq-ff6tg]

They will reach Jerusalem

[@MitaraMujnuMitu]

*absolutely right brother 👏👏*

[@beautyofpakistan2805]

@@AbdulKhaliq-ff6tg yeah offcourse . this will be the end of israel .

[@vordc150]

💖💖💖

[@Echomackay]

no matter what people think about the Taliban, that victory was impressive. if that was the west they would make 100 movies and have 200 books written about it

[@chinalover2798]

Ikzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@lubnashazi1140]

Don't worry they still will showing how they win

[@zarass3818]

I agreeee

[@outoforder0]

This is like a worse defeat than the Korean war. At least the UN, US forces were fighting against China there. This time they lost fighting against the religious people's influence. Much darker times await the Afgans.

[@sasukeuchiha-fb8zb]

Yes definitely normal people dying and struggling in their own country sounds impressive!!!

[@craigmorgan4338]

Ronaldo back at United, Taliban back in Afghan its like the world is resetting itself.

[@islamredpill393]

I like how casually you mentioned them both together.

[@pacoramon9468]

Fun Fact, Ronaldo is the most famous native person.

[@akashshabir786786]

@@islamredpill393 😏 it’s about time

[@zecon990]

@@pacoramon9468 sorry that's Messi. In India, Bangaldesh even grandma grandpas knows Messi's name. But most of them don't know who Ronaldo is. And the countries i mentioned have almost one fifth of the population of earth together.

[@MAGAMAN]

Just need to put all the commies back in the ground to complete the cycle.

[@anispatel3431]

WoW, this has to be the greatest come back and take over of the past few hundred years. No tanks, drones, helicopters, humveez, satellites & taking over a country twice the size of UK in 9 days is absolute remarkable. Lets pray & hope for Peace for All.

[@konnorwerth582]

Who's side are you on🤔

[@ocesmekanics3831]

@Lycanthrope the 2 most indestructible things in the world. Ak s and toyotas

[@MAGAMAN]

This wasn't a come back, the biden regime handed it all to them. This was 100 percent treason.

[@lawrencevincent1]

There is no peace under the Taliban. What a stupid statement.

[@konnorwerth582]

@Jam1053428 wonder what plans he has cooked up for kicking the talibans stupid ass. Ps if you support them you're going to hell for certain

[@Gabriel-ir1zt]

Historians are gonna have a fun time looking at this decade. Edit: Ignore the comments please.

[@pavma7]

Man dont tell me about it my head hurts already.

[@isoomena3511]

When was the last time the Americans had an intelligent President?

[@lucasrob98]

Honestly it's just another page, we've just had nothing special going on in the West since the Cold War

[@zSion]

@Jason Allen says the basketball fan

[@zSion]

@Jason Allen I'm not comparing sports to anime. I'm comparing basketball to anime.

[@usa3203]

The Americans Underestimated how fast those toyata pickups were!😂 Edit: Thank you for the Likes!

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

yankees lost to farmers in vietnam and Afghanistan

[@vordc150]

💖💖💖

[@usa3203]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 yep

[@thebadshah5130]

by taking their air support, leaving at night without telling AFG forces morally discouraged them and finally putting a blame on the of your lost war .. what would you have expected ... and now claiming they didn't defend.... Have some shame ...

[@oanonimogreg6487]

Well, the US already lost to farmers with flip flops and AKs in Vietnam.

[@zxrSte]

This is so sad. I feel sorry for all the kids stuck in the middle of this

[@harankarthick5589]

💔 And All innocent people too…

[@adabellana77]

Senator Lindsey Graham said in an interview that Biden "should be removed," adding that he "abandoned thousands of * Afghans who fought with us * and is going to abandon some US citizens because he gave in to the Taliban until August 31." . observers said that it is impossible to remove so many people before then.

[@speed9070]

@@adabellana77 you leave you get criticized you staying you get criticized too. Nothing will satisfy every single head of the nation.

[@thriftstorechicken3395]

@@speed9070 Yeah, as much as I dislike Biden, you have a point. Anything he does in this situation will get criticized. Could he have done it better? Yes yes yes. Should we pull out? Maybe.

[@Alloyd876]

@@adabellana77 some of you just post bullshit did you even listen the report? It clearly states this deal was struck with the Taliban by the previous president. Biden is simply honoring USA signature

[@ThaiTastic]

'we will never negotiate with terrorists'.....'we did a deal with the Taliban'..😂😂😂😂

[@PlayShorts3]

😂😂😂 such an embarrassment

[@fasilo4852]

😂😂😂😂

[@turnermarcus3616]

If you rattle a snake, you should be prepared to be bitten by it. God is the owner of all people me, you, devil, Taliban,mum,dad They are worthy of worship:- God ONLY is WORTHY OF WORSHIP any opposers today? Bold test

[@khaleefspeaks4418]

Thanks to Trump !

[@guhad0108]

😂😂😂

[@hanson1048]

War is just old man arguing and young man dying

[@pacyguy7144]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnLSp3eej8agl9k females kiIIing the taliban

[@Biden_is_demented]

"..and young morons dying". There, fixed it for you. Because you have to be a moron, to fall for any politician´s snake oil. The only war worth fighting is to defend your home and family. If you have to travel thousands of miles to fight, you are already doing it wrong. There´s a reason why the US Armed Forces are experiencing record numbers of suicides. When you find yourself in the wrong side of morality and goodness, the soul begins to die. That´s the reason many choose to eat a bullet. Because they know, deep down, that they are fighting the wrong war, and have innocent blood on their hands. Do not volunteer to fight for those sniveling murderous politicians, no matter their political color. They are the same shit.

[@liaqathaydari3717]

I agree with you sir ,very well said

[@QuincyIsCrispy]

@@Biden_is_demented Yes, totally, as if conscription doesn't exist, as if militaries don't use extremely predatory and manipulative techniques to recruit soldiers, its totally completely the fault of the victims.

[@stephenduke412]

And woman crying 😢

[@XD2021]

*"If u have a problem, fly away from it"* *-Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan.*

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

ghani is a coward and traitor who sold Afghanistan out

[@dlads79]

Afghanistan has problems, always have had and as you can see by them falling off planes, they can't fly

[@XD2021]

@Osman Al-Ghazi I'm a son of my Mother, successor of my ancestors who don't give a **** to ur ancestors and I'm here to telling u the same thing as my ancestors have done before. Bow on my knees so i can **** u up

[@weasel3478]

I need my own land

[@FlyingFishXYZ]

@Osman Al-Ghazi I am the son of my mother and father, successor of my ancestors, elected by some rando for whatever reason, and I beg thee to not make a comment this cringy again

[@dissmr]

British officially ended all combat operations in Afganistan in 2014. Just saying.

[@dissmr]

@Chives Brits could not wait to get out..yet here speaking like they liberated Berlin. Amerikans tried to the end..20 years is enough If Afghan men dont want to fight for their women and kids..then good bye

[@tonyryan1574]

@Chives which they didn't, they held every base in Helmand, including the one the Real Marines took over from the 13 weekers

[@johnsolodovesky582]

lesson learned: nobody can win in Afghanistan.

[@nottodaywillj2723]

well... the Taliban just did

[@ryanfranklin4706]

@@nottodaywillj2723 they sure did.

[@bab00n15]

@@nottodaywillj2723 taliban are afghani, no?

[@ghostmaster5658]

Taliban won!!!

[@genericorochimain7027]

Yep at some point someone’s gonna overthrow the taliban and it will be infinite conflict Eternal tit for tat

[@americansupervillain4595]

The Taliban always had sympathizers/members within the Afghan government and armed forces. So, a Taliban take over was assured once America left. The only question was how quickly it would happen.

[@Valyssi]

It didn't even need sympathisers, mere apathy was enough. The Afghan army knew it had more to fear from the Taliban if they resisted, than it would have to fear from its own government if it deserted (after all, the Afghan government and a lot of generals fled the country). Any convictions they might have held aside, the only logical thing for them to do in that situation was surrender and ensure their own safety. America either greatly underestimated the importance of morale in war (which I doubt since they have plenty of experience with war) or straight up didn't care

[@hilariouspetschannel9783]

4 Reasons A Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Matters To The World HERE THE VIDEO kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmGngYVspLqtf80

[@americansupervillain4595]

@@Valyssi "Morale in war" I agree we dropped the ball on that one, which is inexcusable.

[@ashcatchum]

This has been months of them revving up after they knew we were leaving, people act like this happened over night and it didn’t. So far they are keeping the agreement of letting USA leave and that’s all that matters right now.

[@krustyclown2152]

Of course! Who can possibly have allegiance to a foreign-imposed government. This is more about Afghan nationalism than support for Islamism. Ditto for Vietnam who were also nationalists first before they were communists.

[@garydarrah2686]

An uncomfortable loss? That is the journalistic understatement of this century. What's happened is a catastrophe.

[@unknownus3r]

Why is it a catastrophe that a corrupt puppet government was ousted by Afghanis?

[@unknownus3r]

@Mcillsonn how disingenuous of you, because the Americans care so much about the Afghans?

[@unknownus3r]

@Mcillsonn then you can shut up thanks 👍

[@BeeLZBeeb]

@Osman Al-Ghazi how many times are you gonna post that comment on every comment? Are you lonely? Go have a drink and some fresh air.

[@gpl992]

@@unknownus3r Are you saying the Taliban is any better?Not all Afghans are Taliban,just look how many are trying to evacuate.That says alot.

[@MAGAMAN]

How the Taliban seized Afghanistan again: Biden: Here you go. Taliban: OK, now get out.

[@idykhan1926]

Was inevitable.. Ask the British, ask the Soviets.... Now ask uncle Sam.

[@thebreeze1325]

That’s literally now how it happened, but ok buddy. Lmao.

[@idykhan1926]

@@thebreeze1325 hahahahaha okkkkkk, so the US didn't lose the war?... 😅

[@thebreeze1325]

@@idykhan1926 When did I say that?

[@aarone1777]

Next; President President Biden sir; can you help us? We are too stupid to run a country!

[@Cmoth040]

The title of this video is basically: "Leaving your vehicle unlocked with the keys in it and being mystified that someone could steal it".

[@fettfan91]

In a nutshell, yes.

[@user-sd3kq4ls7n]

Afghaanistan is NOT America's vehicle. It belongs to the Afghaan people and it's up to them to deal with their affairs.

[@zinab2blessa]

'Stealing a vehicle and being mystified when the owner fights you to get it back, wins and then kicks you out' is more accurate 🙂

[@Cmoth040]

@@zinab2blessa The US lost due to a lack of structured planning, improperly preparing those we left and then leaving. We beat ourselves. The Taliban are only capable of beating their own disarmed people. The Mujahedeen were only able to beat the Doviets with CIA supplied munitions, especially shoulder launchers SAM systems. Thr only thing worse than a troll, is an ignorant troll. Have a happy day.

[@AliHussain-wv4qv]

If you ever feel usless just remember the UN is a thing 😂😂😂

[@myles3856]

Yes

[@dammlemontree562]

Thanks, I needed that to be honest.

[@ishurockstar]

Yes indeed, We Indian Occupied Kashmiri and Palestinians have realized this some decades ago and you are realizing it now.

[@angelgallegos199]

The UN was establish to prevent world powers from destroying the world. Since I don’t have to go outside in a radioactive suit, I think they’re doing a good job. 70 years and no nuclear war yet. Thank you UN.

[@texajp1946]

UN is useless because evil empire usa and israel have veto power

[@7rich79]

When they say that billions of dollars was spent on military equipment, it would be interesting to see what it was spent on and where it went. We shouldn't forget that the Pentagon has never passed an audit. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that equipment that was officially sold to the Afghan government was never even manufactured, let alone sent to Afghanistan.

[@project0624]

Tell that to the Taliban who somehow have 100's of C17s, Hercules C130s, and reports of Abrams. That's minus the armor, uniforms, and weaponry

[@locustswarminbound8702]

Mostly spent on contracters nickel and diming us on everything from infrastructure to weapons and supplies.

[@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams.]

No... the Taliban did not seize that many aircraft. Yes a few aircraft were left by fleeing Afghan forces. The vast majority of airworthy craft were flown out with much of the older equipment the Afghan Security forces had. Yes it is also true some Afghan Security forces defected and handed over the aircraft and the equipment they were supposed to fly out. However we've remotely disabled these craft and some equipment. Sure, they'll figure out how to bypass some of our disabling measures. But you're grossly over exaggerating the situation. As for the billions in military supplies and equipment. Much of it was over valued hand-me-downs. Additionally there is a lot of corruption we had to deal with and to some extent allow for fear of losing the few ranking memebers of the Afghan Security forces. Yes! It was a struggle just to find a few competent men to hold high ranking positions. Many were corrupt but all we had to work with. There came a point in 2011 when we could no longer choose to weed out the bad ones if we were to ever leave. Remember, we did this. We overthrew the Taliban government. We had to at least give the appearance of a functioning Afghan Security force in order to leave. Few men signed on to join the force. At which point we began accepting "former" Taliban members. Desertion and drug use among the Afghan Security forces was rampant. They simply couldn't rise up to the level required to secure the country. We tried for almost eight year to play a supporting role. So when they appeared at to look organized and capable we took off. In reality we needed to stay on with a skeletal crew to feed intelligence and advise like we continue to do in many countries across the world. The Afghan Security forces simply lacked organization, professionalism, and integrity. Few were willing to listen or learn how to be soldiers. They would played solider, particularly for news cameras... but in reality most smoked pot, others used heroine, and refused to take the job seriously. The vast majority thought our being there would be indefinite. When we did leave desertion, disarray, plundering of equipment and supplies, and tanking morale soared. It was too late for us to stop. We were already speeding down the runway.

[@Kernewik101]

Usa left it all behind...billions of $$$ worth of top notch military vehicles equipment. Stupid doesnt cover it....

[@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams.]

@@Kernewik101 Wrong! You're reading fake news. Bagram was stripped of nearly everything. They had what we gave or sold them. Nothing state of the art!

[@ambassador8524]

They played “The Boys Are Back in Town” as soon as they got there.

[@adamsamuel6706]

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill Down at Dino's Bar'n'Grill

[@reambeam2118]

@@adamsamuel6706 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnLSp3eej8agl9k females kiIIing the taliban

[@mikeayia8819]

Lmao

[@rossstewart8497]

😂😂😂

[@ambassador8524]

@@rossstewart8497 sad but true…

[@Kavala76]

In February 2020 the USA agreed to leave Afghanistan by May 2021. NATO forces have now had 18 MONTHS to plan and execute an evacuation. They didn't. Who's fault is that?

[@davewalker1070]

Maybe because Trump was too busy fighting the dumbassacrats.

[@vreeke777]

Forget About NATO That dies not exist

[@WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo]

@@davewalker1070 Yeah, he was too busy playing Golf and watching TV, then spends his remaining time arguing in Twitter.

[@anthonypetrillo8918]

@@WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo lol did taliban take over under trump or Biden?

[@MAGAMAN]

@@WasntYourFaultYouHaveToLetMeGo You are an idiot. Biden has been in charge 8 months. Biden said he had a plan. What you are seeing is Biden's plan.

[@_me_priyanshu_19]

"Even the worst days have an ending and the best days have a beginning".. Stay strong Afghan people..

[@LesliePeter]

Hasn't Blinken asked China and Russia for help to evacuate all US and its allies' personnel? Isn't the US so exhausted in Afghanistan, that is has to show such a low profile to its former enemy in order to retreat safely? Doesn't the US need China and Russia, to help "clean up" the mess in Afghanistan it left behind, and make its leaving less ugly? Isn't the US trying to retreat from the Middle East while strengthening its strategic structure around China with the sole purpose of containing China? Should China help the US to suppress China?

[@vordc150]

💖💖💖

[@swaroov9236]

@Osman Al-Ghazi Islam is a Dirt

[@swaroov9236]

@Osman Al-Ghazi who do you worship at the black stone at kaaba , aren't you some idolaters yourself

[@ahmadali-lb4gg]

Not Afghanistan army. There are USA army. There also want to back to USA. They are paid by USA as soldier.

[@TheWayofthecode]

It's the first time after a longtime that I watch decent material from a mainstream news outlet. Hats off to BBC.

[@reambeam2118]

@md kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnLSp3eej8agl9k females kiIIing the taliban

[@HitPay]

@Aram Santogidis Yeah this was a surprising breath of fresh air.

[@hhdgdhum]

Right on

[@L.Fenton]

Define decent material.

[@king_onion5]

It's because it's not on England it's on the us

[@jaleelaslam7341]

The Taliban which the USA started a war on 20 years ago would be old now, 2 whole decades have past. The Taliban we see on our screens today are much younger and more educated which means they are newer recruits. How can they recruit and train at this level when they are displaced by war and have no communication due to the restrictions and broken infrastructure. Mind boggles.????

[@zinab2blessa]

Good questions. Something is fishy and someone has been definitely funding them. Time will tell who. I just hope my fears never come true😔

[@nonamewanderer]

It is not a surprise. Taliban controlled around 40% of Afghan territory during the past 20 years. They had all the resources i.e. people, money from drugs, land etc. to run a parallel economy and society.

[@idkjustchangingmyname7343]

I feel like this is a silly question. Guerrilla warfare has been a thing for centuries. Recruiting those who feel displaced, hit and run, etc. Now the question of if the USA failed in fighting and wasted countless LIVES and resources is without debate they did.

[@b4d69]

because they aren't the unruly monsters that they're portrayed as. they took back control without a single round fired because afghans would rather take a chance with their own kind, than get pillaged by the foreigners and their UAV strikes...

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

@@nonamewanderer

[@deanwitt7903]

There were two winners here ! The taliban and Toyota who got to show the world their trucks are built tough !

[@Redaku418]

The crazy part is that this is only in Kabul. Imagine all the other cities

[@icarus3797]

I came to know that many of the young Taliban leaders have degrees from Harvard,Yale,UPenn,Cornell, Georgetown and Oxford. It was quite hard to believe for me before ...But, it's a fact! They came back to Afghanistan for power and wealth and most of them were funded by Taliban's opium money 💰.. They are completely changing their nationalities and religion. Most surprising they use Indian passport and their name is similar to Hindus. None has any Muslim name. So, American and British Universities should think and check twice before giving admission to an Indian Hindu student.🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🤬 My friend did his PhD in Foreign service at Georgetown university and he told me first about this facts. He had a Indian🇮🇳 Hindu friend named Ram Prakash who was also a PhD student there but later he got to know his real identity but he didn't tell it to anyone for his security concerns. It's becoming more difficult day by day to recognize them so Indian student numbers should be reduced in order to stop Taliban.

[@franciswarutumo1627]

@@icarus3797 wow,

[@pasqualparade5799]

There are rumors Taliban go house to house in those cities, to seize all girls above 16 or 14 years..

[@icarus3797]

@@franciswarutumo1627 Bro this is a fact. You gotta see this in News within a few weeks.

[@nanakohonda3130]

@@icarus3797 what? That doesn't make sense. Indians don't really look like Afghans.. Also do they speak same language?

[@gavinhartley5454]

What's the Taliban's favourite pop song? "The boys are back in town."

[@JavedKhan-jp9zl]

'Allah Hoo' by Nusrat Fateh Ali khan

[@Nicomanism]

....no.

[@shriganeshshree6665]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shriganeshshree6665]

Agree

[@Gangstax111]

more like 'Started from the bottom now we here' Lmfao

[@manabu_dev]

You should know the story of what one simple Japanese doctor did in Afghanistan without any weapon, or dead, Nakamura was known for dedicating his life to helping the Afghan people, especially for his work in developing an irrigation system and improving agriculture in eastern Afghanistan. He reconstructed and help Afghanistan people with new skills, education and learn themselves. On the other hand 20 years of America and western military forces failure so bad that everyone can see it.. unfortunately Dr Tetsu Nakamura died… before his death.. “His car was being followed by a security vehicle carrying four people including local staff of the NGO” … “The doctor said such bullets are uncommon in the country”.. who killed him was not a person from Afghanistan by from NATO

[@randomdude2492]

My dad told me about him

[@NPak-cw1ny]

The security forces were paid employees that had a good paying job, they had little interest in supporting the government.

[@janetrogers4738]

They were often not paid due to corruption. And many had 0 access to weapons or bullets they were locked up. So what fight with sticks

[@HypocriticYT]

“Never a good time to withdraw US forces” so let’s screw it up royally

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

i can not wait for the day for us to collapse and disappear from the face of the earth

[@RAHHicecream]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 you’ll be waiting for a long time 😝 don’t hold your breath

[@razony]

The Taliban screwed this up, Afghanistan screwed up by leaving their own people and country. I will NEVER have any respect for Afghans EVER again!

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@hat8918]

May not be a good time, but there was certainly a better method.

[@cookiekirkland8689]

Please incorporate Closed Captions in your reporting of the news. We the Deaf and Hard of Hearing would like to be included in your reporting. Thank you Respectfully Cookie Kirkland 👍🤟

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@markdowns9607]

Don't take it the wrong way however where and when the BBC are involved you are not missing much 😂🤣😂🤣👍

[@hush5640]

@@markdowns9607 Savage

[@SahilP2648]

Watch DW news. Much better.

[@markdowns9607]

@@SahilP2648 anything is better than the BBC !

[@SealTeamZero]

America: Rage quits Taliban: Thanks for the free loot Amerika!

[@FantastiXPvZ]

They took it from Afghan soldiers not from the US. There a difference.

[@stormtruppen4039]

@@FantastiXPvZ and who gave those toys to the Afgan soldiers? Clearly not Santa Claus! XD

[@christy9766]

🤪🤦🤣

[@sipkyleontroll]

Nasturbator Ekstreeme 😂😂😂😂😂

[@fahrulasraf4908]

@@stormtruppen4039 wkwkwk very funny

[@ivandrago4259]

This is why I love the BBC. No political misdirection or views. No talking shit. Just facts and two sides of the story and we make up our minds on what's going on.

[@mert2841]

You love the BBC? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@pyrdepavkki1601]

@@mert2841 Not funny, didn’t laugh

[@alexander.petevski]

That's the biggest joke I've ever heard in my life! Where did you see the two sides?! I see a propaganda and nothing else! It's just ridiculous to see people write this kind of comments! I know you like what they say- it's obvious! However don't make it seem like it's objective cause it's not! Period

[@pyrdepavkki1601]

@@alexander.petevski Explain to us why you deem that the BBC is *not* fair? I mean, they are not like Fox News, which is a private business, but rather the official broadcasting network of the UK, which generally tends to be, by its news, fair in this sort of things, unlike Fox News for ex.

[@kingmbkian774]

As persian translater ... my friend u wrong. They showed a scene of pre president which DIDNT said any thin they translated in eng If its jokes didnt get it sorry

[@usa3203]

Taliban troops having fun in amusement parks is the best clip i have seen in 2021😂!

[@vordc150]

💖💖💖

[@LesliePeter]

Who got rich of arming the Taliban/ Afghanistan? US Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop-Grumman Lockheed-Martin and General dynamics quietly raked in billions of dollars from the slow-motion fiasco while the US taxpayers footed the bill. Shouldn’t American know by now that the US not only paid US soldiers to go over there but they also paid the Afghan soldiers MORE than US soldiers to fight there? Total cost was 2.26 trillion dollars 300 million dollars per day spent on this war for 20 years. 800 billion direct war fighting 269 billion US veterans 85 billion train the Afghan army 5 billion a year per in aid for Afghanistan 750 million for the Afghan soldier payroll So the US finds that it was cheaper to pay the Afghan army then actually send US soldiers there.

[@Nathan-1234]

they burnt it down the same day

[@JoeMaranophotography]

@Osman Al-Ghazi Fuck Islam. Believe in the truth. You live. You die. The end.

[@antonio7497]

@@JoeMaranophotography I will gave you one tag "Islamophobic"

[@vdo3000]

Actual strength of Afghan army was about 50K due to desertions and "ghost" soldiers.

[@vordc150]

💖💖💖

[@LesliePeter]

Who got rich of arming the Taliban/ Afghanistan? US Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop-Grumman Lockheed-Martin and General dynamics quietly raked in billions of dollars from the slow-motion fiasco while the US taxpayers footed the bill. Shouldn’t American know by now that the US not only paid US soldiers to go over there but they also paid the Afghan soldiers MORE than US soldiers to fight there? Total cost was 2.26 trillion dollars 300 million dollars per day spent on this war for 20 years. 800 billion direct war fighting 269 billion US veterans 85 billion train the Afghan army 5 billion a year per in aid for Afghanistan 750 million for the Afghan soldier payroll So the US finds that it was cheaper to pay the Afghan army then actually send US soldiers there.

[@matthewrogerson9119]

Actual strength was zero!

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

the Yankees with all their mighty military technology and firepower couldnt taliban and got defeated by them

[@abuhurairah9977]

No. In reality even almost all Afghan army love taliban and hate western corrupt puppets that's why they never wanted to fight their taliban brothers. Now, i think bbc should ask, "How wester media doing islamophobic nudist warmongering again?" Or "Why almost all Afghan women and men support Taliban and why western feminist satanist cry about it?”

[@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok]

I was so happy and overjoyed when biting and ended the war in Afghanistan. After 20 years, I couldn't stop crying. I was so happy..🌎

[@DA-md6ki]

It's about time people realised that we're all living extras in a globalist reality TV show.

[@kellymcclure2166]

It's not about time, time wasn't a issue with trump's agreements. Biden wanted to just leave with no plan. That's the issue, this would be less of a issue if our USA government parties would stop fighting eachother over things and listen to the people.

[@jenjandamuy1241]

So sad for this struggling country. My prayers goes to you Afghan people.

[@KASPA-KEY]

Oh ya all those people desperately trying to escape want to live in the stone ages. Everyone has a mother.

[@t2dab936]

they suffered for 20 years they will be ok

[@EllahaeMehr]

@King of the Saxons STOP speaking for Afghans! No one wants Tlban rule!

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

The Afghans defeated Britain in the eighteenth century, defeated the Soviet Union in 89, and now defeated America 20 years later. Something strange

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

For 20 years, American planes have been killing the Afghan people

[@mt8956]

Corruption in the Afghan government and military made the Taliban gain land fast.

[@public.public]

USAmerica lost yet another war and the Terrorists and the billionaires won. That is the problem when the billionaire's arms industry sponsors thus controls the politicians to make sure a war is run at a stalemate for as long as possible, undermanned and never won, for the maximum profit to the billionaire owned military industrial complex. Profits accomplished.

[@Mike-fn4ti]

Who's gonna win: A. The greatest, richest country with the most powerful military on Earth B. Bunch of beard guys with pick up trucks

[@sadeefnayeem3318]

beard guys ofc

[@ekim4926]

Said greatest country couldn’t even beat a bunch of farmers with pitchforks

[@Unholygamewinner]

I’d argue they’re one of the worst countries😂 And they lost anyways. Fucked it

[@azurius4507]

not richest, it has the biggest ECONOMY on earth, and one of the strongest militaries, yet not the most powerful.

[@harry-cj6wu]

the bearded guys get to shoot first

[@7mong61]

In the meantime amidst all of these, Canada is still in bed sleeping.

[@joermnyc]

We should have focused on taking apart Al Queda, and Bin Laden and then leave with a warning to the Taliban: “stay in your lane.”

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

They never controlled the north and they still don't.

[@jhidalgo8592]

It looks like they want the whole road.

[@bxs4122]

I think they are all one group

[@bxs4122]

@@cryptozoomauler5505 they control all of country

[@jameslatief1]

A good leader knows when to admit his mistakes.

[@lubnashazi1140]

Not an American

[@delCallao84]

And make sure he’s on vacation too, right?

[@delCallao84]

@@SuperTDSmith spoiler alert: Jœy Bribes didn’t break 10 million votes. I know it. You know it. And they know it.

[@richardsarmiento65]

Apparently there are no "good" leaders. F*ck this earth

[@fixerupper3042]

Not trump though., the guys made every mistake in the book but wouldn't admit it.

[@j0o235]

The Taliban never seized Afghanistan it was given it..

[@randybentley7953]

Correct.

[@kacabso721]

In your dreams..sore statement.losers speach..cowards arrogance y'all run away after 20 years..swallow your fake bride and admit it you lost against Taliban..

[@zxrSte]

@@kacabso721 wow second nasty horrible comment iv seen you post. Whats your problem with people?

[@SN-xk2rl]

It was absurd for the Brit to tell the Taliban fighter that the Taliban started the fighting. Britain is far away from Afghanistan, yet has tried to shape that country for almost 200 years, same with Russia and the US has been very active in Afghanistan from late 1970s (with withdrawal in 1990s) up to the present moment. Three foreign imperialist powers competing to control Afghanistan and this dolt says the indigene is the problem. What a complete joke.

[@sh--g4462]

I feel like a sequel is already in production

[@bini420]

you giving off real abed nadir vibes

[@lohkoonhoong6957]

He says he doesn't care now, as he sweeps The problem away; Afghanistan weeps.

[@admiralkipper4540]

Except it doesn’t because the Taliban has almost 100% approval from the population, They were already the official government before the US decided to invade of course the people let them back in

[@genericorochimain7027]

@@admiralkipper4540 yeah 100% approval all those people at the airport fleeing really look like hardline taliban supporters

[@admiralkipper4540]

@@genericorochimain7027 the people in the airports are just looking for a free ride to first world, of a country of tens of millions those people are utterly insignificant statistically

[@eugenelee3553]

Thank you for the summary and the dark awakening.

[@SuperJuntax]

I just dont get it, during past years people blamed US for "occupation" and now people also blame US for leaving afghan

[@bab00n15]

im actually happy biden gave the ultimatum to leave. Eenough was enough. They knew their puppet govt would collapse and kind of did nothing about it. Thats whats disturbing. Also, If the Taliban had taken over after complete US withdrawal, that would've been a different thing. But this happened before; thus the incompetence argument.

[@Adriana.Gabriela]

And they are to blame for both. They meddled where they weren't supposed to, and now basically made the Taliban even more powerful given the US equipment siezed by them, and now they left the Afghan army that isn't much more powerful than it used to be to defend the country against the Taliban that are more pwerful than they used to be. Because of the US

[@reflections9234]

Afghan troops were a buffer and a function of occupation, when the master left, the servant lost all purpose.

[@rogerdodger8813]

The Problem was that while the Americans were there they did all the heavy lifting, did they ever allow the Afghans to go solo???

[@reflections9234]

@@rogerdodger8813 The "Afghan army" had some support, but they did most of the fighting since 2012. What they lost last week was not their ability to fight, it was the purpose of their existence. Taliban kept on fighting, because their purpose went beyond liberating their country, they have a clear project, something their soldiers think it’s worth dying for.

[@mujahid-9630]

@@rogerdodger8813 what kind of heavy lifting? Afghan army lost 83000 fighters while USA lost 2-3k. I think afghan army just realised it’s not worth it fighting your own people to keep USA happy.

[@jamilafatima]

Ak 47 transfer to M16 TOYOTA pick up transfer to Ford wagon ...... Great job last 20 years 👏

[@mikeincognito]

Toyota Pick Up to Ford Wagon its a downgrade tho..

[@mikemoreno3209]

All I know is I love the United States of America but who the hell are we to tell another country who has been living a certain way of life for thousands of years that they need to change their ways, WTF!!!

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

The problem is that the culture of others does not agree with American policy, and the American government are all war criminals, ready to wage wars for the interests of private companies.

[@oldcrowtj4937]

The sad part.How is it that there is ANY lithium left there. 20 years the US had to strip mine every last molocule. No EPA. Extremely low labor costs. Literally a business dream come true. WTF?

[@takemygungetsomecopper7619]

What evidence do you have to support your opinion 🤔 look up proxy wars and stop thinking like a kid in high school

[@RandyTWA]

I’ll set aside all the things I’d like to say and instead give credit to the BBC for an informative, factual timeline on the events that have lead to the current debacle. We’ll done!

[@bazle64]

Propaganda more like

[@RandyTWA]

@@bazle64 I’m no apologist for the media but this piece was nothing more than a factual timeline.

[@PeteBogg]

Even a broken clock.....

[@bazle64]

@@RandyTWA 💩💩

[@RandyTWA]

@@bazle64 Dee Dee = Doo Doo

[@sidney6021]

What you failed to grasp is that the Taliban took a lot of territory without fighting because the people wanted them. Even soldiers in the military support the Taliban which is why they abandoned their post and left.

[@TheEthik87]

As a combat vet, been to Kandahar... this breaks my heart. 11 days. I spent 12 months in Khost Providence, fighting a force great enough to take over a country in 11 days. Thank you god for the opportunity to type this. Pray for these poor people.

[@rafiullah3434]

how was the experience? are they good fighters?

[@TheEthik87]

@@rafiullah3434 To be honest some were. Some were not, just like us. But they fight in a style we just can not train for. There’s not a ‘front line’ where they are on one side and we are on the other. They are always surrounding you, attack from the shadows, from the cover of the mountains, with remote controlled IED’s.. If they were to face us head to head it would probably be a no contest fire fight. But they use guerrilla warfare, and attack in small numbers, multiple places at one time. They are smart.

[@rafiullah3434]

@@TheEthik87 well, they have to use those tricks considering they have AKs and toyotas against 21st century modern warfare

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

For 20 years, American planes have been killing the Afghan people

[@v4life83]

I don like Taliban at all, but that's what happens when you fight with the locals.

[@VJNirav]

Superb reporting BBC , very well documented

[@Villaineditings]

C'mon man that was 4 or 5 days ago

[@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475]

*"Fell without a fight".* Well, there you go. Fight for your own country or don't. Stop saying OTHER people should. It's been 20 YEARS.

[@nikolas8741]

Agree 1000%

[@myfamily7001]

Exactly...

[@wercs6326]

Exactly, America isn’t anyone’s mother, if you love your country fight for it

[@hakunamatata887]

Lesson: don’t start a war in OTHER countries, once you start it, the people in other countries would keep asking for trillions and zillions money every year.

[@randomthing9712]

Can't wait for a video explaining how Toyota exactly making an expandable tactical civilian pic up

[@navyreviewer]

Toyota, let's go places. LOL.

[@minsapint8007]

Great answer by the Taliban commander to the allegation that the Taliban started the fighting. When the State Department suggested to Bush that he could talk to the Taliban, he stated "Fuck diplomacy. We're going to war." That sounds like fighting talk to me.

[@PKPKPK1]

What a harshe but incredibly accurate report

[@reambeam2118]

@pr kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnLSp3eej8agl9k females kiIIing the taliban

[@treasonuniversity7455]

“Looks like by April, you know in theory when it gets a little warmer, the Taliban miraculously goes away.”

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@notarmchairhistorian7779]

"It was four, five days ago!"

[@MiamiMillionaire]

Isn't it funny how hard the USA suddenly tries to negotiate with the Taliban, where one of their highest principles has always been not to negotiate with terrorists 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FCPCPF]

US principles are always fluid. Whatever suits them is its only principle.

[@mvpdjwcc6844]

Obama negotiated with terrorist he traded 5 high ranking terrorist for a deserter who was captured after abandoning his post.

[@gorillaglue3962]

@@mvpdjwcc6844 trump let 3,500 of them out! Your Point?

[@mvpdjwcc6844]

@@gorillaglue3962 America not negotiating with terrorist is all talk is my point. Thanks for the support 👍 and backing my point.

[@TrojanVirus]

They're not terrorists. Very few countries label taliban as terrorists.

[@cynthiasonmez4506]

300000 Afghan military men refused to fight for their own countries 2000 years of culture Nothing New here

[@mynameiswoman]

Maybe because they're more loyal to their faith than infidels invading their countries, profiting off of war and stealing their resources.

[@davejeremy6353]

Hi Cynthia

[@buendu3049]

American media is stronger than their military…hahaha

[@lubnashazi1140]

Full of fake news. King of liars

[@Luca-nu2zg]

@The Mikhael can you give some examples. Just shouting ‘Western propaganda’ at everything you don’t like doesn’t mean anything

[@j_9307]

If you ever feel useless, remember that the most powerful nation on Earth spend 2 TRILLION only to lose to some flip-flop farmers with Ak-47s!

[@madensmith7014]

This time they have Toyota pick-ups, clearly a superior war machine

[@nikolas8741]

Now they have M16 and the entire arsenal the US send there to fight against this farmers. They're now giving the US a taste of their own medicine. Not good

[@sudhirraghubir]

@@madensmith7014 Does the Toyota Pick-up also fly like the US Legendary Black Hawk ,piloted by Chuck Norris ,Chief Co-pilot -Clint Eastwood ...err..like Dual -use Technology??

[@sudhirraghubir]

''NOT flip-flop farmers with Ak-47s!' Flip Flop wearing ...in minus 40 c ...Goat herdsmen ,very purposeful and determined.and EXTREMELY backward

[@vivosereni]

360,000 Afgan soldiers against 80,000 Taliban soldiers . The biggest joke ever .

[@jimwright5492]

Hard to believe they just gave up

[@srijanme]

It took twenty years for U.S to transfer power from Taliban to Taliban.

[@fastmclaren71]

Not long before America feels the need to fight for their freedom by flying their army 7 thousand mile away to "save" the Afghani people.

[@mitheelvartak5639]

Nothing more than an arms business deal, events foillow

[@genehatch2733]

💯💯 LIT-ERRAAAAALLLLL-YYYYYYYYYY

[@edgargaming6935]

I hope everyone in Afghanistan people is okay and i feel really sad

[@jessejonathan5138]

Narcissist in social media

[@hewadsaad1378]

Why? Bcs they are falsefully blamed of 9/11. A lie which was backed by 0 evidence. Or because u think women can not go to school? If the first is your point, then kindly provide your evidence, if women is the issue, then I would agree with u but just for a while. Cs their decision on banning women from schools is not a final decision, there is yet another final decision to come. Me personally, I hope they open the schools for women as well. Looking forward

[@nickfrodsad1161]

You can’t seize something if it’s given to you 👍

[@b4d69]

like one's own birthplace and country? how awfully magnanimous.

[@juliojjesgmailcom]

Thanks BBC for the Excellent Video-Report.

[@qaiserabbas7890]

Taliban message is clear to us soldiers "stay home stay safe"

[@daverhin5975]

If that was true 9/11 wouldn't have happened

[@djlackey9273]

"Coalition" used very loosely there lmao

[@elegance1992]

Oh man... this is so sad. I feel so fortunate being able to live in Canada. I hope other countries can step in to help.

[@dpurcell5]

Not so sure... The islamics are gaining strength in your own country. They will overcome you, just as they will us here in England. No-one is safe from this death cult.

[@audify3833]

@@dpurcell5 haha cry more 🤡

[@thecool24681]

Canada? 😂😂😂 one of the worst countries on earth. Liberalism is a cancer.

[@brandoncue3013]

Complete bs everyone in that room knew what was going to happen any soldier on the ground knew what was going to happen, every single person living there knew exactly what was going to happen

[@winstonsmith7293]

Excellent observation, yes! Do these fools really believe intelligence agencies were not cognizant of the real-time situation as it evolved? The naivety of the public is truly astounding. 😂

[@coryvallad7578]

Maybe the US needs to mind our business now focus on making the country way better...... not focusing on other countries that ultimately hate us

[@zoobrizz]

It to late.

[@hilariouspetschannel9783]

4 Reasons A Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Matters To The World HERE THE VIDEO kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmGngYVspLqtf80

[@emmanuelmenoji7853]

Taliban vs US/NATO This is Liverpool vs Milan comeback, greatest ever! My heart bleeds for those left-behind and trapped Afghans who worked with the allied forces. I pray Jesus will help them and keep them safe.

[@vitamine8105]

Jesus can't help no one without the premission of GOD,jesus is a prophet of GOD,so is moses,abraham,noah,mohammed(peace and blessings of GOD be upon them all)

[@kacabso721]

Jesus a man who didn't help him self by crucifixion, and didn't help us/eu troops how he can help the afgans who doesn't subscribe what you bleive..😂

[@emmanuelmenoji7853]

@@kacabso721 of course he still can help them. Jesus' resolution for conflicts between humans is not war. He can help everyone. He helps everyone, especially the vulnerable.

[@emmanuelmenoji7853]

@@vitamine8105 Jesus is our advocate with God. He helps anyone according to the will of God. God has given Him all authority in heaven and on earth, and this world that is being destroyed by humans will soon be renewed and governed by the Kingdom of Jesus. All these wickedness of man will reach its zenith and the rule of man will come to an end. The government of man can never bring perfect peace. Jesus is the true Prince of Peace!!!

[@dpurcell5]

@@emmanuelmenoji7853 Utter nonsense. A figment of someone's imagination back in the stone age..."Especially the vulnerable"? What tosh!

[@clintwestwood1895]

King me! - America..... Afghanistan- We are playing Chess here not Checkers cowboy, are you cool?

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

This Will haunt America for decades

[@ahmadali-lb4gg]

British, Rusia and USA lost in war with Afghanistan people.

[@julesybethmedlini]

Looks to me like the USA did what they planned to do. Take out Osama and train Afghanistan to be a better Afghanistan. Who is to blame if the Afghanistan troops preferred taking drugs during training instead of paying attention. We did not lose. Afghanistan lost to Afghanistan.

[@itsourlife]

@@julesybethmedlini That's very simplistic. This is intelligence failure not only on part of USA but every other country in the world. Without existing situation it's impossible for a 9 day literally bloodless takeover. 20 years and they don't even know what's going on? Shameful. Shows downfall of the west if it could not judge.

[@julesybethmedlini]

@@itsourlife sometimes the simplest thing is the truth. 20 years and billions spent. We did more than our part. Easy to blame the entire world, but where does this get us? Have you not seen, we more than knew what was going on. Biden was advised. He chose to believe in the Afghan troops. What happens after a country is left on its own is up to said country. Obviously we have two sides to the political culture here. I am neither. I believe in views of both. Democrats aren’t usually that in favor of money spent on military overseas. However if push comes to shove; unfortunately we will return. Trump was in favor of the withdrawal as well; but he probably would have started the war that ends all wars if you even think about rubbing him the wrong way. Very easy for us to debate this topic but what else is the answer? I don’t have it. Our other alternative which is impossible is Trump and his plan- Now if Biden administered Trumps plan- with conditions. Would the Taliban have listened? Who knows, I happen to believe they would not have listened. If Trump was the President - would they have listened. ? I bet to an extent they would have but secretly plotting otherwise. Which just prolongs the inevitable.

[@itsourlife]

@@julesybethmedlini Look I am more concerned about the intelligence failure on ground that the two political sides and thier decisions. Trump is not the President so he escaped all the troubles with such tough decisions. Having said that I firmly believe he would have listened to intelligence reports about the situation on the ground. Remember the last minute withdrawal from engagement with Iranians? We all thought this was it. Better sense prevailes or rather he read the intelligence reports right and acted accordingly. Either way I am as shocked today as I was on the morning of 9.11.2001. How does the most powerful country make such mistakes and miscalculate such events. Even the best intelligence report gave 90 days to Taliban where it just took 9. This is not right.

[@julesybethmedlini]

@@itsourlife I have tried to reply about 5 times. It never gets posted.

[@msnhao]

Step 1: Walk in Step 2: Accept the enemy’s surrender

[@ouss]

Gradually and then suddenly

[@kevinvilla8655]

The Afghan had twenty years to improve their military. It’s not America’s problem but they chose to help for 20 years

[@5ld734]

@Osman Al-Ghazi lol bro I doubt it if you were a sultan you would be doing important stuff not commenting on youtube

[@mcmilk107]

“Help” lmao

[@julesybethmedlini]

A lot of Afghanistan troops were illiterate and on drugs during training. I’ve seen videos of US Soldiers trying to get them to take it seriously- apparently to no avail.

[@public.public]

The USA didn't try to win and set the US military an impossible task Impossible only because their politicians were sponsored by the billionaires to keep a stalemate for the profit of the billionaires.

[@omarahmad7890]

In one sentence. You negotiated with the enemy and it fell like a house of cards.

[@williamofy6376]

EXACTLY!!! The US just handed Germany back to the Nazi's.... the same concept....It is like people saying "Trump was the worst President" and Biden says, "Oh Yeah...hold my beer..."

[@nuttynuts2839]

Millennia Carta KZbin Channel has discussed the Afghanistan story comprehensively with quality content.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

The Taliban met no resistance. I’m glad we’re out. What a colossal waste of money and military lives. If the citizens don’t want change enough to fight their own battles, there’s no hope.

[@devinbradshaw9756]

Meanwhile there’s a woman being raped by her new husband in a Sharia backed marriage she was forced into

[@davejeremy6353]

Hi Diane

[@kamalabuhenamostafa]

US spent nearly 100 billion for developing Afghan army in 20yrs. How much Taliban spent in 20 yrs??

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@rudraksh5840]

Lol, it is close to 88bn$. Most of went to the pocket of pederasts which manned the ANA.

[@rebooto4629]

Let's appreciate the fact that they used a female interpreter to translate the Taliban spokesman

[@sudhirraghubir]

😂🤣

[@dominiquecarter5055]

They are living in the stone age, not us.

[@strikerrr1106]

@@dominiquecarter5055 US underestimated them, #US did not know, their own spell could reverse and outnumbered them like this.

[@MrBrutal33]

The worlds 3rd largest army capitulates to guys driving Toyotas!

[@angelg3986]

Seems that Toyota is a respectful brand...

[@MAGAMAN]

This wasn't an accident. This was intentional. Now they are bringing tons of those terrorists back to our country.

[@the_gaming_rabbit8017]

Welp, it's clearly time to replace the Joint Chiefs, if they couldn't have predicted the fall then they're unable to fulfill their purpose. This isn't the first time something like this happened so what makes them think it wouldn't again?

[@asharnk]

Couldn't have predicted? It's all planned and negotiated bro. Everything is not what media shows it like.

[@blahblah5750]

There’s more to this than meets the eye.

[@merrylam7765]

Akzbin.info/www/bejne/jWexo2mZbqt5naM

[@public.public]

USAmerica lost yet another war and the Terrorists and the billionaires won. That is the problem when the billionaire's arms industry sponsors thus controls the politicians to make sure a war is run at a stalemate for as long as possible, undermanned and never won, for the maximum profit to the billionaire owned military industrial complex. Profits accomplished.

[@Shadowx157]

@@public.public they didn't lose, if they wanted to they could have tripled the forces, it's just that they didn't want to 'waste money and lives' for a problem that the Afghan people should solve with their own army. The reason it fell was because the president took all the money and dipped, and the Afghan military surrendered. So how was that America's fault?

[@hush5640]

Not really

[@hush5640]

@@Shadowx157 this lot will never sort their own shit out why should US and UK pay out don’t see China chipping in

[@stan9636]

I been following the situation in Afghan closely over the past few day and can’t help thinking about my grandfather who was a Japanese prisoner of war a slave for 4 year Building the railroad that’s been well documented in Burma…these situations are horrible there are no winners

[@mohammadusmani9383]

Aww

[@albertteng1191]

what more horrible is i never got to meet my grandmother, and my mom never grew up having a mom bcoz of japanese bombs who fell on their house

[@jameshopkinson4180]

How embarrassing for the US military and its intelligence, can't say I'm surprised.

[@MrOS1968]

Intelligence is a big word, you mean "Intelligence"!?

[@sivanandkakarla8663]

Isn't there supposed to be more troops for Afghanistan

[@CptFugu]

When are you going to tell us how the Taliban seized Afghanistan? That was certainly not covered in this piece. How about some interviews with the former Afghan Army and Air force commanders? How about an analysis of the forces involved and the military factors? How about the role of local militias and provincial governments who did not defend their areas of responsibility and capitulated without a fight?

[@the2ndcoming135]

By not making everything about race. That’s how🙋🏽‍♂️

[@CptFugu]

@omonil Biff I did. All they talk about is how other people are responsible and should fix it. But what about the Afghans? Weren't they even there? Isn't it their country? Should they be picking up arms instead of having someone else do everything for them? Shouldn't good journalists be looking into the story of what actually happened on the ground? Shouldn't we hear concrete information about the how and why they just gave up? Isn't that where the real story is?

[@CptFugu]

@@the2ndcoming135 Nothing I said has anything to do with race. You are the only one bringing it up.

[@the2ndcoming135]

@@CptFugu because that’s your answer. Unless, you’re brave enough to be a man and go get the answer from the Taliban yourself😁

[@gamerplays4842]

@omonil Biff 0

[@SellsZac]

Trying to bring Democracy to Afghanistan was much like trying to teach written language to a fence post. Noble idea? Sure. Feasible? Not so much.

[@PlayShorts3]

Exactly! The Afghan people have been led by tribal leaders for centuries, and USA thought they needed democracy? 😂

[@consultgamer2202]

the fact that professionally trained afghan army with 300k soldiers lost the battle against some 70k gorilla rebels. HOW?

[@Kkkk-iz6xp]

The one who lost the war and spent two trillion dollars is the American cowboy. If you can't face your opponent on the battlefield, don't curse.

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Weird hell of a year 2021 was... we went from seeing January 6 to this within just more than a half a year. Things are destabilizing around the world.