Inside the Afghan National Army (Full Length)

VICE News embedded with the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Kandahar for their first "fighting season" without the Americans.
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In Afghanistan, springtime starts with a bang as it marks the start of the "fighting season" between the Taliban and Afghan security forces. For the first time in 12 years, the Afghan National Army (ANA) has to operate without their American allies as US troops withdraw. VICE News' Gelareh Kiazand travels to Kandahar to see how the ANA, the police, and ordinary Afghans are dealing with this turning point in a very long war.
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[@amirhussain1449]

Yes vice news,it would've been appropriate to show some prayers to the viewers,or do you not believe in it

[@raimundosilva4382]

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[@raimundosilva4382]

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[@mustaffanoori5272]

So what how Iran well fight America? Remember Iranians were scared of Saddam Hussein

[@Rowrin]

The French are relieved to know that a new army has taken the record for fastest surrender and collapse of a government in modern history.

[@grahamcarpenter5135]

God, the French Army in 1940 are like super soldiers compared to these guys

[@Zov631]

Lmao. That's hilarious, dude

[@shimonelbaz875]

That doesn’t even make sense. The French and British fought like absolute hell for six weeks and were completely outmatched by German military superiority. And you’re forgetting that literally most of Europe surrendered to the Germans just as fast if not faster. Denmark surrendered in a few hours. And if the British hadn’t been surrounded by water, they would have been rolled over too.

[@Rowrin]

@@shimonelbaz875 It's an old joke lol. The US has historically messed with our French counterparts. Not meant to be taken literally lol.

[@genobayojr896]

Lol

[@mrkemrk]

I toasted a Pop-Tart and when I came back, the Taliban was in charge.

[@rentoshine8771]

🤣😂🙏👏👌

[@rentoshine8771]

@Levi Ulysses hahaha👏

[@serberus5233]

The popcorn I made for this debacle hasn't even popped yet.

[@curlyheadedpasta2180]

Who’s watching this again after the Afghan government collapsed?

[@skihen6691]

me

[@AfroMan187]

@@skihen6691 me too

[@tungsten1979]

Yep....lol

[@bernbrul9145]

🙋

[@mchertonok]

Me, lol

[@ngoha1541]

Coming from the future 7 years later in year 2021: these guys in the army are an absolute joke.

[@AliPlays381]

They have already surrendered lmao 😂😂😂

[@donaldhassell6430]

I still can believe they folded in a week like damn. That not even hyperbole, it took literally a week for the whole army to collapse. Damn like how do you loose almost every city to guys in slippers riding motorcycles in a week.

[@AliPlays381]

@@donaldhassell6430 That what religion do specially islam they literally want to die and wanna go in jannah heaven to do sex with virgin girls have champaign and wine in hot tub and list goes on that iam not saying islam said in Quran

[@AliPlays381]

@@donaldhassell6430 Talibans dont have anything to lose they just wanna die or win no other option left for them

[@zakc1982]

There not about the fighting. There all about those American dollars 💵

[@steviewonder2700]

Imagine training and funding an army for 20 years only for it to collapse in a couple of weeks by men in turbins and ak-47 from the 1980s.

[@MrJx4000]

And barefoot, wearing over-sized penny loafer shoes.

[@MyFootYourFace]

Imagine believing that rubbish

[@hussainz666]

@dingle Berry he’s probably a conspiracy theorist

[@sneckotheveggieavenger9380]

Couple of weeks*

[@steviewonder2700]

@@sneckotheveggieavenger9380 oh yh lol even worse Jesus Christ.

[@salmansalahuddin6305]

This will be a historic video.

[@law7056]

This will be a historic comment

[@AfroMan187]

The migration to old ANA videos has begun

[@robrobroblol]

To be fair, the 205th Corps featured in this video defended Kandahar to literally the last bullet - most of the soldiers didn’t run, but the Corps ability to carry on was systemically ground down after months of non-stop, heavy fighting with the Taliban. They received minimal support from the Afghan government - no ammunition or equipment resupply, token reinforcements and they were starving by the end. Those who weren’t killed surrendered after their commanders negotiated a deal with the Taliban to let their men go home. People in the comments section of this video should show them some respect. Brave and determined warriors ultimately betrayed by their own Government. It’s sad. Really sad.

[@moparty4409]

One of those commandos from that unit used to shoot down russian migs and helicopters. Fucker had photos Source: my father served and he kept one of the photos

[@JessiContingenC]

@@moparty4409 holy crap tell me more

[@Erin-bd6jg]

That guy gets it.

[@billDgundam817DFW]

respect

[@laundrysauce1649]

I know right? It was doomed from the start, they did the best they could with what they had

[@syphe101]

"Our soldiers morale is high" Comes after reports in 2021 that the President has resigned, and the army lost many through dissertion. :(

[@Kingarnold3]

Absolute disgrace of an army... and waste of time trying to train them 😂

[@rc59191]

Obama and Biden completely ignored all the issues Vice exposed to the world. What's happening there now is all their fault they had 8 years and they chose to do nothing.

[@syphe101]

@@rc59191 And 4 years of Trump. I agree with you that this is a 20 year unwinnable blunder, but keeping the Republican Presidents of Bush and Trump out of your synopsis is *dishonest* ( _Trump negotiated the withdrawal_ , Biden adopted it. This is on Biden since he is in charge but Trump /GOP wanted the same thing and loved the idea. Hell, they wanted out in May 2021). Bidens lax pullout game from Afghanistan was the wrong move tactic and he will pay at the polls , but this is a shared failure since 2001 between Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. It is an American failure.

[@icurnvs776]

@@syphe101 yep, pure and simple. As someone who voted for Biden, they ALL deserve blame for this. Dems and Republicans BOTH. My friend DIED in Afghanistan for absolutely fucking nothing. A monumental embarrassment for our nation, and a time we should ABSOLUTELY call *ALL* of our leadership to the carpet for!

[@ZahidHussain-ft2py]

😀😀😄 Jokers So called Afghanistan National Army. By the way where are ANA😀

[@JC545X39]

That artillery scene was funny when they were trying to figure out how to fire the cannon. "You're embarrassing us, you idiot!"

[@50TNCSA]

it wasnt artillery :/ it was an anti aircraft gun

[@primitivepatriot]

"Look, I shot the top of that mountain!" Lol.

[@tSp289]

They had a stoppage, but didn't really know how to clear it. Pretty shambolic though.

[@JC545X39]

I just thought it was funny how the one guy was saying "you're embarrassing us, you idiot" etc. I wasn't trying to say they're dumb. Obviously, I'm no expert either. I didn't even know the difference between AA and artry.

[@tSp289]

JC545X39 Well, it usually just depends where you point it and how you set the fuzes. AAA is anti aircraft artillery, usually used with timed charges so the shells explode in the air at a set range (flak) or by proximity. Modern point defences are usually not directly controlled by a gunner, because computers do a better job of tracking fast targets like jets and missiles, but then much of the world can't afford that kind of tech so you get older AAA guns like this, which are just as effective at blasting things on the ground.

[@Nickuncle]

Love the intro: "Welcome to Kandahar. May God protect you." *Wides eyes*

[@eddymerkel9438]

We use that instead of saying goodbye

[@maxsjoberg788]

that flight attended was a cutie

[@Mu5tyLaghmani]

@@abdi8104 We don't even want it coz we are not in that position, we want them to be independent this way they can be like a barrier between Pakistan and us, so Pakistan won't be able to interfere in our affairs, like change our regime according to their interest.

[@alshentec2286]

We say god protect you but it mean's good bye

[@robertlingle4272]

L lllllppl

[@_Kbinks]

What a perfect time for this to be recommended

[@djangbang7547]

What a meme army.

[@kuntul4499]

XD

[@hughmungus1072]

That "police officer" at 6:02 looks even worse 😂

[@JessiContingenC]

@@hughmungus1072 I’ve seen videos on the ANP, half of them don’t seem to have duty belts, just attach a dinky holster to their hip and have a cap and uniform on. Lots of out of shape dudes too

[@raioni1059]

I love how excited the guy was that he managed to hit the top of mountain lol

[@cedricliggins7528]

You try aiming ZSU 20mm gun. Not easy at all!!!

[@rokpape8214]

Great feat in itself...haha

[@jackrobinson8947]

“My plan is to do my service” So he deffo goin back to the Taliban🤣

[@luckmanali187]

Hahaha u KNOW DAT

[@UmarKhan-gr3fm]

Lol u.s and russian soviets, they have already lost a challenge of battle some kind, they lost to the Taliban

[@jjdelft3216]

@@UmarKhan-gr3fm Well no, the Soviets due to constant resistance withdrew after defeating the Mujahedine and established a government that lasted for 3 years, the USA deafeated the Taliban and withdrew due to constant resistance and their regime lasted three days. Afghanistan before the Taliban was a beautiful country. The Soviets supported a very cruel regime which is why the people supported the Mujahideen, if they had just let Afghanistan under the king of as a democratie,as they both were, there wouldnt be Islamism there.

[@agentepolaris4914]

@@jjdelft3216 INDEED

[@AkashS97]

This is 16 th August, 2021. Yesterday Afghan National Army surrendered without any resistance and kabul has fall in the hands of Taliban.

[@texd.g.682]

you forgot to mention: without a fight

[@AkashS97]

@@texd.g.682 Edited.

[@AkashS97]

@dingle Berry Appreciate man. I commented it just for future reference. I think it'll work as a reference for future viewers long after 10-12 years. 😅

[@user-ng5ms7df9v]

We got screwed over by the idiot afghan army, America is week for wanting to be a friendly nation with a friendly military. I bet you these ANA idiots are the ones who turned the American weapons over to the Taliban

[@craftpaint1644]

But hey, Obama, prince of the Elite, threw down a sick birthday party in the meantime 👩‍🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺

[@ChoppedAndScrewedMusic]

I Grabbed Something From The Fridge Real Quick And Now There's No Afghanistan Army

[@Meyzen76]

“There is no reason to fear 2014.” “But 2021? Sheeeeeeeit!”

[@acetelenta]

watching this in 2020 I can see that everything they say is wrong

[@jaseerkannampath2458]

Same here.. watching after the reigns are handed over to Taliban

[@aloshyreji4313]

Yup..

[@dennis1345]

Did you notice that a lot of them even a lot in the higher command are a bunch of opiate smoking pedophiles???

[@Syedgaming00786]

Yup

[@imrankhanabbasi9561]

@@dennis1345 n that General Razzaq got killed by the gun men last year. He was the notorious drug criminal involved in many crimes against civilians.

[@abyrahman6610]

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS have complained to the Talibans to slow down as they can not keep up with their record!

[@arishaaa18]

🤣

[@shoutforit]

these troops collapsed like a house of cards

[@samuelmoynihan4702]

The taliban had to fire zero shots to take over kabul

[@MSW613]

Because Biden fled

[@spencernelson1560]

I love how the hailstorm breaks all their windows and they just keep driving around blind in a warzone like its no big deal

[@Dylon1981]

If you ever feel useless, remember, there was once a joke army called ANA

[@sahilmushwani2406]

You people will never get it, there is a reason why they surrender. It was so the entire country does not get destroyed and civilians don't die.

[@Dylon1981]

@@sahilmushwani2406 and you are stupid to think civilians will be safe under Taliban.

[@lucapereira4714]

@@sahilmushwani2406 the ANA was theoretically even with the taliban, and they had a fucking air force which is a huge advantage, to bad they are corrupt and straight up cowards...

[@vrrooooommmm123]

@@sahilmushwani2406 they also got high whenever they fight the Taliban lol

[@hollow_9476]

@@sahilmushwani2406 What he said was true ..years of training under the u.s and all the money spent and they run away like cowards..the army of a nation is supposed to defend it's people and prevent the country from getting taken over, what afghan army did was so embarrassing

[@xcog4087]

Here we are, They all surrender to Taliban.

[@samuelmoynihan4702]

They all joined the taliban

[@eazye088]

If you can't beat em...join em.

[@fz1000red]

More than any other observation I've had viewing this video is that the lady journalist wasn't buying the phony bullshit paraded out by the ranking officer in every venue she visited. Vice just doesn't normally look at any situation with the necessary dose of suspicion that I have seen posted online. Well good on Vice, and on the journalist, for looking beyond the first layer. That being said, the Afghan Nat'l Army clearly remembered nothing about military bearing, command presence, self-discipline, nor any other essential part of being a good member of a team oriented military organization. They are literally doomed to repeat the past in endless cycles of violence and winter weather.

[@iiTzoreo1]

Your words ring true today

[@jamalbrunson8657]

This comment aged gracefully

[@bruh-bn3ni]

foreshadowing................

[@ahmedbaqir9933]

Anyone watching this after the Afghan national army got vaporized in a week after US left?

[@UKWEED]

meee

[@AtlasMoth_]

I am!

[@JayJay5244]

Wym vaporized? Vaporized suggest there has been heavy fighting going on… Those cowards just fled…

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

Vaporized nah they surrendered

[@gymsserver2970]

US hasn't left anywhere, thier still in Afghanistan evacuating American civilians and others. I don't understand why everyone seems to think we just picked up our bags and left overnight, it an ongoing process.

[@Pontidenvresige]

32:25 The last dude thought left was behind him. Some how it gets funnier everytime you see it.

[@kizzer14100]

Watching this in 2021 when the afghan government is about to totally destabilise and lose power because the Taliban has re taken half of the country and over 50 districts, you can see it not working out from here

[@ojaschahal1599]

Afghan Army a historical army that ceased to exist after 2021. 😂

[@taz09216]

Ghost army 🤣🤣

[@samuelmoynihan4702]

@@taz09216 not a ghost army. Bunch of traitors Most of them joined the taliban i reckon

[@cobrakillernico]

hahahaha -"hes going to disgrace us" -"Is the shell stuck?" -"hes totally embarasing us"

[@acatwithayoutubechannel6062]

Lol

[@Nathan_Yolo_Man]

RIP the guy at 4:12. Couldn't put the gun together in time, and his instructor is like 😆😆

[@user-wt1kx4vw8l]

HAHAHAH

[@defyboom1153]

Seems after years of training the Afghan national army are performing poorly

[@electronicfarts5105]

It's thoroughly corrupt. The reason they have equipment shortages is because Commanders sell them on the black market and pocket the money.

[@Seidazdarevic]

That Army no longer exists...

[@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99]

1 month later. There is no Afghan army.

[@alamaganmohamed5587]

@@Seidazdarevic 😂😂😂

[@tungsten1979]

Woooow....this is sad.

[@dyxasofficial]

Those 300,000 Afghanistan national army were actually TALIBAN in disguise.

[@G0TIMAN]

yea, sure.

[@forevermarked5826]

Word is it was 300,000. That number was put out for money. The real number was way less, cant remember the number but I believe it was around 70,000 or less

[@kingvaughn9742]

To all Afghans love from Iraq

[@mrfaysal2485]

Respect from Somalia

[@AbuBakr.Abdullah]

وحب من ألمانيا

[@ziauddincs8357]

afghan commandos new song kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjJgKiogpWFrtk

[@evoke2976]

from one shitty country to another...

[@omair.raza1]

@@evoke2976 *_Pixel INF_* RESPECT COUNTRIES please 🅨🅞🅤🅣🅤🅑🅔-🅢🅣🅐🅕🅕

[@gouravdash]

I am so sad to see the disturbance in my neighboring country Afghanistan. We Indians really need to help more to our Afgan brothers and sisters.

[@sheetmusicsadra5887]

Afghans love india

[@Cokaine_d]

+Nasrollah Bakhshi greetings from India

[@JosephPbuckleyNorthAmerican]

+Tango Whiskey Not Enough........................

[@davincigamingyt]

+Gourav Das .... Jai hind

[@mansorzafar3668]

more disturbing images there in Burma why u don't help Burma bro and sis there.....

[@Valiere2024]

Even in this video from years ago, it's clear that the failure of the nation building mission in Afghanistan was due to the incompetence and corruption of the people in senior administrative positions. When locals are asking for simple things like a clinic and a school, and they are ignored, that drives them to neutrality in the conflict or even worse to side with the Taliban.

[@syahrul9176]

Terkadang kalau dipikir² kenapa tentara Nasional langsung Menyerah setelah tentara AS meninggalkan Afganistan padahal secara Logika mereka bisa melawan Taliban Dengan Persenjataan canggih alat tempur dan juga sudah Terlatih kenapa mereka tidak melawan kan lucu🤔

[@Valiere2024]

@@syahrul9176 Translation: "Sometimes when you think about why the National Army immediately surrendered after the US troops left Afghanistan when logically they could fight the Taliban With advanced weapons and combat equipment and also trained why they didn't fight, it's funny" In answer, I think it was because few of the soldiers had any loyalty to the state. They only enlisted to earn a paycheck which was subsidized or paid by the United States. The ones who did want to fight the Taliban were strong armed through fear tactics to surrender as they were outnumbered.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

To anyone that is going to talk bad about the ANA remember that since the war started in 2001 the ANA has had 60k DEATHS fighting the Taliban. These guys come from all over Afghanistan so you get a lot of low barrel people but you also have great soldiers like the Afghan Commandos which the Taliban execute and do not let surrender (google their video of Taliban executing 20 of them a few weeks ago). The goverment of Afghanistan is corrupt as hell and a lot of soldiers had not been paid for 8 months, they had bad food and their government escaped. The USA and NATO was also leaving. I am sure some sort of new Northern Alliance might form if the Taliban go insane

[@bucephalus1257]

3:50 Those marching skills though

[@maxmuller8633]

A good time to fire at them

[@momotaro__]

They march like school boys being forced to join the marching parade for the school sports day...

[@gamingthe81]

@@momotaro__ Even the kids at my school did better

[@booqrdoit9138]

I always hand my gun to someone like 6:36

[@jbmark8473]

@@komocho7195 You're*

[@faizan2394]

Afghan maj general: "Victory is ours" This aged badly.

[@richardv9648]

We invaded the wrong country. Should have reduced Pakistan to stones and glasses instead.

[@faizan2394]

@@richardv9648 Pakistan has nukes and China as an ally

[@richardv9648]

@@faizan2394 cant do sht to the US with those Jukes.

[@faizan2394]

@@richardv9648 The US war-machine lost the war against people who live in caves and mountains. Stop looking for a scapegoat(Pak)

[@richardv9648]

@@faizan2394 Dont under estimate Afghans my friend. Also dont over estimate your Chinese friends. They will not help you when you are fighting India. Chinese have investments in India that are 10 times larger than they have in Pakistan or Sri Lanka.

[@alienlatino2945]

LOL coming here just for the laughs, after the Taliban take-over yesterday, without firing a single shot. So much for the 300,000 Afghan army with their American weapons and traning.

[@samuelmoynihan4702]

America spent 600 billion training that army.🤣 definitely worth it

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

@@samuelmoynihan4702 if you're gonna make up numbers round it to a trillion at least

[@alienlatino2945]

@@samuelmoynihan4702 Money can't buy conviction, valor and faith. Nobody paid the Taliban and they endured 20 years of bombings and the best weapons of the world against them and they still won. The other guys were very well-paid and well-armed but drop their weapons as soon as the fight started. They were merceneries, the Taliban are not merceneries.

[@forevermarked5826]

Word is it wasnt 300,000 soldiers. That was all b.s number for.money. it was way way less

[@alienlatino2945]

@@forevermarked5826 Yeah I never swallowed that lie either, they were around 80,000 at the most. And out of those 80k only around 5,000 could be considered real soldiers.

[@trouty7947]

That marching at 3:54, genuinely the best marching in the Afghan army! That's not a joke, and that's why they collapsed *faster* than the Taliban could advance!

[@basetomar6447]

Doha Agreement dumbass

[@meatiest1989]

You think so? kzbin.infoUgkxBgliCCJLwK3YIyx0kAU991Aq2d7QV0LX

[@mujii_22]

37:33 so the army would ask the women to leave the house before they enter, but the general can shake hands with her. There's an irony here

[@diamondsprince]

shes a foreigner

[@chownful]

America saves them from the Taliban, given billions in aid, but still complain because they don't have all the luxuries of the American military? That feels a little ungrateful.

[@sawanarora2627]

and its america who messed up Afghanistan which was the most secular, stable and progressive country in the region, the ungrateful r americans just like in any other foreign policy

[@chownful]

Sawan Arora Yeah bro, a country split up among Taliban warlords with essentially zero women's rights is very secular and stable. I hope America never helps with Syria, let them keep begging due to ungrateful people like you.

[@Top.Ramin.Noodles]

Sawan Arora OK blame it on America who saved your asses by giving us stingers when Soviets invaded.

[@chownful]

Alright If you ally yourself with our enemy that wants to destroy us then do not be surprised if we support rebels in your country that would break such an alliance.

[@Top.Ramin.Noodles]

Alright Then why did they kill my grandfather who was in the ANA during that time? He didn't defect to the other side. Unless it was invasion they wouldn't have any other reason to kill him.

[@Urkinorobitch]

God: Throws down a huge bombardment of tennis ball sized hail and destroys all the cars. ANA: GLORY TO GOD!!

[@notmenotme614]

If "God" smashed up my car. I'd be pretty pissed with him.

[@keksi6844]

That was message to God that they are on wrong side.

[@Urkinorobitch]

@@keksi6844 God doesn't pick sides.

[@Urkinorobitch]

@زید You pick the sides you want god to pick, god does not pick sides.

[@Urkinorobitch]

@زید Do you think god created evil to test your faith?

[@blowbert9126]

Sad to think that atleast some of these soldiers actually wanted a change in their country and were willing to fight for it. But the majority just accepted Taliban demands and their leaders essentially sold them out. The corruption in their leadership made this army weak just like the corruption in the South Vietnamese army back in the 70s.

[@turd4295]

the south vietnamese army had no soul, compared to the brave viet cong

[@blowbert9126]

@@turd4295 they had more soul than many give them credit. But you cant fire at the enemy if you have no bullets.

[@turd4295]

@@blowbert9126 they were fighting in Americas interest, their leaders didn’t care for their people. A spineless, cowardly force who vietnam is better off without.

[@blowbert9126]

@@turd4295 to be fair we will never know how South Vietnam could have been because its gone. And many soldiers fought against communism and not just because of USA.

[@turd4295]

@@blowbert9126 whats wrong with communism? the idea of it has done great things for vietnam.

[@snipes_btw5230]

I looked out my window and saw grass, trees and birds. Much love from 🇦🇺

[@gamesforotaku]

32:29 i swear he was about to do a full turn 😂

[@ziauddincs8357]

afghan commandos new song kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjJgKiogpWFrtk

[@ricofielnabur]

Respect from Philippines 💖🇵🇭 This soldiers is game changer but in my opinion the officer must do the good thing.

[@parami9530]

ကနတရ

[@rentoshine8771]

2021..hahahaba👍👏👌good joke!!...your army did a good job when they took back the 1 City fr8m the IS...ok,they destroyed ist completly...but they took it back ..the fought like real soldiers!!

[@bruh-bn3ni]

wow this comment aged like milk. im sure a lot of the soldiers wanted to fight but the officers told them to run

[@inquisitorialllama638]

The Nazis would've drooled over this Blitzkrieg that the Taliban performed.

[@johng6950]

It wasn't a blitzkrieg. It was more comparable to the occupation of the Sudetenland or the annexation of Austria.

[@rollerboogie]

The taliban barely even fought. They negotiated the surrender of almost every place they took. Very different from a blitzkrieg

[@inquisitorialllama638]

@@rollerboogie Nazis did that alot too. Remember they didn't even touch western, central or southern France. The French negotiated as surrender instead of fighting on. Doesn't really matter how you blitz as long as you blitz.

[@young_turk]

If Uncle Sam didn't arm the fuckers, they'd still be riding horses in the desert, If Uncle Sam didn't pull out, the Taliban would still be shooting videos in caves. The USA has to take full responsibility for this catastrophe.

[@hiphophooligan911ify]

dat ice falling rainy shit is dangerous

[@sakeviyokoyama9253]

28:59 nice RPG 7 dude

[@InterStelarVoid]

18:20 afghan army in a nutshell!

[@InfiniteCuriosity1210]

Fast forward 2021, entire Afghan battlions surrender to a guy on a motorcycle with an AK-47 🤦

[@manuelcamera2627]

what happened lol

[@iiTzoreo1]

@@manuelcamera2627 taliban is about to take the whole country within the week

[@manuelcamera2627]

@@iiTzoreo1 i got that, i meant the motorcycle thing

[@nousername2942]

@@manuelcamera2627 They ride around on bikes with guns and machetes and since these people playing army dress up have no clue what they're doing they're surrendering now that nobody else os there to help

[@Atomk1]

Half of these troops are or joined the taliban

[@thetoughguy7]

28:58 Look at all those landmines they have to pick up...The Russians left 30 million of them. They are killing or wounding 40 Afghans every month. They should go back to Afghanistan and clean those up. Greedy...

[@AKartashev]

Why would Russians go and clean something Afghans took from warehouses and put on the ground lol

[@3x0ticContent]

AKartashev Russians planted millions of mines during the soviet afghan war.

[@stephensniff]

thetoughguy jr. there aren’t any land mines at 28:58...

[@Powerbang23]

25:08 - Uh, yeah... can I get directions to the TGI Fridays in Kandahar?

[@steve582]

I can tell you this much: if it was my country, I would fight, and I'm 68 years old!

[@pontusborg7642]

I have never heard of cowards on this level. And traitors for that matter.

[@skihen6691]

pontus borg they are exhausted, demoralized, and malnourished. They can barely hold a gun.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@@pontusborg7642 They were Taliban in disguise. They just used the Afghan army as a side hustle to get paid.

[@notmenotme614]

You have to remember some of these guys were not getting paid at all for weeks. When they did get paid it was peanuts (Ive read the Taliban actually paid better than the ANA or ANP). They were badly equipped. If they got shot there was no air ambulance to save them. Afghanistan doesn't actually exist as a unified country to these guys, most only care about their own village and only respect their village elder. Some didnt even speak the same language as each other. That's why they had no desire to fight and inevitably die.

[@franzneubauer6877]

You just don’t understand

[@colinsmith6116]

How many of these fighters were in the olympics? Because they could run really fast when the taliban were coming.

[@FoxjrGaming]

The kids are so cute.. poor kids :(. They don't deserve to live like that, no one does...

[@ziauddincs8357]

afghan commandos new song kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjJgKiogpWFrtk

[@imranhazim5434]

39:24 "You are my bro, bro" Meanwhile 39:30 "I am gonna kick your as*!"

[@mostinho7]

17:30 feels like a scene from a borat movie, or “the dictator” Showing off one lone shitty cannon and then explaining how the fire it…only 2 seconds later “oh we actually never fired it at the enemy yet”

[@Germanboy567]

"No reason to fear 2014" 2021: Hold my tea, Abdullah

[@TheRogueminator]

2020 world: damn, now this hardly can get any worse... 2021 world: hold my beer.

[@konradheinkel8512]

0:27 John Wick on a mission

[@alikhidzam3749]

Yooo

[@streamx2]

People who criticize this army have no idea about Afghanistan. This Army is shit and should never be compared to another country's Army. After 30 years of war rebuilding an Army is not easy, however our aim was never to build an Army that can take on America, it was to build an Army that could fight the Taliban. This Army is perfectly capable of fighting the Taliban, while the foundations of a new Army are being laid out. A new generation of Afghan army recruits are joining the Army, recruits whom with relative peace and stability have gone to school and university. The Afghan officer academy in Kabul is training the next generation of leaders, both men and women.

[@AfghanHearts]

lol. its only a matter of time when this corrupt puppet army will completelY collapse. the socialists under najibulah said the same what you said, and they crumbled very quickly. same will happen to the current puppet regime, INSHAALLAH

[@AfghanHearts]

***** LOL you have been misinformed by typical anti-islam webpages who misinterpret and twist ahadith and quran verses, in order to try to damage islam. subhanAllah 'amma yasifoon. you poor creature got into the trap of the islam-haters. if you die in such a state of disbelieve, you will go to hell fire for eternity. really you are a very poor creature.

[@AfghanHearts]

***** verily, God has the power to do all things. on the day of judgement, total complete justice will be established and every soul will get what she deserves....if somebody denied the Quran and was disrepectful to it and a kafir, he will go straight to hell. if somebody was muslim and did good deeds, he can be forgiven and will go to paradies

[@ILiveAndBreathe]

AfghanHearts All people are equal... religion does not matter. Muslims are the only one saying they have the truth and no one else does... Why not practice the religion you want but letting other people choose for themselves which god they wish to pray to

[@AfghanHearts]

ILiveandBreathe007 what??? everybody says that his religion is the truth (muslims, christians, jews, hinuds.....)!!! but we the muslims are the one who can proof it. so we are right. and we are forcing nobody to accept our religion. the only thing is that we invite to islam. because islam is the only way to paradies and protection from fire. make some researches if you want to

[@michaelk284]

Love how he goes "if its a simple landmine or an IED, it won't have much effect.... But for the most part, ISIS plants them with a 20 liter barrel of explosives, so god forbid if the hunvee hits one of those. *The driver looking over at him like, Bruh* Also love how enthusiastic he talks about it too haha

[@yoshi0k262]

the Taliban arent ISIS there 2 completely different groups

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Thats unusual, most IEDs are detinstors attached to old mortar shells or AP mines so not huge explosions but lots of shrapnel

[@brekedekdang39]

I wish I had been watching this situation develop over the years. It is easy to become complacent to all the issues in the world due to lack of time to watch all the news stories, and get all the various perspectives. It's hard enough to keep up with day-to-day work and family time, let alone be concerned with things that are happening in the middle east. But it is interesting to study the whole situation and see how this all unfolded. One perspective I heard is that perhaps the U.S. could have set up a permanent military installation in Afghanistan the same way we have bases in Germany, Japan, Korea, etc.

[@amitkrishnani3160]

00:50 when you are in a plane, the last thing you wanna hear is "may God protect you"😂😂😂😂

[@mohammadnaushadhussain9390]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Vyshnav7_]

Love from india Afgans😍

[@technord4693]

Pwolii sanam myr

[@Vyshnav7_]

@@technord4693 hehe

[@ziauddincs8357]

afghan commandos new song kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjJgKiogpWFrtk

[@littlepio3628]

This did not age well

[@KarununganChannel]

For real bruhhh! Are they playing around 3:53 ???

[@hughmungus1072]

Looks like a scene straight out of Borat.

[@virginiajones4910]

i love these expose's. gives the viewer an in-depth looks at this madness.

[@Manuelabor1978]

Exposé😅 thats like uncovering a prostitution ring in the basement of Neiman Marcus

[@JavHos98]

The Afghan general is dead now! Rest in Peace!!!

[@hikmathikmat5619]

Martyr**

[@mujtabaakeed1014]

He was assassinated by u know who

[@JavHos98]

Mujtaba Akeed taliban (Pakistan)

[@milkyway-uq1wg]

My uncle was once president (idk maybe another role i was too young to understand ) he was killed by taliban whilst giving a speech

[@Dankster-yo8xv]

@@milkyway-uq1wg that's very interesting, could you tell us more? If you don't mind

[@dracus6877]

Afghan army reminds me of a scene in saving private ryan where two soldiers were fighting up stairs. And one solider was strapped up to the max. Crying on the bottom of the stairs while his buddy was getting slowly stabbed to death. Afghan army is the dude that was strapped up to the max crying. That didnt want to fight.

[@yrrab1000]

Surrendered quicker than the French

[@Liphted]

I was watching this, and halfway I could not bare it anymore. I've deployed to the middle east, and it's always the same shit it seems, when it comes to the Army. Lazy, undisciplined, incompetent, corrupt. And when you are part of the occupation Army, watching this piss poor effort at nation building makes you cringe, and also propels you to question whether the whole "civilizing effort" is a useless endeavor. Well, what am I even saying, that "effort" at nation building is, from what I have witnessed while deployed, merely a front. Money, power and resources are the real driving force behind the current wars.

[@Liphted]

I doubt it. I know what you mean on the uneducated part, but it does not take education to know that raping children is wrong (this problem is endemic in the Afghan and Iraqi armies...) or to stick to a cause with discipline and see it through, most of these guys go Awol. They lack what you and I would call education, but they are not truly uneducated, they are well schooled to survive and even thrive in the area they are from. If anything, its meddling by the west, assuming that since Alexander, the British and Russia could not conquer Afghanistan, we could definitely do it. Thought that has since bruised the ego of many a chicken hawk.

[@tSp289]

Sadly you're right. Nations practically never do something for another country unless it directly and primarily serves their own interests. It's the job of politicians to protect the interests of heir countries and their favourite pastime is getting re-elected, so every action gets sugar-coated and every time there's a speech, the subtext is "aren't we great... look how great we are, doing all this great stuff for our friends out of sheer greatness. God bless us." The saddest part is that in general the population believes it, because we care about the ideals and want to believe our countries are genuinely concerned with the welfare of others. I realised all this when I was 18 and looking over RAF recruitment papers. I just stopped and thought: Do I really want to be commanded by George W. Bush and Tony Blair? Do I trust them? Unfortunately, by the time I had the idea of going into helicopter training to fly SAR - something I'd be morally happy doing regardless of who was in command - I was already past the 25 yr old limit for recruitment.

[@ahmarghayur]

glad to know so many people understand the underlying reasons behind the veil of nation building.... i wish this knowledge could matter in real.

[@coolins335]

Jason Dowdy I don't recall a whole lot of child raping going on during the American civil war. Like the practice of keeping young boys with the Army for the purpose of raping and to fetch your tea. Chai boys I think they're called. Let me know if you dig up anything like that in your foolish attempt at moral equivalence. Bacha Bazi aka

[@tSp289]

Coolins335 Chai boys and dancing boys are predominantly a southern Pashtu thing, whilst the ANA is almost entirely made up of Northern ethnic minorities. It's the local ANP who are mostly behind the pedophilia.

[@ST-wo1lb]

it's so sad to watch this and then know the reality of what happened after it was made. there are more taliban now than there have ever been. maybe if Pakistan stopped sympathising with the taliban they would weaken.

[@tahaahmed312]

its in pakistans interest for a stable afghanistan. pakistani state nor military support the taliban. imo i think the ISI does. it brings stability. the american invasion really hasnt helped. the taliban are also more friendly to pakistan, considering it was the cia and isi that trained the mujahidden, many of whom are current day taliban leaders.

[@tepranav5745]

@@tahaahmed312 lol . Everyone knows Pakistan is the homeland of terrorist . Prime minister imran gand tells osama bin laden is a martyr

[@AfroMan187]

Well, this aged like milk

[@frederickhoneychurch501]

this piece did not age well. pretty much just an Afghan Army / US government-media photo op, it was apparent at the time, but its glaringly obvious in 2022

[@sadeghhaghighat8786]

ِDuring the history of Afghan army, there were periods that the army were equipped with real Afghan identity and culture and those moments were the moments of success and glory.

[@phoenixrising8640]

Yes, our Taliban proves the success and dedication to our Afghans, culture and identity, which is why the majority of us Afghans support Taliban and our Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan government and security forces now

[@CrrdHrz]

32:26 lol the first guy has no idea what he's doing 😂😂😂

[@TheMpofu]

The West really thought these guys could uphold the Taliban lol

[@friedwater6486]

if US soldiers lost hope in these ANA guys back then 10 years then afghanistan nation building was doomed from the start. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn7ac6qMjsmIrKc

[@adefay2811]

The west never thought they would hold up that's why the west started having negotiations with the Taliban since the west declared they would be leaving. If they had any faith in the Afghan military they would have never spoke to the Taliban and the west would have handed over military bases and strategic points to the Afghan army instead of just leaving military bases open for whoever got to the base next.

[@jameskelly851]

23:25 they been smoking that stick icky icky

[@hyperhylian6913]

So unorganized ahaha, the Maj. General saw a soldier clearly breaking dress code with two flags on his arm, and the soldiers response was I love my country. How can they expect to be taken seriously, if they cant even discipline themselves enough to follow uniform regulations?

[@llamalama82]

7:55 I prayed for help and BAM THERE IT WAS

[@michaelk284]

Problem I see is moral, discipline, and respect is all missing. Instead of going "You're embarassing us" they should of just all got in there to assist or kept quiet. In the military you would get shamed as a group for doing that because you're trained to be ONE UNIT, not individual.

[@nmbmbnmb4425]

Totally agree with you

[@tungsten1979]

I can see why they folded in just one week.

[@combatwombatstl5598]

This didn't age well

[@rajabhatta5102]

This is so painful to see..May Afghan army defeat barbaric useless Talibans..may peace prevail there soon :|

[@maxmuller8633]

@pranav chaudhary Better than Japanese forces in WWII

[@molihua354]

Japan loves America.

[@ahmedbinyousaf2484]

Afghan army and usa killed more civilians than the taliban in 2019

[@zahirkhan436]

@@ahmedbinyousaf2484 Don't tell a loe

[@zahirkhan436]

Lie

[@jaynoorzad]

War that will never end, its truly heart breaking :(

[@kostasprince6725]

well it ended

[@randomworld4662]

@@kostasprince6725 badly

[@loneranger4282]

@@randomworld4662 No, that was the best outcome possible. Invaders repelled. Defender succeed.

[@krogenfeldt]

​@@randomworld4662badly for your types and goodly for my types 😊

[@royalnovember66]

Come 2021 and apparently these guys never really left boot camp. Turned tail at the first battle they had to fight without Uncle Sam.

[@andrewb8698]

They hadn't been payed in months... doesn't surprise me there was no resistance

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

@@andrewb8698 pay doesn't mean anything look at the Taliban

[@tungsten1979]

Yep...sad.

[@chamandeepgulati4797]

Real ground reporting.. awesome

[@bohdilama]

The woman doing this documentary is beautiful!

[@TheRealDesiCNEC]

not gonna lie yea she's looks Persian

[@Kilinngthemkings]

+TheRealDesi Jantha She is, i recognize the persian accent.

[@Kilinngthemkings]

+bohdilama that's with zero makeup

[@SeanQuinn]

+bohdilama >Yes very beautiful. And without makeup.

[@TheRealDesiCNEC]

Jeff Peters That is such a failed attempt to gas anyone. Pathetic...

[@Candid_Friend]

This video is quite a contrast from that other video from Vice that's also about the Afghan police/army where they showed the Afghan police getting high off of hash and claimed their commanders were corrupt, pedophiles, and kidnappers. But I really hope they pull through and succeed in stabilizing their country.

[@riyanrawofi7238]

Bruh your 7yeard older now you probably forgot about this comment

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

@@riyanrawofi7238 bruh you’re 1 month older you probably forgot about this comment

[@riyanrawofi7238]

@@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158 hahah now i remember did

[@gamerNorge]

@@riyanrawofi7238 u sure?😉

[@hollow_9476]

The new meme army along side with the french with the fastest retreat in history lol

[@ftwjohnv882]

this one is like a time capsule from today i wonder how this soldiers are now ,as i hope that they are well and safe.

[@KingOfKingz911]

Oh they are well and safe cuz their asses ran away

[@Metaphix]

speaking from experience that rice they have and bread is fucking delicious

[@DeJulius_Caesar]

+Jason S Naan already means bread. Saying naan bread is just as stupid as saying chai tea.

[@DeJulius_Caesar]

Ahahaha funny ... not -_-

[@DeJulius_Caesar]

Immensely -_-

[@nawidyusuf8254]

+Jason S That's Indian food bro. The food in the video is naan, palaw (rice boiled/baked and flavored with caramelized onions/spices), and lamb.

[@DeJulius_Caesar]

Nawid Yusuf it is pronounced and spelled as Plov not palaw just so you know.

[@syed.hussain]

2:24 whole Maj. General conversation seems joke in 2019 😂😂

[@ahmedosama3220]

True

[@gaamesso8002]

This is sad to watch, knowing how it ends.

[@harrisabbasi973]

Peace and prosperity for the Afghan Brothers......love and respect from a commom Pakistani.

[@Mu5tyLaghmani]

What a joke, Pakistan and US means the opposite, when they say we want peace in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Pakistan is the main cause of instability in Afghanistan due to #DURRANDLINE and Pashtun nationalism

[@harrisabbasi973]

@@Mu5tyLaghmani Brother i dont want to indulge myself into politics because it's a long debate and both countries have their own concern and their own tale to tell...but still as a muslim and as a common pakistani i want peaceful and a progressive Afghnistan for the betterment of both the countires.

[@Mu5tyLaghmani]

@@harrisabbasi973 As for as I know it is like Palestine and Israel situation, infact Afghanistan has lost more than 5 million lives and more than 10 million refugees around the world, much worse atrocities than Palestinians, but all this lives in vain as there is no escape from Pakistan and western countries have common interest with Pakistan against Afghans, this will go on for decades and centuries to come insha Allah, unless the west stops terrorist partnership with Pakistan, or Pakistan say no to USA slavery like Imran Khan was trying but ISI and army as always runs the country, with pride of being slaves. Only the united Pashtuns can break this cycle and bring peace but army will never allow united Pashtuns

[@harryhcroft]

Yet again another comment thread clogged with Arm-chair Generals who "think" they know everything about something they have no personal experience about... You can pick some points from some of the comments, but the rest of it is all someones word against someone elses!

[@helix4811]

Harry H What utter rubbish. He's making it seem as if the Taliban wouldn't exist if Pakistan didn't support them. This completely ignore the history of Afghanistan as a whole. 90% of the taliban are afghan pushtun, the punjabi taliban are nothing more than a conspiracy theory that the afghans made up to promote hatred against Pakistan. The fact that this police general is a known drug lord and mass murderer, shows you how little trust you should put into his words. As far as I'm concerned, he's a compulsive liar. But you know what? He's right about one thing, he (along with a good chunk of Afghanistan) consider Pakistan their enemy. This is despite the fact that Pakistan has taken care of millions of Afghan refugees over the span of 30 years, spending over $200 billion on them and ruining Pakistan's economy. Did you know that it was actually the Afghans that first started using militants against Pakistan? Look it up, 1950s was the beginning of it. The Afghans to this day don't recognize the existence of Pakistan, they were the only ones in the UN to reject the birth of Pakistan in 1947. They tried to invade Pakistan twice in the 1960s, and both times they got their asses hand to them. Pakistan ended up getting sick and tired of Afghanistan's constant meddling in Pakistani affairs that Pakistan blockaded them and very nearly destroyed the Afghan economy. If the Soviets didn't save their asses, Afghanistan wouldn't have survived. They started using militants against Pakistan again during the Communist regime in Afghanistan. Pakistan retaliated by doing the same in Afghanistan by supporting the Mujaheddin with the help of the US, Saudi Arabia, and to a certain degree, China. Pakistan ended up winning that war too. When Pakistan tried to actually finally bring peace to the region, and get Afghanistan to recognize Pakistan's sovereignty, the US ended up abandoning the region. Pakistan ended up having to clean up the mess the Afghans started. The Afghans started this mess, and you know what? You reap what you sow. Unfortunately, once the civil war starts (just like last time) Pakistan is going to have to clean up this mess again.

[@harryhcroft]

Actually, most of the "Taliban/Insurgents" that my unit liquidated were from Pakistan... I know because I actually stepped foot in that fucking country for 9 months. Enjoy your "Arm Chair General" antics. Ignorance is bliss!

[@harryhcroft]

Both of those countries IMHO don't deserve the sweat that the coalition drops on that shitty ground!

[@helix4811]

The coalition isn't fighting for Pakistan, it's fighting because it wanted to avenge 9/11. Pakistan is only fighting this war, because the US asked it to. The only problem in the region is Afghanistan. All these problems can be routed to 1947 when Afghanistan rejected the birth of Pakistan.

[@helix4811]

Harry H I have no reason to believe you. Even if you were in the army, I doubt that you did want you said. Fact is that I'm stating nothing but history, you have shown nothing but misinformation. The very fact that you said the coalition forces fought for Pakistan tells me that you're making shit up. Besides, you're not the only one to join the army and fight in Afghanistan.

[@Hez_Shahid]

36:40 جنرا صیب رازق 😭😭☝☝

[@elsaraceno3835]

For everyone watching post August 2021 and commenting things like "imagine equipping an army and then losing to dudes in turbans and sandals" - at minute 18:00 she mentioned how the US stripped this army of all advanced equipment and then left them on their own with "limited training." So no, not hard to imagine. The writing was on the wall ages ago. A Taliban victory was inevitable.

[@Lucillestfu]

Also with the lack of communication its not like they could coordinate any kind of defensive structure….but you probably already knew that

[@T22xx]

How are they supposed to fix even basic equipment when most of them can't read?