Taliban Turns Insurgents Into Commandos As It Builds 'Fully Capable' Army

Taliban leaders are working on turning their insurgent forces into a modern, standing army equipped with U.S.-made military gear that was seized during their takeover of Afghanistan in August.
Originally published at - gandhara.rferl...

[@electrofan1796]

American Military: Spends over $600 billion on Military. Taliban: *you paid for these?*

[@drscopeify]

Most of that money was spent in the USA economy anyway, clothing, food, manpower/salaries, ammunition, vehicles, so not that bad and many western countries got to train together which is never a bad thing + capture sad kill Osama which was the entire reason for going in to Afghanistan in the first place after 911

[@atenrok]

@@drscopeify USA literally took taxpayers money, bought a bunch of military gear and gave it to Taliban. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@electrofan1796]

@@drscopeify That is true. Still millions of dollars in equipment that was left though. I mean they don't have many people that could maintain them but if those people that are know the machines (at least the trucks and light armour vehicles.) Could teach others. They could maintain them for a while.

[@electrofan1796]

@@SchoolOfMr most of those bases are temporary and the aircraft are mostly utility. The ones that are for attack are probably decommissioned most likely and take a fair amount of funds just to get one going. (Don't know much on that aspect though) so who knows.

[@adhd_with_pennies4867]

WANNA SAY WELL TRAIN COMMANDOS BUT CANT EVEN OPERATE A TANK WITH GETTING ARTHRITIS THAT IS VERY IRONIC BUT CAN TRAIN UR SOLDIERS TO FULL POTENTIAL LIKE THE U.S NO ONE CAN SURPRISINGLY ISRAEL WOULD HAVE THEM SURRENDER IN NO TIME THEY IGHT THERE NOT THAT POWERFUL LOL THATS FACTS

[@davidalexander6764]

Black hawks aren't attack helicopters. They can be fitted to be but it's called UH-60 (Utility Helicopter) That's why an apache is a AH (attack) and a Chinook is CH (cargo)

[@thedrivenoutlier1602]

As soon as I heard that statement I rolled my eyes. Civvies gonna civi.

[@Macro105]

Black Hawks aren't attack helicopters right you are, but they can be rigged to engage ground targets. Utility implies multiple uses like medevac, attack or transport. Perhaps the reporter was referring to Black hawks left behind with heavy weapons onboard.

[@ViperVibeGamingofficial]

@@thedrivenoutlier1602 as a civvie I rolled my eyes too lmao

[@dez_0h133]

rebuttal - Nightstalkers

[@anunnakimenagerie]

If it identifies as an attack helicopter, call it an attack helicopter... don't be a bigot

[@tearitdown99]

"Blackhawk Attack Helicopters" LOL It's literally called a UH-60, the "U" stands for Utility.

[@Hx321]

You can give a man the best equipment to fight a war but it’s the knowledge of how to use that equipment you cannot just give away, it takes discipline, sacrifice and honor

[@chemistryhacks5289]

they had it since the beginning

[@shoyupacket5572]

yeah the thing is the taliban have been fighting for decades with almost nothing and still exist. let that sink in.

[@Hx321]

@@shoyupacket5572 because the Taliban are the civilians dumbass isis is a organized group so is al-Qaeda and there wiped out because you can pick them out, you can’t pick out a dude that pops off shots and throws his ak and runs into a crowd of people to hide because he’s a fucking civilian and blends in

[@whatevsperson3019]

@@Hx321 The Taliban, who spent most of their time in the wilderness, mountains and caves during the afghan war were actually civilians in Afghanistan's largest cities. sure.

[@Darksky1001able]

I don't think you need honor or sacrifice to learn how to work a radio.

[@UnWrittenKatsu]

"Elite combat gear" at least 80% of the gear being worn is American issue

[@JohnDoe-gn4xj]

some dude had a rifle with no scope lol. elite soldier gonna shoot real far with those iron sights lol

[@asfandbabar5635]

Exactly those international military trucks use navistar “maxxforce” 15L engines, they blow up in expert hands with regular maintenance. Tons of class action lawsuits against them in civilian transport trucks.

[@asfandbabar5635]

@biblereader thats not an uncommon size engine for that class vehicle, and yea normally they do last forever but is a simple equation we are trying to mess up “if it not broke dont fix it”. Diesel engines have been around forever are simple and can run almost indefinitely, its just the new emissions stuff that keeps making things difficult, so it is their fault that they are unreliable but its kinda also isnt because they are forced to bring emissions into compliance

[@logger22]

You can bring a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink

[@jpablo700]

It's hard to fight something you don't know is the enemy. It's even harder to see tax $s spent on equipping them when education, health care and overall infrastructure could have been funded at home.

[@taylorleeforcongress8470]

Yep.

[@tomharley6872]

War is a means of population control and tech advancement.. look at the religious crusades.. technology advanced as warfare continued. New weapons, other inventions.. etc.

[@taylorleeforcongress8470]

@@tomharley6872 I really don't see it as a means to control population. In the modern era this may appear true at first glance, but we need look no further than My Lai in Vietnam to see how hard it is to control people who want to do things. Or Vietnam as a whole for that matter.

[@maxsmith3580]

the requirements in weapons and vehicles for a regular army is lot different then of a hit and run insurgent groups. taliban are about to realise that number of people needed for defense is lot larger then those that are needed for a insurgent groups. that is why a gruella army can tie up a much larger force that has to defend a large area from the unseen enemy

[@DarkShroom]

who's invading them? so long as we stay away they will likely have nothing to worry about

[@shadowgearaudio293]

@@DarkShroom they are currently fighting another insurgent group. Remnants of Isis. It’s debatable if that counts as an invasion. If the Taliban want to win. They can’t remain an insurgency and be expected to hold onto what they’ve already gained. They would need to completely reorganize themselves. Also there’s always the unlikely possibility one of their neighbors like Iran, Pakistan or Russia might charge in.

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Who gives a damn, they were given a hefty donation of everything by their creators.

[@KracknCorn]

Billions and billions of dollars worth of equipment... If shit breaks, biden gave them spares.

[@manishpatel2525]

Limitation breeds innovation.

[@SCP30851]

Mashallah ta'baraka ❤

[@karlsteffen7804]

the fact that this was allowed to happen is infuriating.

[@Tienhamir100]

You forget who the current POTUS and Admin is..... They don't care. They're more worried about their own population revolting due to their ceaseless bullshit policies that are destroying everything.

[@richthick]

@@Tienhamir100 Explain how you would get back the weapons.

[@Tienhamir100]

@@richthick You extract the weapons first. Then the citizens. Then the troops. That's how that works, dumbshit. Now? Good fucking luck.

[@localextremist2839]

@@Tienhamir100 dumbshit? It's you who is dumb you think the Taliban won't try and stop the extraction?

[@isaiahsimmons5776]

i mean less money to spend. yeah afghanistan sucks, but im not afghan so fuck them. anyways i know theres going be return of us in afghanistan, there has to be. but it will be subtle war.

[@technologic21]

"Hey! That's my NVG system he's wearing!" - some guy in the US, somewhere.

[@whatintarnation...7891]

When you forgot to do your SI check right before the flight out...oopsie. 👀

[@MS-tc2fs]

AFG was invaded shortly after stopping the poppy cultivation (C I A was likely using this as funding- they openly did this in the past in Southeast Asia). It was hard to fully prop a compliant secular AFG regime and fend off the TB, thus, it appears the US decided to make peace with the TB and hand them all the equipment. The TB currently (coincidentally) are allowing the poppy trade, thus allowing the C I A to receive a cut of the profits and becoming tenuous allies once again. This also accomplishes another US geopolitical goal: containing China via preventing Chinese influence via the One Belt One Road infrastructure project. With a destabilized AFG right on China’s border, Chinese investments in Central Asia are now in jeopardy, thus stopping China from influencing the region.

[@andresc5915]

@@MS-tc2fs That sounds like a better deal tbh. ☠️

[@jameswilliams2481]

“Hey Sgt, I think I found my NVDs”

[@lost6672]

They have 7D. We use 14s

[@CanadianPrepper]

Ironically the talibans strength was asymmetrical warfare, this will effectively make them weaker but hey it "looks cool" so...

[@Protagonistt]

Don't predict things on your own

[@danielminor1693]

Interesting point.

[@KingFaisalwhatever]

Oh looks like you know a lot, it’s a shame American army didn’t hire you

[@zakthescout]

The Talis were perfectly capable of standing their ground and fighting for significant periods of time in many areas in Afghanistan, to discredit them is to shame the warriors who died fighting them as well as the Afghan warriors who died fighting us. Technology can only get you so far with concealment and sheer human stubbornness.

[@Jupiter.141]

@@zakthescout lmao..they were defeated in EVERY MAJOR combat operations so they resulted into guerilla tactics, ied's, small skirmishes. If they did not breakaway from the alliance with Al queda they would've been completely destroyed because of the foreign policies made by UN and backflash of US congress. US troops were on leashed. stop talking like as if they won by force they won because the afghan government gave up and the allied troops did not push further

[@blitzegron4848]

We may suck at nation building but we certainly know how to build up enemies.

[@anguoanzu5124]

Your comment couldn't be timed better ..

[@Grimreaper45705]

Continued war

[@Base.-2023]

😂😂😂

[@imheretocausetrouble2156]

They’re only enemies when you oppress and occupy.. shouldn’t have gone there in the 1st place

[@blitzegron4848]

@@imheretocausetrouble2156 We didn't go there in the 1st place. They and Al Qaeda came to us in the 1st place. Did you forget 911? Then we went there. Prior to that we assisted them in getting Russia out. Oppress? You mean like shooting your own people for "crimes" without a trial? Little girls sold like cattle and forbidden to be educated. Our mistake was thinking that everyone wants across the board freedom like the USA strives to have for itself.

[@redbaron18]

Probably the only army completely built with others ammunitions, ironically, who are their enemy

[@madmanmadlad2876]

There's still ISIS in Afghan

[@satyajitmahapatra9487]

Though not completely, another neighbouring country partially built with other’s ammunition.

[@Hawkz00]

@@satyajitmahapatra9487 Because they're fucking terrorists so no one would willingly give them supplies. Except for joe biden of course.

[@tchalla7828]

The US and Taliban aren’t really enemies if you look deeper.

[@Hawkz00]

@@tchalla7828 I mean most normal Americans capable of critical thinking hate the taliban, but then again the liberals are multiplying and Joe Biden is best friends with the terrorists😅

[@edwardthach1849]

When you finish the insurgency campaign and now unlocked the foreign military skins and a counterinsurgency campaign on Call of D'uty.

[@hydaromar6532]

Hahaha they got battle pass with tier skips

[@xBloodXGusherx]

@@hydaromar6532 HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@GAArunabh]

Or have captured some NATO gear in ARMA 3 Antistasi. Every guy has some different equipment and they put the guys with most gear up in front near the camera.

[@guerilla9one]

Insurgency sandstorm actually but good lead 👏 👌 👍

[@WhyAlwaysMeOfficial]

This is actually just a normal skin for beginners

[@snapturtle3253]

As a soldier, if you misplace 1 of your 300 bullets, you will get a serious punishment. But when the higher ranking general left thousands of weapons and equipment into enemy hands, they dont have to face with any consequences

[@NazriB]

Lies again? I'm Batman

[@chrisvonpapenburg]

Maybe it was the order to let these waste back

[@brucem6442]

@@NazriB what could possibly be a lie? Ignorance is bliss huh.

[@brucem6442]

Yes consequences should be swift and brutal. Shits disgusting

[@brucem6442]

@@chrisvonpapenburg it was biden and his group of morons probably made some deal with the Taliban to "not kill people" or some dumb shit that anyone in their right mind would not have done.

[@HUSS_BOSS]

Iam surprised how an outfit can turn somebody from looking like "Insurgents" into some hero looking soldier 😂😂

[@manuel.camelo]

Oh the NAZ... mastered this sort of things. Uniforms are everything.

[@LifTyLyM]

They look stupid

[@user-ot2nh8qb7d]

It was just prejudice and ignorance fuelled by heavy Western propaganda of its time. It has always been about optics which changes, adapts, evolves etc.

[@RevengeListt]

Insurgents or freedom fighters. Whatever you name them, they will be remembered as the men fought US Led 32 countries for their land, people and ideology as victorious.

[@manasjena949]

You mean western fascist soldier are looking like heroes unlike them..

[@YY-mk4ti]

When you just started playing the game but your level 1000 friend drops you items.

[@PRODiViN4]

Did u forget the US is who surrendered & couldn’t defeat gorilla fighters for 20 years with all the advance equipment… if anything taliban just prestiged

[@PRODiViN4]

@Dingle berry McDo ummm they couldn’t defeat afghan in 20 years even with all their advanced technology & equipment and than surrendered, so yea I think afghan won, ur just delusional

[@Rayzlight]

Not really newly started but let's say that one pay for win friend treats you for the first time

[@hang_kentang6709]

they've been playing the game for 20 years. its longer if you count the time when the US backed Mujahadeen fought against the Soviet.

[@treyjarvis6116]

Taliban greatest fighters in modern times undefeated lmao,based KZbin comment really stupid op lol

[@nightmare8162]

its a great feeling actually being able to see where your tax money is going towards, im so proud of my country.

[@andrewjames1416]

lmao 😂 glad we at least have a visualization

[@azzking9305]

The military industry made a fortune, that’s what the war was all about

[@xyzaex]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JohnHenry1331]

Bi Bi den

[@ultramarine3527]

Hey maybe this is a turning point, who knows maybe they will be our friends

[@MrTigroz]

"Hey which equipment did you want us to wear at the showcase?" "Yes."

[@dcaudiokenya4365]

Pajamas

[@mantia39]

Surprised they don't have swim fins strapped to thier backs..😆

[@بدرالعوفي-ي8ذ]

@@mantia39 تضحك! هاؤلا جعلو امريكا تذرف الدموع

[@grindyoutodust819]

Say it say Taliban 😂

[@indiasuperclean6969]

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[@teo-medesi]

I love how they all have slightly different uniforms and gear, as if they all personally got to choose what they wanted to wear.

[@martinr3988]

Just like call of duty 😂

[@BallsDeepInDahl]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@AdelGmal-y2f]

The reason they won is because they are disorganized and do what they want. Classic regular armies have become useless.

[@lazarus908]

Lol like they put the two guys with goggles up front and everyone else just has helmet mounts with nada on em 🤣🤣

[@bruhbruh3847]

​@@AdelGmal-y2f😂🤦

[@chedsalvia6270]

"Remember, if your enemies don't have drones, give it to them." - Sun Tzu

[@turbitfolk8237]

Why should someone do this?

[@will2849]

@@turbitfolk8237 ask Biden

[@turbitfolk8237]

@@will2849 joe how?

[@BaljinderSingh-xy4ik]

Sun tzu was not stupid like US

[@johnnykurplutzo6789]

"if you engage the enemy in guerrilla warfare on foreign soil, equip your wives w/ pool boy and vibrators."- Confucius

[@The3Shogun]

When you spend all your money on DLC packages but your still a level 1. 😂

[@gr1mmy954]

Purchasing nice skins but still noob lmao 🤣

[@hydraxp007]

@ricky brooks that was afghan these are taliban comparing lions to cats

[@hydraxp007]

@ricky brooks idk isis or taliban they both are terrorist organizations but isis is deadlier

[@hydraxp007]

@ricky brooks good thing till Americans were guarding they didn't dared to attack Afghanistan Biden ruined it all

[@hanscumyeah4216]

Level 1 but can kick US' ass 1000km away, does that mean US is level -1? 😆

[@johnwayne3085]

People don't understand. Every base abandoned was like leaving entirely (very well) stocked cities with lots of military hardware. The scope of what was handed to the Talibs is infuriating.

[@snowmoon7385]

Perhaps they love them.😂🤣🤣

[@chi_chai]

Wanna make a bet it was a trade off

[@snowmoon7385]

@Gwyn Plaine Noo ..they dont.Dont be silly.

[@rafiullahmomant]

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@onehotfl]

Thanks Comrade Biden!

[@Lichenroc]

Lesson to be learned is the US should not fight a war in another Man’s home for he’ll surely defend it.

[@ThatOneRussianTank]

badass

[@keywinhomes8969]

The American is one of the best and generous suppliers for Talibans.

[@Kemite_Gaming]

dont forget Vietnamese & North Korea lol

[@ssvfarms]

cause they fight who america tells them to. like in this case iran

[@Kemite_Gaming]

@@ssvfarms america wont contest with russia and china again especially with hyper sonic missile technology

[@sorayber8687]

I was thinking the same thing coz all the weapons that they are using is American weapons 😝😝😝 after American left

[@Kemite_Gaming]

@@sorayber8687 Vietnamese still has m14 and ar-15 etc and NK still got m1 garand and m14

[@OFFROADOVERDRIVE]

I like how they are wearing aircraft headphones to look like they are well equiped

[@kingmuddy5898]

Lmao I just realised that, they look like the minions in despicable me

[@robertnguyen2025]

They are just toy solider ..taking pieces here and there to make it look like they are a standing army...if you look carefully the real righter are in the background surrounding the people to Kate sure no problems is there and look at their feet..they are still wearing sandals

[@SSC604]

I like the NV goggles in broad daylight.

[@derrellmckelvey4574]

Lol that's funny I was wondering what that was on his head 🤔 😂

[@the-based-jew6872]

They look so stupid lmao. It's like a guy in an rpg where you wear all the gear to look better 🤣🤣🤣

[@sillmanbook8061]

Taliban: Fought for 20 years to build modern Afghan commandos Americans: Fought for 20 years to build modern Afghan commandos War buddies.

[@Rob774]

So comical. I can dress like a ninja, all the way down to the throwing stars... it still doesn't make me a ninja. I'm just playing dress up.

[@retrolex433]

@PhillyWest It's only dress up if you don't train yourself

[@ricb123]

Penny drops, America welcome to your new Afghanistan ally.

[@johndo7484]

@@ricb123 Yah, which isn’t really a bad thing. Considering Iran and Pakistan are 2 of our worst enemies. This will help the US in the long run. Seeing as how they hate those 2 worse than us.

[@ricb123]

@@johndo7484 the enemy of my enemy is my friend...

[@TheTeodorsoldierabvb]

When a Taliban says "every action has a reaction", you just have to take it seriously and back away.

[@Heladio54]

Lmao sure dude

[@TheTeodorsoldierabvb]

@@Heladio54 I can almost taste the salt :D

[@kamal5341]

❤️🤣

[@fafafais]

please give a go against The taliban6 again ​@@Heladio54

[@eziokill9112]

Oopsy poopy catch this nukesy

[@ConsensusX]

"We trained a lot of mechanincs..." -in which we left behind, and they are now Taliban mechanics, fully capable of maintaining and repairing U.S. equipment. The Taliban just got the best loot drop of the millennium.

[@JohnD-m4j]

no taliban mechanics,turkey mechanics.dont forget that turkey ful recognise and support the taliban

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

Hard to maintain without parts.

[@N_GY444]

Nobody invited Americans to occupy afghanistan just sell their weapons instead of occupying the the country or countries you should have delivered weapons greedy

[@nervonabliss]

Sounds like it was their plan all along

[@paulparker8298]

Well Like the Vietnamese the taliban embarrassed the Americans and made them flee like rats off a sinking ship!!

[@abelesperanz4196]

they're not just commandos, theyre airforce pilot's too. a military that surpasses metal gear

[@YorktownClass]

For anyone who didn't get the joke. the taliban were wearing aircraft headphones.

[@vanthursday]

@@YorktownClass They literally showed choppers in the area who are controlled by the Taliban.

[@YorktownClass]

@@vanthursday Bro rewatch the video and read the above comment i replied to.

[@DjROyAL-dn6hg]

Yes suicide pilots that carry planes full of bombs and shells

[@EdwinTyler]

Why are we here? Just to suffer?

[@sayuken14]

Thank you American tax payers for this equipements xD

[@GuPKay]

It’s not much, let’s say 7 billion dollars worth of equipment was left. America has a population of let’s see 360 million. This means that really each person lost about 20 dollars. Although the number is quite a bit higher because half our nation probably dosent even pay taxes and 7 billion is a rough estimate so yea, I want my 20 dollars back.

[@doggopop3065]

"Thanks to our sponsors the USA. Wouldn't have made this possible without you guys. ❤️ " 💀

[@MrDeplorable-sw9cz]

Sadly, you're right.

[@Triggernlfrl]

@Narex Moravian Things that are already long time worn out and depleted. Bit weak and anti human to blame the Russians...

[@sgt1terrence]

yah biden and the dumbasses who voted for him ha...not it was stolen obviously

[@vameme4390]

Shout out to our brother from another mother obama, G Bush and the main men , the legend ,the myth, Big Joe

[@drummersnare6276]

You’re welcome :)

[@smalls8646]

The black hawk isn't an attack helicopter, it's a utility helicopter as shown in it's designation uh-60

[@chaosknight24]

There can be modifications on the black hawk that make it into an attack helicopter

[@VeryFamousActor]

Yeah it can be fitted with pylons that can mount AGMs.

[@a_mighty_cookieh3738]

@@chaosknight24 Yes, but the helicopter itself isn’t an attack helicopter.

[@popoffcity1989]

Once they modify it with air to ground missiles and rocket pods it becomes anything you want it to be

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@popoffcity1989 in Vietnam, hueys with rocket pods still had the UH designation.

[@fer0xOriginal]

The ear protection over the headgear.....a great analogy of this whole thing

[@christianzilla]

They call that 'all the gear and no idea.'

[@skorgezagreat2462]

I think it’s to be able to hear the graduation ceremony, there’s no way, they’ve definitely seen those helmets before and they’ve been built for it. I think that’s just what they think “off mode” is, probably observed some dumbass private do it.

[@poxyyclaps9338]

all military special forces flip comtacs on their helmet when they are not expecting any combat, cus comtacs actually do deafen noises but most wear them flipped backwards

[@ahrydnt9699]

Clown trooper 😂

[@joe___6868]

@@poxyyclaps9338 isn’t there a volume thing on then to turn them off?

[@ashaqhussain6902]

In the last 100 years, alone the Afghans defeated the British Empire, defeated the Soviet Union and America and its 45 country coalition. Afghanistan a nation of Warrior tribes, and graveyard of empires,

[@mbr8167]

Look up the casualties on both sides, and military encounters. Getting someone to leave after they looted you for 20 years doesn't indicate a graveyard for anyone but yourselves.

[@DimSlimDaMonkey]

1: America took just a few months to defeat the taliban but they left cus they understood that the tribal peopole aren't changing their ways and it useless. 2: its the afghan army that crumbled 3: Killing men is possible but completely extinguishing an ideology isn't

[@DuolingoOFFICIAL-english]

The soviet Union wasnt defeated. It pulled out due to cold war agreements

[@DimSlimDaMonkey]

@@DuolingoOFFICIAL-english yes

[@DontMindMeHere369]

They even beat their old government

[@inw_sentinel]

United States of America: "We gave the Taliban M4s, but our 2A protected civilians cant have pistol braces" Makes sense... really...

[@AB-ik1ic]

I hear u..this shit is crazy

[@belluh-1huey102]

Ah yes M4s without a rear sight.

[@pedrorltrooper3964]

@@belluh-1huey102 Because that matters when they have piles of acogs

[@belluh-1huey102]

@@pedrorltrooper3964 those ACOGs prob aren't up to date or aren't real. They don't have the TA11 ACOG I think, but I could be looking at ir wrong. The US uses the ACOG RMR now.

[@codemy666]

@@belluh-1huey102 Ohno, not upto date acogs.... and why would they be fake? lmfao

[@2genders]

"3 month training program" "Fully capable"

[@spacepeing9936]

They already got 20 year+ experience from the previous job

[@generalgrievous3133]

@@spacepeing9936 in guerilla warfare

[@owaismuzaffar3649]

@@spacepeing9936 lol have fought 43 years with two superpower

[@jukebox_heroperson3994]

3 months is about the US basic training too, I believe. And these people are already capable fighters, this is more of a "retraining" program.

[@hesh286]

@@spacepeing9936 in hide and seek🤣🤣🤣

[@donlesley1873]

The US government “we’ll arm our enemies and even send them money, but we’ll be damned if we let our civilians have pistol braces”

[@needfirearms1942]

😂 felt that

[@rexgaming_501st3]

“Or a rifle with under a 16in barrel, unless you pay the $200 bribe, then you’re fine”

[@narutokyuubi99]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 goddamn

[@rodgersmith1573]

@@rexgaming_501st3 I'm calling it now that a tax stamp increases in price exponentially in the next decade. Because fuck your so-called 'rights', that haven't been rights since 1933, we want our money, so that we may continue to arm the enemy.

[@IYKYK97]

#JustPutAStockOnIt 🤫

[@malcolmliang]

A lot to be learnt from the conflict, they actually outlasted technologically superior opposition. Not the first one but definitely the most overwhelming comeback especially in terms of logistics. They retook the country faster than a fedex delivery.

[@taliabraver]

I bet they love Biden!Shame leaving this all behind!Trump!

[@J_C95]

Not in the sense of anything new to learn, you just have to look at Afghanistan's history and you'll see the lesson for why you don't get involved repeated over and over. It wasn't really an overwhelming comeback, Afghanistan is a patchwork of different groups and tribes that never really had genuine interest in the type of nation-building attempted. In a very mountainous country with porous borders, cheap fighters accustomed to a rustic lifestyle will have a very easy time waiting around on the sidelines, waiting for their occupier to get tired of spending the immense amounts required to maintain a modern force in that environment.

[@Beaner69]

@@taliabraveryou know trump started the pullout, right? This is his fault along with Joe’s

[@arsenic0]

I love how their level of being elite is literally the same thing as CoD. Strap as much shit to your head and torso as humanly possible with wires everywhere, your now a high tech elite soldier.

[@JM-dy4ty]

These guys fought and beat the US for over a decade with AKs and flip flops I think they’re already combat capable

[@Murican-Faith]

@@JM-dy4ty beat? Military beat? 😆 i would say we got bored. I mean, we can't just carpet bomb the fools out of existence, wouldn't that be genocide of sorts??? Y'all would cry about that to 😆. Yea, they sure beat us 😆🤡

[@squeakybeaky6650]

@@JM-dy4ty You are actually clueless holy shit

[@ZK-ff2ru]

@@Murican-Faith "we didnt lose we just ran away" excuse used by the united states number 13

[@JM-dy4ty]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 Yes. Beat. The US gave up. There is no way you can twist the events to imply the US won in the end.

[@dznuts123]

Those are not the "spoils of of war." The US practically gave the weapons to Taliban.

[@muhammadzaidhasan1426]

To counter china

[@15241]

@@muhammadzaidhasan1426 China is an allie of Afghanistan

[@PerryKobalt]

@@muhammadzaidhasan1426 what does an US Gifted weapon do to CCP MF?

[@ilebillybobjoe]

@@15241 committing genocide of an ethnic group and allied with an ethno state.

[@dznuts123]

@@muhammadzaidhasan1426 Cope

[@josephkony2274]

Some parade with their own equipment Some parade with imported equipment Legends parade with the enemy’s equipment

[@محمدعبده-ث9ت8ر]

😂😂

[@sihabportal8623]

​@@محمدعبده-ث9ت8رDog

[@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, these armies are douchbags with harems and act arrogantly legendary😂😂😂

[@hyperman5752]

​@@TheAnonymousKnightOfJusticeFunny how United states lost to them isn't it?

[@tibzig1]

You white boys got your anuses reamed by them for 20 years. Just as the 5' tall VC played hell with you in the jungles of SE Asia. And this was after they defeated the arrogant French. This is the fate of all racist and hubris-filled empires who slaughter millions under the false excuses of "terrorism" and "spreading freedom, rabid feminism and democracy," whereas in reality your governments and corporations (who rule you as well) are after the resources and lands of these poor and weak countries. While you were out there in Iraq and Afghanistan being slaves to the White boys on Wall Street, your promiscuous women were cheating on you. Then you come home, defeated and complete with PTSD and mental issues. Remember, nobody wants to lose their culture, religion and way of life and become a slave, especially not Muslims. Find more expressive vocabulary than "Douch bag" next time. @@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice

[@TongLidao]

it is the end of western colonialism and depravity in Afghanistan and it is freedom for the brave Asian Afghan people. We must stop the west imperialist propaganda.

[@Matze239]

Imagine if Taliban actually manage to form a stable and secure state. How ironic would that be

[@mrbloby8806]

Why do I have a feeling you can see the future

[@jduff59]

It would be a good thing - the folks in Afghanistan have known nothing but war for many, many years. They ought to have some time to live without that.

[@mansorosir5878]

good

[@majorplothole2620]

They won't. Or rather, they can't. It's like they were saying *if* they can prevent another ISIS or other terrorist organization from trying to seize power. IF they can climatize to a whole new set a warfare tactics IF they can properly utilize the equipment they've been given and IF they can do all of that while not giving an opening to one of their very back-stab prone neighbors. Not even sure I'd be rooting for the Taliban government either... if there IS peace, it'll be through an iron fist. That said, yeah, the Afghan people deserve a legitimate peace. Hopefully the Taliban will be intelligent enough to realize that anything disturbing their internal peace - ie, re-enforcing bad laws, and subjugating certain peoples within their borders - doing that would open them up to outside attack. Sure the USSR and USA failed. But both were crippled by their own governments. Pakistan and Iran wouldn't really be held back by things like bad press, as their government controls their press. Here's hoping, but don't hold your breath.

[@azzking9305]

They’re not capable of doing much, probably due to endemic cousin marriage

[@tobybeggs8676]

So after 20 years, the US made the Taliban situation go from “meh” to “catastrophic”

[@professorx2607]

Pretty much, but you know what's even worse dumb methheads in comments section saying terrorist look cool in western military gear. That let's me know the illegitimate regime in the west has mentally paralyzed some of the population.🤔

[@bigmanrobert3610]

@@professorx2607 nah they look pretty cool granted they are cunts aswell

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

Thanks biden

[@corvusfinality3112]

Well that's what happens when a dumbass becomes the leader.

[@charlestonianbuilder344]

@@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329 i dont get you people, its as if the right always has some scapgoat to point to, liberals too, one say its trump the other says it biden, even though its both their fault along with previous presidents, the war lasted for about 20 years and it was wasting lives, and resources, and for the expense of the arms industry that benefited greatly, which funded both president's campaigns, hmmm... But biden did stop the needless waste of lives and resources and stopped the constant bombing of a country back to the stone age, though the entire war was always a shithole from the start to the end- then again why do i always try to tall to people like you about the situation about it, so lets just have a scapegoat to point at instead, easier to understand, easier to convey, easier to spread a message. And so that the people are distracted

[@59cvlpekhlua75]

Imagine, a whole modern army whose whole military doctrine would be guerilla tactics,won't want to invade them

[@Comingforfootballfans]

Guerrilla tactics work if you travel light and fast and are well hidden. An armoured vehicle carrying a fully geared soldier doesn't exactly help their cause.

[@tonystank07]

@@Comingforfootballfans forget the US or Russia, gorkha regiment alone is enough to handle these nomads

[@factsworld995]

@@tonystank07 Gurkhas are fathers.

[@mavrickpeacemaker8395]

@@Comingforfootballfans an example would be maratha light infantry raids in mughal territories

[@59cvlpekhlua75]

@@mavrickpeacemaker8395 send our jawans on early morningand all enemies will die and be back for chai

[@liketheblue5082]

"We trained a lot of mechanics for those vehicles before we left. So I expected that they will be able to keep those things running for quite some time." 😂😂😂 Why is it so funny

[@DanielKolsi]

Maybe because he sounds so proud of carrying out the training. Ironic indeed.

[@CLSGL]

"We want a respectful relationship with our neighbors!" *Same guy minutes earlier* - "We will crush everyone who disagrees with us."

[@PrunskusGavin]

considering how fast women can change their mind im not surprises. hue hue

[@wolfydz1239]

Dude are you cunfused . Becus i didnt even see any of those lines . Or maybe you watched another video and commented in this comment section 😂

[@SpiritShinobi]

Intelligence isn't one of their strong points 😆

[@samg5183]

Heey ! This is what the United States and the West are doing

[@adamson5779]

Yup! And, this is one of the main reasons the US left military arsenal behind. This group will be instrumental to build and deploy one more hell on earth.

[@EpikBerm]

Fact checkers be like: "No America lost no equipment this is staged"

[@KILLERMATYCZ]

It is not staged, but they didn't lose this stuff either ;) It was lost by Afghan Army and Police

[@asdrubaelvect8038]

@@KILLERMATYCZ no, we knew exactly where it was when we left it there.

[@Noredlac_]

The ANA lost the equipment we gave them, so it no longer belonged to us

[@tjcambre5236]

You ain't lying bro

[@dsarmy1]

The funny thing is I watched a video where a media reporter warned Biden about this. Of course Biden just denied it would happen and blew it off.

[@jonathanhella7194]

Served in Afghanistan until 2013 . Fought these guys toe to toe many times. We (my Marines and I) predicted this outcome years ago. 😂😂

[@Marinealver]

Sucks, doesn't it.

[@jonathanhella7194]

@@Marinealver yup

[@Ggggg-dp6fi]

How good were they in combat really?

[@muhammadayananwar7912]

How about you watch this video? I pray for your and my guidance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHy0d2B_nshmoas

[@muhammadayananwar7912]

Till the end please.

[@Gruffydom]

Nice of the Americans to leave all that gear.

[@GuPKay]

I’m not happy they did, but it’s cheaper to just make more back home than to bring it back.

[@vincentdimitri169]

@@GuPKay Yeah totally. 80 billion dollars worth just left there

[@GuPKay]

@@vincentdimitri169 well it’s a lot cheaper to just make it again than transport it home, besides all it was a bunch of guns and humvees, it wasn’t like we left abrams tank and nukes

[@vincentdimitri169]

@@GuPKay It was left there to undermine Russia, nothing else.

[@TheSuperGringo]

Breaking News: The US Army has changed its recruiting slogan from “Army Strong” to “We can’t win a war, you’ll probably get left behind, we’ll give our enemies billions in weapons, but hey, we’re woke as f*ck!”

[@spinning_ice1487]

POV: You’re proud the taliban won.

[@diollinebranderson6553]

@Arun shiva samy I for real. im disappointed in how the US makes it look like some weak bitch

[@crashmultiplecombat3830]

kkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@icii0i40]

gulf war

[@tanushkaagarwal1704]

@@diollinebranderson6553 You're not weak, but it's hard to compete with the Taliban. Because they see 72 women in Heaven with every single bullet.

[@kashmirdailylife3265]

Any superpower left in the world who wanna try their luck in Afghanistan.

[@azharrajpoot8241]

Osama bin laden was killed nearly 15 years ago. Now! Why america was there in these years?? You have any answer?

[@cartoonsinhindi1023]

@bhagirath kalarthi hey lindu...tell me US took revenge by killing million innocent afgan people?....

[@xhamzah_9940]

@@Sanjaykumar-fn5hs okay Akshay Kumar from wish🤣

[@tech2top250]

@@azharrajpoot8241 first of all Osama was killed in Pakistan not in Afghanistan and second that American's were because of Uranium so they took it from Helmand province

[@tech2top250]

To all who think about Osama Bin Laden he was killed in Pakistan not in Afghanistan the only reason US came to Afghanistan was because of it's Uranium and build bases against Russia

[@divisionnordland1609]

They kicked out foreigners without all that equipment.

[@RachmadaniFAG]

They kick the coward ANA

[@acrayon3699]

Hopefully someone can grow a brain and nuke that whole f****** country.

[@RachmadaniFAG]

@@acrayon3699 it means you are the one who don't have brain

[@coolgamers2794]

Putin's Russia and Xi Jin Ping's new PLA army would love to steal Afghanistan next. lol. Imagine the Russian Bear and Chinese Dragon teaming up with over 3 million soldiers strong with heavy aircraft going into Afghanistan to steal all the US Technology that was left behind. Taliban is a joke. They got defeated by the United States back in 2001. They only got a free win since the United States was nice to let them win. lol

[@RachmadaniFAG]

@@coolgamers2794 xi jinping in Taliban so they will get more natural resource and US technology without a war.

[@thewiseone2911]

Turning them into elite commandos after 3 months training? Western T1 operators: lmao.

[@waggna469]

This is just great. Fits in perfectly into the overall scenario we are facing right now. Just unbelievable…

[@MistahLogi]

Soon enough planet earth will only have one country.. one big country..

[@GamerGuy760]

@@MistahLogi The United Countries of Earth. UCE!

[@waggna469]

@@GamerGuy760 more like UEC, United Empire of China

[@combatpanda4264]

I heard India just 'accidentally' fired a missile into Pakistan. Looks like the whole world really might just say "fuck it" this year. Joe Biden is considering travelling to Europe. The only thing this plot is missing is a kidnapping on the US president and this will become a movie in about 70 years

[@payperboii8477]

its on par with the Call of Duty story arc haha

[@blacky1987]

"We're going to wear everything we have all the time." "Night optics?" "yeah, why not." "We got batteries?" "fuck no." "Americans definitely didnt leave those"

[@Optikification]

an hamster wheel attached to the rear of the helmet might help. Well if they have hamsters in Afghanihole.

[@mpelite5527]

They did leave batteries they also left billions of dollars for them to buy more

[@blacky1987]

@@mpelite5527 yeah cheers for the inventory mate

[@geraouttahermaeens1075]

Oh clever Americans did not leave batteries…… I’m sure the batteries are difficult to get hold of or manufacture. They should have left the batteries and taken the equipment… they would have been smart… I’m sure some army personnel would take some equipment if they would have been allowed.

[@blacky1987]

@Gera outta her maeen S you've missed the joke. Or ive missed yours. Either way im sure you had a point.

[@borntobeawesome12]

"We are able to carry out complex operations" One of the m4's doesnt have a backsight, yeah I saw you buddy

[@claytonkickflip7595]

Have you seen them fight? You think they’re actually using any kind of aiming?

[@trancebenz9163]

😂😂😂

[@nosegrindv4951]

good eye. posers.

[@morgan19811]

Oh shit I was laughing so hard I missed it, any bets on these fuckers shooting at each other, the ana used to do it at night mistaking it for incoming if another got spooked 😱

[@densonjc]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@armageddonready4071]

1:01 someone should tell them the night vision is for at nighttime

[@halfdome4158]

😂❤

[@dimitrikorsky2859]

Imagine how many people feel as though their loved ones giving their lives in afghanistan was entirely for nothing.

[@NSRS1]

Oh there's plenty.. unfortunately

[@kylewood5607]

It was for nothing. God bless their lost souls

[@marvinbrewer8637]

No accountability for this travesty

[@christianzilla]

It certainly wasn't for nothing if you take into account the share price rise in companies such as Halliburton, Raytheon, etc etc., since the start of the Afghan conflict. Passing your tax dollars to private capital as always, but at an increased rate with manufactured consent.

[@sager3388]

This is what intervening does to us! We get what we deserve. And after it's all said n done we open our border to these people. Some are good but most are extremely bad!

[@forgotmyself9205]

Man The U.S. military is so generous! Maybe the Military aint that bad at all.

[@hanzsolo5460]

nah don’t join this shit sucks

[@luckydrag7273]

Calling Usa Army is being generous they are literally mercenaries that kills for corporates/oil baron at the expanse of innocents

[@forgotmyself9205]

@@luckydrag7273 Man... these guys really don't know how to detect sarcasm. The US Military is... idk at this point, its all just stupid. I

[@loganyeck9122]

Mock me if you want lol, we all answer to someone. I love the Military and don’t regret it. Join and you’ll understand; the civilian point of view left pretty quick at boot camp

[@ziegenarty6188]

@@loganyeck9122 people don't comprehend that politicians start these wars...not the military. 🤦‍♂️

[@sleepylion9788]

I'd not underestimate the Taliban. It was the same case in my country, North Vietnamese moved in and also made use of the military equipment the US left behind. We basically became the strongest military in South East Asia for nearly a decade later thanks to that. We had to switch to Russian equipment after we ran out of spare parts, but still they helped us a great deal in the war against Khmer Rogue.

[@milotura6828]

I remember that… why did you guys go there again?

[@Nysoksieha]

Vietnam go There to save Innocent khmer civilians from suffering, and Hunt Down Pol Pot because he starts attacking Vietnam. I'm questioning myself as well about that dictator.. Pol Pot went to France, Came back and rule cambodia under communist rules... but why did he go to the west? France is not a communist country.. was he being brainwashed by the west into thinking that's the way of ruling under communism? Is he doing this to let our people know that communist is bad? Look at China 🇨🇳 world superpower in economics.. Russia the father of communism savior of the world by defeating and capturing Berlin in Nazi Germany. Still the has very strong military power.. even the US feared to this date. They don't kill off their smart resourceful people like Pol Pot did. This feels more towards the west's plan rather than the east. In history book, yes he did commit genocide on the people ( especially, the smart, resourceful, and religious people ), but was he a puppet of the west? I still don't know. All I know is that he's dead and Vietnam prevent him from killing further. There are many statues in cambodia that shows Vietnam helped us escaped this dark Era. Yet the west said it's Vietnam's Invasion.. just like Russia and Ukraine... Right now.

[@sleepylion9788]

@@milotura6828 Khmer Rouge attacked and wiped out a Vietnamese village near their border. A couple of thousands people got butchered during the attack.

[@newguy954]

@@sleepylion9788 is it a rumor that they killed people only because they had glasses or did they actually do that?

[@sleepylion9788]

@@newguy954 They actually did it, according to surviving witnesses

[@proleterriert8075]

It’s not like America didn’t give the Taliban equipment before is it.

[@ahmetkarakaya9122]

Nothing has changed over 25 years sir.

[@kjh1227]

It was all part of uncle joe's deal to get out. It was the payoff to the taliban to leave us alone for a bit. I mean joe just couldn't "pay" them 65 billion dollars and congress def wouldn't sell the taliban military equipment sooooooooo we'll just "leave it behind" and say we made it "inoperable".

[@gavinzlatar4914]

@@kjh1227 Trump was the one to make the deal and not draft any plans for the withdrawal before he left office. This isn’t just Biden’s mess, it’s every US President since we funded the Taliban in the 80s mess.

[@yani3263]

USA left it for the Afghan army not for the Taliban

[@HandleHandle123]

@@yani3263 before we even withdrew I've heard a lot of them would run away in the middle or start of a fight, no surprise that as the US left the Afghans lost ground, almost like they weren't even defending it when we were withdrawing. "They are corrupt and have no will to fight for their country" sums up what I've heard as a summary of them. In short, we left it to be surrendered to the Taliban.

[@lohkoonhoong6957]

Thanks, Uncle, for the army things.

[@gnizz0021]

Considering the fact that they wear their earpro on top of their helmets and half their rifles don't even have rear iron sights, I doubt they will be able to use half of that equipment proficiently.

[@eogg25]

Afghanistan is a country that has many people that have the trade as gun makers. if these soldiers want a gun sight put on their gun. It can be done very easily.

[@Bradggger]

@@eogg25 fair, but a gun sight won’t beat a drone

[@micko9111]

And only 3 months training you under go 2 years commando training before getting your green beret and that’s if you manage to pass the selection process

[@micko9111]

Do they even know those are ear protection? Or they think it’s part of the helmet

[@sixmilllpesoman4741]

@@micko9111 if they were part of the helmet then they'd all have them...

[@maximilianl4453]

When you join the game late, but your high level friends got you covered

[@HandsomeSexyBadGuy]

This isnt a video game you fucking goof. Why do you stupid nerd gamer losers come on every fucking video and comment some stupid unfunny video game bullshit. This is real life not a fucking video game. Video games have rotted your fucking minds!

[@shane8511]

"Black Hawk Attack Helicopters" These people probably couldnt tell the differance between a little bird and a chinook.

[@BenDover-tk3jj]

no

[@nweston3487]

Yes

[@GuPKay]

Say black hawk really fast and it sounds funny

[@andrewhackney6286]

Three months is a small amount of time to train someone to be a "Commando." Having expensive equipment doesn't make a force capable. Equipment doesn't make a Soldier, training does.

[@rodrigofilho1996]

These guys are very experienced, they mastered that terrain, dont forget they expelled the USSR and USA from there...

[@spinning_ice1487]

Exactly. Becoming a commando or a soldier requires discipline and proper military training (which is 6 months+). Like, how would you even take care of your tanks or humvees and fly stolen aircrafts without any training? That just doesn’t make any sense...

[@spinning_ice1487]

@@rodrigofilho1996 They didn’t really “expelled” the US from Afghanistan. I mean yeah, the US lost against the taliban for leaving without achieving their goal, but they could’ve stayed there and continue to fight them if it wasn’t only for Biden. The US also left because their 20 years to deploy troops on Afghanistan was done, which started in 2001 and ended last year.

[@andrewhackney6286]

@@rodrigofilho1996 I'm not going to deny that the Taliban is likely the most combat experienced irregular force on the planet, but that doesn't always translate well into being in a standing army. The individual soldier skills are likely there, but that doesn't mean that they can perform at the level that a proper military force would consider to be equivalent to being a commando. The word commando refers to units like the UK's Royal Marines and the US's 75th Ranger Regiment. I promise you that these guys are not that. A Ranger is still a high caliber soldier without the expensive kit. I don't think three months is enough time to convert an insurgent to a commando. You also have to remember that the Taliban "beat" both the USSR and the US by simply waiting for them to leave, they didn't beat them on the battlefield. Any time they stood to fight against either the Russians or the Americans they were crushed, even by conventional troops, which is why they ended up resorting insurgency instead of open fighting.

[@andrewhackney6286]

@@spinning_ice1487 The US did achieve their goal. The reason was to find and kill UBL. We did that in 2011 and then stayed to "Nation build." Preventing the Taliban from returning to power was a secondary objective, and it was never really possible without a permanent presence in the country.

[@Just_A_Random_Desk]

you can't turn an insurgent into a "commando" just by giving them gear. it's not that simple.

[@killman369547]

Exactly right. Sure it matters who's got the biggest stick but what matters a hell of a lot more is who's swinging it.

[@edgargarred4319]

ok break it down for us how is it not that simple? the gears are highly sophisticated which would give any user a tremendous advantage in battle.

[@iileross8398]

@@edgargarred4319 Yes it’s sophisticated. And that is precisely the issue they have. They don’t know how to use any of this equipment.

[@Macbravolive]

@@killman369547 DO NOT TRUST SHEPARD!

[@rajpiroouz188]

It is that difficult to realize that the video is a graduation ceremony? Would you really think that they are not trained or effective just because they are wearing some decorative gear in a graduation ceremony?

[@Ment2703]

These Pashtuns are aggressive tribe but they're Iranic

[@sahasrara3087]

"we are now fully capable of carrying out any complex operation and controlling any threat" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@crazycocainemercenary7498]

And yes they can they have the moral to hold the "line" (because they are fanatics and they want to die for their god) they have the experience (years of fighting the US army)and they have the equipment and some support from the Russian China and maybe iran

[@J_Caban]

@@crazycocainemercenary7498 if they want to fight a conventional war they’d get fucked. So I don’t get the point of this

[@ae746890]

It’s like a bad SNL skit

[@kylekalakoda1304]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@crazycocainemercenary7498]

@@J_Caban bro you never know btw just let you know that the same thing other nations said about USA in 1800

[@shsb2355]

M4 replaces the AK as the new “bad guy” gun

[@piyh3962]

This is a long term plan to make 556 the standard round worldwide

[@mindurbusiness9734]

It’s literally not 😐

[@shsb2355]

@@mindurbusiness9734 it is now. Since it’s the standard firearm for the taliban infantry.

[@TheRealNeonwarrior]

@@shsb2355 Less chance of an intermediate round penetrating combat armor than a full-power round out of an AKM. Though of course, now they have access to the same combat armor as everyone else, so it's an even playing field.

[@imperiumoccidentis7351]

@Cripple Ninja Why are people these days literally incapable of saying something is bad without referring to the nazis? Like “badness” is just a synonym for “nazi” now?

[@Sordfeesh]

one of those "graduates" didn't have a rear sight post on his M4... "fully capable"

[@7428marcus]

*rear sight aperture/ front sight post

[@ZacharyReaper]

Well this graduates held out against the technologically, financially, and numerically superior oh so mighty and "fully capable" US for years lol

[@nabil9603]

lol who need full gear weapons. dont underestimate people. they might not have scope on their rifle, but their eyes might be good as eagle. they can fight against US without any technology or full gear weapons and won the fight!

[@canjo4588]

They lost every battle up against the Americans they hid out in other countries until the Americans left . This will be their weak spot they are not equipped or trained to fight a modern day army all of this equipment must be maintained to a certain degree to operate to the best of abilities. You can put a sword in a untrained mans hands doesn’t mean he knows how to use it fully . They don’t have tactics to hide from aircraft or to fight aircraft everybody knows gorilla tactics proved to be usefull through out history even the Americans used these tactics against the British during the war . However then standing toe to toe with any modern army they will be annihilated they just simply don’t have the brains

[@canjo4588]

@@nabil9603 they didn’t win the “fight” they lost every battle they hid until the time was right .

[@farhank8336]

Americans ran like chickens about to lay eggs!!!!!

[@averagejoe8358]

So nice of the Taliban to distinguish themselves from civilians for NATO troops!

[@lolihitler4198]

Yeah bro let’s go back to Afghanistan it’ll go great this time!

[@gustavoritter7321]

Oh yeah sure... go invade Afghanistan for like the 30th time, i bet this time it will go well..

[@averagejoe8358]

@@gustavoritter7321 Literally their only advantage was guerilla warfare. They couldve shot someone and then blended in with the crowd so easily. Fact is they're undertrained insurgents.

[@gustavoritter7321]

@@averagejoe8358 Undertrained insurgents? 20 years of war (40 if you count since the Soviet invasion) is sure enough to "train" any insurgent in the most intense way possible. They defeated the two post-WW2 superpowers and humiliated several great powers (UK, Germany, Italy etc).

[@Arcaryon]

@@gustavoritter7321 They defeated the Soviets using American equipment ( remember how the USA bragged about her 100.000 mercenaries? ) so really, the USA / other international allies like Pakistan defeated the Soviets, as that’s precisely what a proxy war is. A general who orders his troops forwards is victories despite not firing a single shot himself. The casualties in the air for instance are exclusively the result of foreign-manufactured equipment. Following this event, other groups who had little to do with these original warriors and had taken over the country essentially SURVIVED for 20 years, hiding and using hit and run tactics. IF Ukraine today beats Russia, either in a shorter or drawn-out conflict, it is the first scenario aka. NATO aso. as a collective also beats Russia, not just the Ukrainians despite their formidable bravery being the catalyst. Even though fuel itself doesn’t do much, without it, no car runs a single mile. The Taliban managed to destroy a puppet state ( an incredibly weak puppet state ) but not the coalition. Remember, there were only a few thousand international troops there who essentially kicked the Taliban out of their own stronghold, held them for two decades and then went "yeah no, we can not be bothered anymore, here, take these things and try holding them off yourself, good luck and thank for the experience" and then again, sure, with some minor chaos but absolutely MINIMAL losses. Unless you actually talk about the Afghan army who, however, really was a big mess except for their elite forces who were, however far too few to make a difference against tens of thousands of terrorist rebels. Also, humiliated the axis powers of Germany / Italy? By "winning" via hiding in their mountains and even more often, Pakistan, while not even managing to push out less than 20.000 international forces? Look at casualties, involved troops and employed strategies, then talk about who humiliated whom here. Flashy infantry equipment doesn’t bring back their dead and Al Qaeda is a shadow of its former self. So despite the nation-building being a failure, the original war goals were met. If I recall correctly the overall directive shifted in 2011 but winning and losing become very complex when both sides achieve their goals via a treaty. The Taliban don’t allow international terrorism and we ( coalition ) left the country. And again, "winning" becomes even odder when you win via a timeout without actually beating your opponent. This isn’t chess, this is war. If you want to drive out the invader, sure, you accomplish your goal but as the world moves on, certain victories come at a great penalty for the next round which ALSO defines how a victory is seen. The British for instance won against the French but then lost a valuable colony. which had been a big part of the reason why they fought in the first place. And likewise, the French king celebrated victory over the English when the aforementioned revolution succeeded, only to lose his head a few years later. So again; not all victories are equal and sometimes, there is no true victory at all.

[@honorservice8073]

I love how people broad stroke the U.S. as all of us gave the taliban these things. Our government did against the will of many U.S. citizens. Most of us were discussed on how our government acted and has continued to act.

[@halonutt1953]

It’s the left and will always be the left. That party is corrupt and lies to say the right are the corrupt ones.

[@5taunch]

Disgusted?

[@aldenweaver8237]

This is what happens when you have people like Democrats in charge, don’t blame me I supported trump

[@filipspecht6052]

Well, it did not happen for naught, a deal was made and it just is to be seen if both sides keep it. Talibs got the gear and US got to leave without being shot in the back.

[@pop1626]

And what have the people done about this as well as the stolen vote and the southern border issue?? NOTHING You are all complicate... Weak from the Top down to the bottom. SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP. JOKE OF THE WORLD, ALL OF YOU.

[@Khaliq9]

There never wasn't insurgent, it was known as Freedom fighters, and today's there the true owner of Afghanistan and are now sovereign State free from occupation and it is independence Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@anonymousanonym450]

Cant wait for women to go to school oh wait

[@USplaces.]

@@anonymousanonym450who run the kitchen?

[@kamal5341]

agree... some bullshit people talking about women's rights, 5 years ago they were killing women.

[@Markussiemens658]

@@anonymousanonym450it’s not your buisness who gets trained to earn money and who doesnt

[@digitform2832]

bollocks mate

[@nordnic4572]

Our leadership failed us. Many years ago, many different leaders, and none of them seem to receive the negative attention they deserve.

[@marloallenchannel6673]

Their gonna fail us in Ukraine also.

[@Hawkz00]

@@marloallenchannel6673 I've been wanting to Join the US Marines for a while now, but there is no way in hell I'm enlisting if I'm fighting in fucking Ukraine. Fuck Joe Biden, and that dumbass better not send more Americans to Ukraine...

[@azielleonmontes5495]

Here in Censured States of America the Afghanistan shit was good, the inflation is good, the laptops from hell are ok, gas prices are good, open borders are good. We are ok

[@CrayonEater255]

@@azielleonmontes5495 Afghanistan has a hunger problem rn…

[@azielleonmontes5495]

@@CrayonEater255 America too; the money doesn't last, I live in Wokelifornia, yesterday I payed $6.09 for one pound of GROUND BEEF!!!!, To feed my family with some hamburger helper,l. I'm not bitching but, what's the point of all those clowns in Wokeshington destroying our beloved country??? Sorry but since US left Afghanistan the organ harvesting, women violence and religious persecution increased by a lot.... A lot

[@akoolguy]

Imagine the year is 2001 and a time traveler from 2022 shows up and tells us we will give the Taliban weapons, vehicles, and helicopters in 2022.

[@BadassName17]

You can thank Biden for that one. He couldn’t even pull off a successful evacuation.

[@RyGuyMaster]

imagine its the 1980s and a time traveler from the 2000s shows up and tells us that the afghan insurgents we're funding to fight russia will be fighting against us in the 2000s

[@atroxiv]

Well if a time traveler shows up, I imagine the US government would take them into custody (kidnap) them almost immediately, and we would never know about it in the first place.

[@therealslimshady6763]

@@atroxiv I don't wanna be that guy but if time travel is invented then the technology would be far surpassed ours So a Time Traveller alone can easily beat a Navy seal team or even Marines

[@Carbonarrow]

Imagine Trump releases 5,000 Taliban soldiers from Afghanistan prisons

[@fabiospasiano9885]

“The taliban mujaheddin have commandos.” Me: “Oh, damn!” “150 of them graduated after a three months training.“ “Man- bruh.”

[@Graymenn]

sadly the 150 of them have more combat experience than the entire italian armed forces combined....

[@mellojello5858]

@@Graymenn Very very wrong, their SF is regularly working with allied SF and always in action. SF is around the globe 24/7.

[@Graymenn]

@@mellojello5858 and there are what like 20 of them?

[@asnark7115]

@@Graymenn Add more zeros..

[@Graymenn]

@@asnark7115200,000,000?

[@ilhamtaufik7809]

Hard situation make people strong

[@MeEntertainmentJo_876]

It needs to be pointed out that the only reason the Taliban succeeded was not because of military prowess but because of resilience. In direct engagements with US forces they always lost it wasn't until regular Afghan army deserted and combat units went unsupported that the Afghan army collapsed. Also did this video really call a Blackhawk an attack helicopter? Uhhh no

[@thecommunistdoggo1008]

It does not matter if you lose 1000 battles as long as you win the last one

[@eziokill9112]

@@thecommunistdoggo1008 yep didn't matter if we kept hitting them and killing them as soon as as we dipped they had no problems overpowering the local military.

[@truephysx2356]

Never trust stoners to be an army for a nation. Afghan soldiers wanted cannabis and the Taliban wanted sovereignty. People who fight for their desires will get it if they have the heart. Not saying that I like the Taliban but they sure don’t bleed the same color as those Afghan regulars.

[@GHP15300]

They did better than the past afghan army

[@ertugrulbae46]

Actually none of that is true. Direct confrontations could not be countered by NATO, they had to rely on airstrikes to disperse the Afghan Taliban resistance forces offensive against the foreign invaders. Reports from RT news show confrontations where NATO looses ground against Taliban

[@pmoney5724]

First thing i saw was an "elite" commando with no sights on his rifle. Training must have been intense......

[@topbadgun]

Still, those ear-protection and some headphone gear use in air plane... Put over helmet... I have idea why they did that.

[@Its2084]

It's a propaganda show. It's an episode of reality television.

[@skytradingacademy]

They have 20 years of practical training by US And Nato forces. This army is not ordinary.

[@tearex8688]

Here comes the sun...dododo

[@resiefan3258]

They didn't listen very well in the training camps considering they droped their guns and ran away from the Taliban.

[@faceripper77]

They would get wiped in one swoop. Theyre basically a bunch of little kids with toys playing dress up. Should stick to climbing mountains and taking pop shots

[@apollyon6044]

@@resiefan3258 He meant Talibans that fought against US and got trained right in a warfare not the afghan army.

[@rumrain838]

They have been fighting way longer then 20 years, remember the Soviet invasion

[@rancidenigma]

We should have never left

[@collinmcdaniel5683]

"Wearing elite combat gear" *Taliban standing with standard issue equipment, one knee guard, aircraft ear muffs, and night vision goggles during the day* 👁👄👁

[@ekimnamdets6946]

They do look like clowns

[@igniscogitare5413]

Homie, one of them doesn't even have a fucking front sight. No optic, just a front sight.

[@Jonb173]

Ate up

[@NathanChisholm041]

They are spazzes trying to look hardcore...

[@MultiRingtail]

If they don’t know how to use it, they might as well give it to Ukraine

[@tinetales-v.0217]

imagine you paid taxes as a citizen of the country and your money just went to these people😅

[@optimisticpessimist.]

The citizens don't care. They are happy to let the government rob them.

[@dawsonthomas5514]

@@optimisticpessimist. speak for yourself

[@Hawkz00]

Hey what's that? Oh it's Joe bidennnn!!!

[@nvfvdn2608]

yeahh. pity those american to live like that

[@raphaelabduhamil5]

What do you mean? Taliban are establishing Sharia Law which is we muslims wanted! And they don’t rob cuz it’s haram and a sin! And have you ever heard about Yvonne British reporter who reverted to Islam after Taliban got her as a hostage ? And when she is finally released she reverted to Islam and told how good the talibans as a people

[@emanuelruiz6676]

Imagine how pissed every operator and soldier who fought there must be after watching this cuz for em it was personal not political.

[@wineverything7529]

It was still politics

[@basitafzal8332]

A

[@PARCE93]

Why would it be personal? They don’t know these people. They’re just shooting at them because some old government official told them to.

[@P71ScrewHead]

@@PARCE93 it's personal bcuz they saw their soldiers getting killed there, sure old politicians pushed for the war but it gets personal when the soldiers you lived n worked with get killed.. US created talibums to fight against Russia, then US wanted to kill them off n remove them but Pakistan supports them thereafter n that's why they continue to maintain power but the NRF is better fighters than the talibums n will eventually take them all out, you'll see..

[@PARCE93]

@@P71ScrewHead If someone breaks into your house & starts demanding that you change the layout & the way you do things, would you fight back? The moment you set foot on foreign soil with a weapon in your hand, you become the enemy.

[@markandaimeelou]

More embarrassing than Vietnam 😂😂😂

[@ericanderson524]

“Fell into their hands”. Bruh they gave it to them. Just say it outright.

[@MS-tc2fs]

AFG was invaded shortly after stopping the poppy cultivation (C I A was likely using this as funding- they openly did this in the past in Southeast Asia). It was hard to fully prop a compliant secular AFG regime and fend off the TB, thus, it appears the US decided to make peace with the TB and hand them all the equipment. The TB currently (coincidentally) are allowing the poppy trade, thus allowing the C I A to receive a cut of the profits and becoming tenuous allies once again. This also accomplishes another US geopolitical goal: containing China via preventing Chinese influence via the One Belt One Road infrastructure project. With a destabilized AFG right on China’s border, Chinese investments in Central Asia are now in jeopardy, thus stopping China from influencing the region.

[@dondutch4107]

and we are all acting like this was a mistake.. no, they gave them weapons so the violence continues.. HHHHHAAAAAAAAA! you thought we fought a war to "stop" terrorism.. yeah, nah

[@williampitt1537]

The Talibans were good soldiers. Having been at war for forty years, they knew the country and gained precious experience in fighting, but maintaining a conventional army is a whole other game for which they don't have the ressources nor the education.

[@Longlivetheenclave]

20 years

[@williampitt1537]

@@Longlivetheenclave You forgot the war against the Russians in the 80s and the civil war in the 90s. Add the international coalition's engagement to that and you got forty years; and that's generous because I didn't count the multiple strifes in the country prior to the Russian invasion.

[@Longlivetheenclave]

@@williampitt1537 you could look at it like that but I was thinking more of the Taliban fighting the United States in 2001

[@aadil2248]

it's because foreign powers made sure this country could never be able to do any of this and stopped them from growing causing warlords and militias to prop up if Afghanistan had a working government that wasn't puppeteered and wasn't week and was free from foreign interruption then this is what the afghani army would've and should've been

[@Longlivetheenclave]

@@aadil2248 it was actually very weak it come apart in like a day

[@hellohowareyou7495]

Idk which is one is dumber, US leaving these equipment behind or the taliban restructuring their army to a more weaker version.

[@Arcaryon]

Considering that the Taliban want to basically just hold their territory, I don’t even know. Daesh is probably very happy though that there are no more drones targeting them.

[@xtrey19x]

Look at what the Ukrainian Army is doing to Russian heavy armor thanks to antitank. Those armored personal carriers won’t last long in a fight with an trained and well equipped conventional army.

[@Arcaryon]

@@xtrey19x The Taliban seemingly do not want to do that. All they appear to desire is to sell their drugs and rule Afghanistan because they know that they are completely boxed in between Pakistan, Iran and China and Russian assets. They have no place for an expansion. Sure, if chaos were to ensue but their biggest benefit in the last war was having Pakistan as a safe retreat so I strongly suspect that they will simply be an asset to Islamabad.

[@jonnyzuma6884]

It’s obvious that the Biden administration left this stuff there on purpose. They gave the taliban control of the country and military equipment to maintain an army, in exchange for unknown agreements. The reason the Biden admin “left behind” all the equipment is because the American public would never have let this deal go through openly, so they made it look like an emergency decision.

[@Arcaryon]

@@jonnyzuma6884 At this point, I don’t even know if this could be true or not because considering the amount of propaganda I have heard about this war and the region in my lifetime, it doesn’t even seem too far off considering the coalition had already mainly been fighting against Isis-K in the area for a long time.

[@jackcorn4020]

Kinda hard to take any of them seriously when they are running M4s with only front sight posts

[@djzip9231]

They are still a massive amount of people with military vehicles and automatic assault rifles😂

[@DarkysLPs]

I mean they beat the US with less

[@parusol235]

Don’t worry they have a metric crapton of optics as well in stockpiles all around the country. The same RCOs/M150s with 1 John 1-7 are now being used by the same people Americans believed were “savages”.

[@remz7619]

They gave the worlds current most powerful military the hardest time with primitive ak’s and sandals😆 these people are famous for this throughout history. They are not like soft Americans that need 100+ gadgets and features on weapons..plus they kicked america out and didn’t even let them retrieve their tech and weapons. I call that running away with tails between the legs 🇺🇸🚽

[@DarkysLPs]

@@RAY_II How would they have wiped out the Taliban 20 years ago? But yeah your second point is true, unfortunate reality.

[@kingsentertainment786]

"Bush promised us defeat and Allah promised us victory, we'll see which promise is more truthful" - Mullah Omar, 2001

[@demonstrrx]

Bush absolutely decimated the taliban and al qaeda. So much the taliban had to cower with the civilians.

[@kingsentertainment786]

@@demonstrrx Bruh its 2022, get off your basement and get a life.

[@MuharibHaqq342]

@@demonstrrx He never decimated Taliban when taliban forming an insurgency. Taliban retook huge parts of Afghanistan right after the US invasion.

[@demonstrrx]

@@MuharibHaqq342 They took it over because the security forces are subject to shariah law and blasphemy if they objected. Nobody got in there way, they stone people to death.

[@iidsmart]

Allahu akbar and may allah give hime forgive ness

[@stick-itproductions.3307]

"We can rebuild them, We have the Americans' technology."

[@damwaterthomas1980]

That is correct and hopefully they'll use it for the purpose of good and not evil.

[@jadduck]

@@damwaterthomas1980 Your hopes are painfully ignorant to think that a Taliban-led military would exact in the name of good and peace.

[@masonlaw7628]

@@jadduck I understand your right but I don't think any of the groups we backed in the region would have been much better. The whole middle east isn't a fan of the u.s. or it's neighbors, it was more like trying to back the most stable option rather than a good vs. evil deal. Hell some if not most, of the forces we trained in the first place against the taliban are probably joining them considering they only uses us for a paycheck at that time.

[@heidi_bavarian1725]

american teknology is german und britisch

[@mustardroshi418]

Nobody got the reference in the replys u fokin boomers

[@amr0017]

Guerilla warfare or standard, warriors remain warriors, also Guerillas are braver than pusiess waiting for airstrikes

[@GTX970TI]

If you think the taliban simply “seized” this equipment you are delusional. This equipment was giving to them.

[@bigdlong187]

and they still have contracts with most suppliers.....

[@firstlastkevin3099]

EXACTLY! The powers that be needed an excuse to keep dropping bombs over there. Plain and simple.

[@Ruebenbayona]

No I'm not

[@GTX970TI]

@@Ruebenbayona do you believe the taliban seized this equipment ?

[@Ruebenbayona]

@@GTX970TI yes

[@azizyahaya2174]

With a nickname like "Graveyard of empires", you would have thought any invading army would have thought twice before setting boot in such a place

[@gwit247]

Not as accurate as it sounds. The narrative would love for you to believe only half the story.

[@mayhewfisher62]

I remembered the sense of the place, people, and culture I got from reading Michner's" Caravans", and when George Bush talked about going in there, I just had this sense of "uh oh", and sho nuff. They outlast everyone.

[@pierce9019]

Actually just look at history, Afghanistan was invaded successfully many times that nickname is fairly false

[@uglyhindu1761]

​@@pierce9019Mongols, Persians, Mughals, Greeks to name a few

[@Gorgonok3]

Soviet Union left in 1989, collapsed in 1991, British Empire involved in soviet afghanistan war, officially lost title of "Empire" in 1997. It seems to have a stability effect on any nation that steps foot into it.