What Actually Went Wrong In Afghanistan

Today we're going to look at how the Soviet Union and the United States directly affected the way Afghanistan would be shaped for decades to come. Some of these decisions would come back to haunt the USA, find out why in our new video.
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[@agent_w.]

“What Went Wrong In Afghanistan” Everything. I think it’d be easier to answer “What Went Right?”

[@Sly9192]

Exactly, they funded a corrupt government that fled as soon as things turned South

[@domitravel795]

What went wrong was that Russia and later on the USA wanted to invade and colonize Afghanistan and now its a big mess.

[@lazcoroner1483]

Or you can say nothing went wrong since they planned to botch it on purpose.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Actually despite what this video says, the list of things that went wrong is fairly short. It's just that fear of censorship from youtube doesn't let people talk about some of them. Such as the details of major cultural diffrences and the philosophy that lead to the current American administration deciding our best option was basically to lose on purpose.

[@amsalkhan4754]

They made a puppet govt that can't do anything unless it's master is pulling the strings

[@josephzacharias7992]

Hearing the politicians say "blah blahblah blah blah" was the most accurate thing about this video.

[@myrealname2600]

😂👍

[@f1sh98]

One of the few things they got right once they got past the 60’s

[@dingus622]

Republicans and democrats?

[@Randomyoutubecommenter]

Idk why politicians call the shots on warfare. It’s the war generals that are experts in combat that should make the shots on the field.

[@Lenny_mah_boah]

Or NEEEeee neeee nuuuuuuuuuuUUUUH

[@r41sahil]

As an Afghan born in America this makes more sense as everyone in my family has different stories

[@aidanlecter4841]

Thank you for these videos I struggle understanding what I read so seeing it helps me learn and this is something I never had a good understanding of until now 👍

[@mspotato138]

The fact that the US continued to throw money at all possible groups of interest even though it almost always failed, is the most baffling part to me

[@isaiahferreira5267]

It should not be so baffling, look up the debt of the United States of America. This country is a money sink. Constant waste no gains.

[@lucasliang8579]

@@isaiahferreira5267 as an American I disagree we are simply trying to destroy ourselves

[@war32mec]

So basically millions upon millions of tax dollars were wasted on a bunch political bs. I'm so sick and tired of our taxes going to other countries. If its a support and relief type thing after a disaster id be OK with that but all the other bs they pay out internationally especially during the "pandemic" i mean come on man we only got 600, 1200, etc? How is it they can give millions sometimes billions of dollars to countries who pretty much hate us yet they want that us money. I don't get it and I know people will comment saying that money is to protect America and keep it safe....but safety garuntees slavery. And honestly they could have cut out some of these countries and given more back to the American people instead of some bs country most Americans have never heard of or some institute or what ever in the states.

[@mrtnite9780]

America is greedy that's why.

[@chipskylark5086]

US are trouble makers. They are not interested in peace. They are looking to sell weapons to the highest bidder. They will arm both sides of the conflict and act like peace keepers.

[@justinsales8725]

I was actually in the service and never understood the war till this video 🤣

[@theghostreckon69420]

I’m not even surprised

[@bearschmidt3180]

You were Just another body nothing more.

[@ashleyoasis7948]

So you like killing ppl fur no reason then atleast other ppl make BS exuses

[@crabnebula1816]

@@ashleyoasis7948 ah yes, because all of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers enlisted for the same reason.

[@ChrisMcloviification]

@@crabnebula1816 I never understood why normal class people sign up while the politicians kids never go with you to war

[@manofthesands4317]

I went there 5 times. Each for many months. A lot went wrong. There's things behind the scenes average folk would not believe.

[@lukeweber2689]

What’s one example?

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Like what?

[@MajinBuu-oo3vn]

@@Gadget-WalkmenWatch “this is what winning looks like” or at least watch the trailer. It will explain everything. Also read “Pashtun sexuality” to find out what kind of people afghans are.

[@bigatomicsloth3369]

I was an E4 interpreter (taken off of Signal Collection and put to work doing face to face translation with almost zero training in that aspect) in Iraq in 03 and can't believe we couldn't figure some of these things out. I NEVER spoke with them with my sunglasses on, it should be rude in any culture. Yeah, I could've been killed, but I didn't take my long gun and didn't want a bunch of shooters standing behind me looking tough. Altogether I did pretty well working with the Iraqis. Too bad the Marine Corps didn't want to fork over any money for me to stay in and pass that knowledge along. The US military is like a cosmic horror, incomprehensible and vast and very powerful but kind of dumb and blind to the small things.

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Boy, didn't you say it !!

[@NavyVet4955]

This is why we are great at war but horrible at occupation.

[@royce9018]

so you're sour that you were not very helpful and they refused to pay a worthless asset?

[@Newyork_Vee]

@@NavyVet4955everything has down sides

[@voracities]

Afghanistan is never gonna catch a break from internal and external conflicts

[@zoanth4]

Living like iron age tribal savages will do that.

[@louieDsypo]

Their culture is still in the 6th century

[@isaacmartinez9451]

They do it to themselves they didn't even fight for there own country against the Taliban

[@louieDsypo]

@@isaacmartinez9451 yep and i bet half the refugees that came to America are sympathizers

[@cinnamon4ada7]

@@zoanth4 if America didn’t keep interfering maybe they would do fine by themselves but you know American politics they see oil they go bonkers

[@CapoHabiby66]

Quick Side note: People of Afghanistan are called Afghans. Afghani is the currency.

[@dontworryaboutit4255]

Americani

[@tylerkarpinsky602]

Afghani is the term used to describe their ethnicity

[@infinity8288]

@@tylerkarpinsky602 Nowadays , u can also call them Taliban. They got no national identity, They are sellouts to Pakistan

[@bufordhighwater9872]

@@tylerkarpinsky602 Afghan is the term used to identify a person or thing from Afghanistan. Afghani is the national currency, and using it interchangeably with Afghan is improper. Out of Afghanistan'14 officially recognized ethnic groups, none are known as Afghani. If you look at the anglicized naming conventions in regards to the "-istan" countries, you have Tajikistan, home of the Tajik; Turkmenistan, home of the Turkmen; Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and so on. The major exception being Pakistan, where it's Pakistani. And in that case, if we're using the dominant ethnic group, both Pakistan and Afghanistan could collectively be Pashtunistan. Because Afghan was originally just another name for the Pashtun.

[@chinaesedog-eater]

Lol

[@chrisparker2118]

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

[@urhunn7778]

Listening to 20 minutes of American opinion on what went wrong in Afghanistan, without hearing one single word about tribes and clans, without the word "Pasthun" ever mentioned, just speaks for itself...

[@sylviamaresca8852]

Taliban and Mujahideen are two different groups.

[@prsimoibn2710]

And no questioning of Bush admission at the time

[@MohamedBadat-yp7xj]

@@sylviamaresca8852 They are both the same The only thing that changed is how their response to the Americans

[@TheRepenter1996]

Wouldn't expect anything else from a western based channel. Not a surprise at all

[@urhunn7778]

The crazyest thing the Americans ever did was trying to put women in power right after invading the country...@@TheRepenter1996

[@raihanhussain6584]

I Always liked infographics' Backend characters going blah blah blah

[@sn4ketooth220]

softly, [blah blah blah]

[@elder7785]

Blah blah blah Blah Blah blah

[@lazarus2123]

Furiously, BLAH BLAH BLAH

[@dontworryaboutit4255]

Or when they get angry and it's all ahs eidnensisnebejdidneiei!!!!!!!

[@drsatyamupadhyay]

Blah blah blah

[@Straightforwardpk]

Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires and Pakistan is providing the funeral services ⚰️

[@drslurpy1552]

I thought that emoji was a seed and tried to blow it off my screen

[@armanyousafchoudary451]

No no your right were just paying respect

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Saying Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires is a complete misunderstanding of history, economics, and the millitary conflicts that happened there. It would be more accurate to say that Afghanistan is the place no one really cares about enough to advocate for.

[@ashleyoasis7948]

Remember pakistan 🇵🇰 was part of India 🇮🇳 which to was also a colonised power by the British 🇬🇧 and the white western powers so of course wgeb the Anglos cousins 🇺🇸 come next door they want an exuse to get revenge in the nit so nice ghandi way

[@rio.escobo]

What a lie No empire that invaded Afghan caused their own empire to fall because of invasion. All those empires just pulled out and withdrawed on their own they weren’t Driven out by superior fire power ever. The Americans Even had Less Dead members compared to the Afghans casualties and leaders lost.

[@DutchNorthAtlanticAlliance]

Humor integrated into animated film, showing history, man that's genius, I love it!

[@matthewbreaux7668]

Fantastic video. Well done.

[@voren9484]

if only u guys made this video one week earlier, cause I was doing some school work about Afghanistan crisis and this would have been very useful.

[@tropicbliss1198]

Same

[@JoseFlores-xh5cj]

Help = Plagiarize

[@aliuet9773]

Message me next time and i will help you for free

[@onlyimports]

Sometimes he said something that's definitely false or misleading so good luck with your faith

[@ashleyoasis7948]

Actual school work or propaganda

[@Lanwarder]

One of the problem is how they called it a "war on terror". How do you "defeat terror"? You don't go into a war without clear objective and an exit strategy.

[@TheChico868]

First rule of War. Avoid it.

[@nkvd8846]

They weren't smart enough

[@internetuser881]

Patriot Act bill of 2001.

[@Lanwarder]

@@internetuser881 your point being?

[@internetuser881]

@@Lanwarder oh it was about, "How do you defeat terror? You dont go into a war without clear objective and an exit strategy. Patriot act of 2001 was that objective from the U.S government's Introduction to fight against terror, which i think it should of had some details into the conversation in the video. U.S government monitoring citizens in which at the end might of not contributed to the whereabouts of the actual terrorist. What actually went wrong in afghanistan, was that it affected more on our soil than terrorist whose methods of communication were different in afghanistan. A patriot act bill that was active until 2012. 11 years later.

[@guywithmanyname5247]

Not going to lie the taliban seems smarter than what media portrayed them to be

[@ArgonDavid]

I can learn from the information and story one "Reap what you sow" and second "Mind your own business" always. History keeps repeating itself.

[@shahanshahpolonium]

As that US lawmaker said "You cannot feed a snake and expect it to only bite your neighbour"

[@azizhakim7337]

This is good. Infographics really stand out with these illustrations. Big fan here 🙂

[@theglaze8927]

And the bla bla bla thing 😅

[@azizhakim7337]

And the bla bla thing yes. Real objective. I'm a journalism graduate. I respect objectivity.

[@teresatanasi5143]

@@azizhakim7337 Indeed.

[@rakibulislam8224]

This is lie.Infographics is a us propaganda channel.

[@azizhakim7337]

@@rakibulislam8224 so is BTV. this is at least better than BTV.

[@teddy7746]

The contracting company I worked for was always as respectful to the locals as they could be, thankfully.

[@adbandwagon3424]

Keep up the good work!

[@kanjo4976]

Thank you for educating me on recent events I wasn't sure wtf was going on there.

[@sirsudo0614]

Same here

[@MuhaamadAreeb]

Not completely accurate and very propaganda heavy but good enough for casuals like us

[@thecrimsonconverse8732]

@@MuhaamadAreeb well he said cutthroat capitalism

[@MuhaamadAreeb]

@@thecrimsonconverse8732 wow, 1 second of truth means that the 20 minutes of video are also truthful

[@josephrobson2339]

It's impossible to describe the afgan situation in a 20 minute video. It couldn't be done in a 6 hour video. But it's a great attempt to do so. Lots is missed out or oversimplified but that is to be expected. Its a fair attempt in my opinion. From a British ex soldier who has seen it.

[@hamzashah9543]

Amarica has created all of its wars from scratch. They always had a viable option for not starting a war but other then once or twice every time they decided to go to war.

[@Ferkle871]

America*

[@gojodied]

USA cant not join a war

[@ZeroResurrected]

Yeah. Let’s just politely ask the savages that behead women for showing their wrists and men for not having beards to be nicer. That should work just fine

[@thedudeonmars]

@@Ferkle871 Murdica*

[@randomguyontheweb5047]

@@ZeroResurrected over reaction

[@Planklee68]

I honestly want to hear your opinion of all this, being a soldier and all , like personally because I hear that some gave their bodies to this and just to pull out

[@JeremiaszCzeresniowiecki]

US falied mostly because of lack of long-time strategy, lack of soft power associated with development support and lack of strict attitude to corruption. Their lack of understanding of local issues, especially organisational ones, was also serious reason of the fail.

[@hk47tbd]

Also new commanders almost tried to reinvent the wheel on what should be done each time…

[@m-5364]

mistake This is called planning and plotting against the Afghan Muslim people Killing children and women unjustly is wrong??? How do you justify crime by mistake?? You destroyed the Arab countries in the name of defending democracy, as happened in Iraq, Syria and Yemen??? Is America's support for occupied Israel a mistake?? An excuse worse than the guilt itself

[@JeremiaszCzeresniowiecki]

@@m-5364 Afghanistan was destroyed, firstly, by russian communists. Also, Pakistan supported Taliban because of Pashtun separatism. Americans weren't even comparatively brutal to russians. Their intervention was caused by terrorist attacks. I don't justify war crimes but it wasn't even comparable scale to russian war crimes. I'm from Poland and a lot of older people said me that russians were more brutal and sadistic than even nazis!

[@JeremiaszCzeresniowiecki]

@@m-5364 Yemen was destroyed by Saudi Arabs and other Muslim brothers from Iran who support their proxies (Huti). Iraq? Saddam Hussein murdered thousands of Kurds, using chemical weapons, he started several wars himself! With Kuwait, Iran. His Shia ethno-fascist state was worse than US-led intervention - considering that most of deaths were caused by civil war. Why Palestinians didn't accept peace deals? Israel offered them two state solution but they refused several times. Hamas and Hezbollah rule PA in totalitarian course, with terror. EU spend the most of money to humanitarian help for Palestinian why Muslim brothers, especially from Iran, support only terrorism and spread anti-Semitic hatred! It causes poverty of Palestinians. Of course, Israel also does bad things but it's totally exaggerated topic by left-wing antisemitic fanatics and Muslim fundamentalist who don't want to live with Jews in peace and respect.

[@m-5364]

@@JeremiaszCzeresniowiecki Hahahaha promotion

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

The ISI did dot not need to invite Pashtuns into Pakistan. The Pashtuns in Afghanistan has never recognized that arbitrary British border that divide the Pashtuns.

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

@ꫝarry K What's not true? Fact: Afghanistan doesn't recognize the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No amount of explaining can't change that fact.

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

@ꫝarry K That border as you may know is called the Durand Line was established 1893 by the British. Named after the British diplomat Mortimer Durand. No Afghanistan government of any stripe has recognized it.

[@PatrickWilliamsI]

@ꫝarry K Exactly the point. That means the Taliban doesn't recognize the Line either.

[@igotprettyboyswag]

@@PatrickWilliamsI yeah he’s trying to say that they still need papers to cross but that you’re right that the government regardless of who’s in charge doesn’t recognize it at all

[@jimmyohara2601]

@@PatrickWilliamsI Neither 😐

[@davianoinglesias5030]

I think one of the greatest mistakes was failing to understand that most Afghans identify from a clan and tribal point of view and so a blanket strategy would never have worked. Actually this war would have been prevented with a simple agreement between the US and USSR just like so many other wars like the Vietnam war.

[@davidbrown4540]

Right. As another Infographics video showed, Afghanistan is really like a Non-Country. It's a bunch of different clans and ethnicities that just happened to grouped together in a single place and has a label slapped on it. Without this clear understanding we (the US) were lost from the start

[@JayM-]

@@davidbrown4540 bruh no. Why would the us give money to corrupt people to begin with?

[@ridwanfaysal7935]

THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH THE QURAN IS THE BOOK OF ALLAH SURAH IKHLAS In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Say, He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent

[@anntakamaki1960]

If they are tribal, how did Taliban take over Afghanistan after USA left?

[@davianoinglesias5030]

@@anntakamaki1960 if the Talibs have taken over then why are the suicide bombings and attacks still happening

[@willbrink]

Depressing...We, the US, learned virtually nothing from Vietnam really.

[@jaxxcorbin]

Brilliantly done.

[@ghostcat8244]

It makes perfect sense now… in the end no matter what any country’s try for Afghanistan in the end it was going to fail but no way near as fast it did.. it’s a never ending war in that country.

[@randomcallum]

nar they just walked in and fort fancy tec wins war you know ... like Vietnam 😂😂😂

[@ifecojahs8151]

You missed the point. If America wants to give Afghnistan an American style democracy, tghey must give them American style democracy, not giving them somthing else and calling it American style democracy. The Afghans are not fools. They know the darn difference.

[@ifecojahs8151]

@Christopher I did not mean 100%, but dont give them an authocatic corrupt ridden government and call it democracy. BTW, I am not an american, but we love American style democracy over here.

[@jokermovie-rr7mp]

if we had just flattened the country and not held back at all then the taliban wouldve been gone in a few years at most. shouldnt have relied on the ANA and “hearts and minds” to solve everything

[@ifecojahs8151]

@Christopher I am from Nigeria. We are really fond of American style democracy. Other people want it too, albeit with some tweaks here and there. Afghanistan could have had the British model, with a king that has ceremonial powers and the prime minister as the head of government. In fact they once had it like that.

[@terribird4862]

A foreign legion sounds a lot like what the Roman's used with the Goths becouse of it being cheaper.

[@zuboy4272]

How about not invading nation ? better idea ??

[@Spidido]

You mean the Goths who eventually took over Rome?

[@chigrikmarak3107]

And Indian sepoys used by British

[@jacobvreeland6147]

@@Spidido lol, no they used the Goths after they sacked Rome so they wouldn't do it again!

[@TheSm1thers]

@@zuboy4272 Afghanistan needed to be invaded for supporting Al Qaeda. Just a waste of time and resources to try and make Afghanistan a modern developed nation. Should've simply invaded, killed Al Qaeda, forced demands on the Taliban and left.

[@wbiro]

Informative.

[@Abdulkalam-xv3mj]

Seriously, this is the best ever video about Afghanistan that I have seen in my life

[@50megatondiplomat28]

I remember being alarmed when we started making moves to permanently occupy Afghanistan and engage in "nation building". "Hey didn't we just prove it was a bad idea to try to occupy Afghanistan like a decade ago?" "Nah it'll be fine..."

[@Mu5tyLaghmani]

What nation building? It is a myth, can you name an institution that US built and that Afghans can use and benefit from. I as Afghan can't think of any

[@teezy466]

@@Mu5tyLaghmani school

[@Mu5tyLaghmani]

@@teezy466 Schools in tents ⛺️ yes nice one mate, tent school against 1 trillion dollars diverted back to US via Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@teezy466]

@@Mu5tyLaghmani we come first sorry to break it to you but yea and school is school be grateful because before all those children knew was war

[@teezy466]

@@Mu5tyLaghmani it must be nice to have to freedom to even comment on this thread doesn’t it because in afghan they don’t have that freedom

[@ellaa837]

As an Afghan, I find this video very educating and intriguing, thank you. However, the illustrations show the Afghan people inaccurately. Afghanistan has over 20+ ethnic groups, with its people descending from regions of Scandinavia to Eastern Asia. The standard brown skin, dark hair depiction is heavily stereotypical and doesn’t accurately highlight how most Afghans look. Afghanistan is located in Central Asia, so its people have features that resonate with Middle Eastern, East Asian and South Asian people too. No hate, I just wanted to point out that Afghans come in all skin colours and features and that our diversity and mixed heritage is what makes Afghans, Afghans

[@biaclarissa4062]

I wasn't aware it was a stereotype. Thank you for explaining.

[@zuboy4272]

Dosent matter , women are inside hijab anyways so dosen't need to animate different colors , just put blue or black cloth and for men just put a white or black turban and the salwar kamez

[@negina]

@@zuboy4272 your comment is wrong. Even in the cartoon women were wearing dresses n men were wearing pants. In the 60s it was very Western. Try googling some old pictures of Afghanistan. It’s like saying in the US all women run around in bikinis all day everywhere. The country has been set back 100 years. How did women in Europe dress in the dark ages? If every country buds out now and let’s Afghanistan heal, it will evolve too. But who wants to allow it to evolve? US, Pakistan, Russia, China?

[@beezlebub7847]

Afghans don’t look Asian

[@beezlebub7847]

@AK2007 TRUE. They’re eyes are slightly bigger but I see your point. They remind me of Mongolians, an Asian and European mix.

[@D_Chess]

Disregarding the 80s (and specifically the introduction of the stinger rocket to the mujahideen which was a complete Game changer for the insurgents), there is one critical thing that went wrong over the past 20 years. Politicians. The US Military did it's job amazingly even with the insane ROE placed upon it, which were constantly changing and became ever more restricted. If the cuffs had been taken off our military, the whole affair would have been over with (THE RIGHT WAY) exponentially faster. The US in Afghanistan is the equivalent of that generation's Vietnam, it was a perfect example of what happens when civilian leadership doesn't listen to the commanders on the ground.

[@csbadenhorst]

Excellent video on political history. More of this please.

[@fighter5583]

Moral of the story: The U.S. lost the book to conduct proper foreign policy.

[@jpeg.600x2]

jie bien

[@abramrexjoaquin7513]

Even lost the book on domestic policy right after the last world war.

[@pmpowalisz]

A smarter presidency would have done better.

[@andyfriederichsen]

@@pmpowalisz Like Trump.

[@CriticalMaster95]

@@andyfriederichsen Trump was the one who set the stage for this. And if he were still in office, he would've done this worse tbh.

[@justinsims5171]

I'm very pleased to see someone finally pushing the facts of what happened and faults on both sides that lead to the problems we have now not enough people especially youth realize our actions then caused what's happening now

[@comradeeverclear4063]

Except they're not pushing the facts. We hadn't lost a soldier life in over a year in Afghanistan. Can tell where you stand based on this comment alone and your refusal to accept responsibility as a voter. Our actions set up a functioning government, they were able to set up a military that we were training. Our actions were to liberate a people. Those same people, the fraud in office has abandoned, including our own Americans.

[@camrose306]

@@comradeeverclear4063 the fraud in office before him initiated the withdrawal...

[@carminegalante4925]

@@camrose306 btw, calling trump a fraud after the investigation into the Hillary campaign and the steele dossier is just RICH. 😂😂 you know of nothing you speak about.

[@camrose306]

@@carminegalante4925 just because I acknowledge trump is a fraud doesn’t mean I can’t acknowledge Clinton as one too. If you really think either side has your best interest at heart, then you are the one who knows nothing😂

[@carminegalante4925]

@@camrose306 “acknowledge” implies your statement is correct 😂 its not. Give me ONE piece of solid evidence thats not hearsay. Just ONE. 🤔 I’ll wait for your sudo-intelligence from your “nonbiased” point of view…

[@robertalonzo5725]

This was only the second placed I’ve hear mention that the taliban were within months of collapse. Excellent info here

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Got out of the Army in 98. Was 23. Was 26 when 9/11 happened. I knew my history. I knew the Russians lost. I told my gf then now Wife. “ The Russians lost. Why would the USA do better?” I suffered with PTSD from 9/11 vets and being envious about seeing combat. When the fall of Afghanistan happened. I was validated and right. My PTSD went away. I pity 9/11 vets for a waste of a lost cause..

[@68Tboy]

@ Mike the Mechanic You had PTSD from not going to combat?

[@CutePuppy520]

What is there to envy!!! You should be happy about getting paid and free healthcare for life while not seeing combat!!

[@alexferrer8881]

Love how unbiased this show is

[@ashleyoasis7948]

No mention of Isreal one bit or it’s involving factors

[@makeway3080]

This has to be sarcasm, right?

[@saturnianrings3920]

@@makeway3080 It seems pretty unbiased to me.

[@makeway3080]

@@saturnianrings3920 This video is from the perspective of a guy who puts “USA #1 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🦅 💪” in his bio.

[@mooncake387]

🤣🤣

[@Sigma3095]

I love the "blah blah blah" and cackling of the American soldiers 😂

[@jeffwolcott7815]

Man, what a story. I can only wonder what was going thew the decision makers' minds when all this happened.

[@monkeycat48]

In my opinion, Afghanistan, for nearly almost a decade after our involvement was neglected. As soon as we went to war in Iraq, yeah we did neglect Afghanistan for quite a bit the messed up part was our forces that were there the casualty rates even went higher by that time. The American people literally didn’t hear too much about that. Instead was just a bunch of focus on Iraq. By neglect even shows documentaries, we talk about this war saying it’s a forgotten war.

[@af5411]

Stop invade other countries

[@Jake-sg1xr]

A lot of people don't know this but there actually was a draft, just wasn't the traditional draft. Many referred to it as the "Back Door Draft" or "Stop-loss". From what I understand it gave the government the ability to involuntarily extend a service member's contract up to their contractually agreed end of service. So rather someone doing a 6 by 2 (6 active years, 2 IRR) they'd be forced to do all 8 active years rather than going IRR

[@stephenwilkens3101]

That's not new. Your example of the 6 years active and 2 years IRR IS what was being called the "backdoor draft." There's never been (at least in the last few decades) a "true" 4 year enlistment that you always heard about on the recruiting commercials. Every enlistment was (and still is) always 8 years- the question was just "how much of that do I do on Active Duty, how much on IRR?" My initial enlistment contract was for "6 years." But, like your example, that was actually 6 years active, 2 years IRR. The IRR is simply this: you no longer have to work for the Army, you no longer receive benefits from the Army, the Army is no longer responsible for you, BUT for those 2 years, your name is on the list of people who will be the first to be called back up in an emergency or because of a shortage of troops. And it's explained to everyone who enlists. Stop-loss is a different thing altogether. Getting "stop-lossed" means you're CURRENTLY on Active Duty, but your unit can't afford to lose you because they don't have a replacement inbound, so they cancel your orders to leave- whether it's "leave the Army" or "leave this base and PCS (Permanent Change of Station) to your next Active Duty unit." A friend of mine was stop-lossed while she was still on Active Duty. She was stationed at Ft. Bragg and about to move to Ft. Lewis. The 82nd came down on deployment orders and her company didn't have anyone to replace her, so they cancelled her PCS orders- they "stopped" themselves from "losing" her. 3 months after the deployment, her orders became active again and she moved to Ft. Lewis. A Draft, by comparison, is when you take someone who is not in military service, has never BEEN in military service, has never been TRAINED by the military, and may not have any intention to ever BE IN military service, select them at random, and press them into military service against their will. No agreement. No warning. No prior contract. Getting reactivate while you're on IRR, or stop-lossed before you get out are both rough things to deal with; but referring to either one as a Draft is GROSSLY inaccurate and misleading.

[@kaig5481]

Mr uncle was gone 8 years active duty. Weird

[@jacobvreeland6147]

@@kaig5481 Yeah, two enlistments and over seas pay is pretty sweet especially once you stack combat pay, separation, COLA, other stuff. Good money for a young dude with few commitments.

[@thomaspeters5889]

I don't think that's a new thing. When I enlisted in 1976 my tour was 3 years but my contract called for a minimum of 6 without reenlistment. War here, war there... Now you have an armed force with combat experience. By design?

[@InitialFailure]

That's not a draft. Everyone who enlists agrees to 6 years. This is well known and therefore not a backdoor. It's volunteer and therefore not a draft. Stop trying to sound "in the know".

[@laudreport3798]

"You reap the harvest you have sown" ( U.S.A ) --- Afghanistan 2021.

[@DoomFinger511]

edgy

[@pou-gl6xp]

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[@laudreport3798]

🐸

[@TejasNaik01]

Very aptly and accurately described.

[@MiguelRodriguez-nx8co]

Great historical review, right until the end! Your summation was "jacked-up" to say the least.

[@kevinhardman6237]

Very informative and well put together as usual flawless work guys on this video

[@nexsusfive2042]

Has to be one of the best analytical reports on the fiasco in Afghanistan. Well researched and covers all points. I am impressed.

[@non-fungibleche4152]

people need to watch this video, incredible stuff

[@Random_Name_07]

I'll stand by our mujahideen brothers until the end.

[@lordlubu3029]

WARNING: Stay away from this comments section for your own sanity, turn around, grab a drink, and go back to enjoying your day

[@MajorBaker-vz9go]

We need you as top comment. Otherwise is kind of pointless. So LIKE THIS COMMENT EVERYONE

[@SSGMK17]

You're not my supervisor!

[@pmpowalisz]

@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE In the video it was mentioned that Afghanistan was more or less stable before the military coup, so not an never ending war-zone.

[@pmpowalisz]

While that is smart advice, but where’s the fun in that.

[@promethium-145]

Yeah, I learned this the hard way lol.

[@jer103]

Has anyone else seen the video: *Why Afghanistan Is Impossible to Conquer* on _Real Life Lore?_

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

Lol i saw that 1 too. Was good!

[@dariansaddler8369]

Yeah. I loved his comment after we pulled out of Afghanistan. "WELP". He and Wendover Productions are good informational KZbin channels. There's more but I like them the best

[@hafizsyednomanali6868]

Welp, Talibans are Afghans themselves. "Afghanistan is impossible to conquer" is said for the outsiders.

[@daryljosephsajulga4912]

Well I guess it is why it's the Graveyard of Empires but that's just another reason.

[@SirCrabthe1st]

@@dariansaddler8369 I feel bad for them I hope Biden doesn't do anything else very... bad.

[@xborg3156]

s an Afghan who has seen this happen over the last 20 years, I can say that 80% of the information in this video is accurate.The point of this video is that showing this edema ruthlessly gives them a sense of power.

[@wajmajawlan1602]

This is so clear in identifying exactly what went wrong in Afghanistan

[@morwickchesterham3875]

World: What went wrong in Afghanistan? Pakistan: Yes.

[@muhammadahmadbehlim8929]

Pakistan is not to blame for this debacle of USA. It was almost entirely the US's own fault. Trying to use Pakistan as a scapegoat (like being said in this video) wont hide America's incompetency

[@morwickchesterham3875]

You are totally wrong. Didn't Pakistan help the Taliban during the US occupation of Afghanistan? Of course they did. Even after the Americans left, the Pakistan government helped the Taliban to capture the Panjshir valley.

[@muhammadahmadbehlim8929]

@@morwickchesterham3875 Pakistan did not help Taliban in capturing the Panjshir Valley that's just another false accusation on Pakistan. And no Pakistan did not support the Taliban against USA

[@AhmedYT7]

@@morwickchesterham3875 yes it was Pakistan's Problem that why so many Pakistanis where killed because we where fighting your war what a shame that we are not even getting credit we should have help snakes(USA) like you have shame

[@doujinflip]

It certainly supported Al Qaida, which was the whole reason America came in the first place.

[@jwalk7134]

Weird how similar the war and departure was to Vietnam. Your short term answer is typical politicians.

[@wintercook2]

Paying people to fight and die to support a profoundly corrupt government is never going to work. Question is will the people learn this, or will the government do it again?

[@md.abulkalamazad6847]

@@Bantu_Elite Iraq Syria Iran all them had US occupation for 1-10 yeard

[@Bantu_Elite]

@@md.abulkalamazad6847 with same results as failure i wouldn't be suprised if USA withdrew from iraq with tails tuck in america doesn't need no more foreign wars (war on terrorism) USA cant even handle war on drugs lol waste money for 0

[@md.abulkalamazad6847]

@@Bantu_Elite oh that was the brits who had locals to Garrison Afghanistan

[@ZeroResurrected]

@پیاده نظام خان Freedom fighters don’t massacre civilians, bury babies alive and throw their people in re-education camps. Also, Vietnam believed the VC would rebel against them like they did SV, so they threw most of them in jail. So much for communist camaraderie

[@nathanlewis7850]

Just hearing the Narrator say, "Afghani" over and over again without once talking about currency says a lot about this video.

[@johnsamuels4038]

What actually went wrong in afghanistan? Just one thing- The foreign countries sent troops inside that country and that's why , it didn't end up well.

[@imyourdaddy5822]

"what went wrong in Afghanistan" You might want to sit down this'll take awhile

[@MajorBaker-vz9go]

I'll grab the popcorn and soda

[@MajorBaker-vz9go]

Want some butter with it

[@undertoe3619]

It started THOUSANDS of years ago with their "religion."

[@_xxicantthinkofanamexx_6864]

@@undertoe3619 it’s not the Religion it’s the people Islam is a beautiful and peaceful religion but some people who ‘follow’ the religion aren’t

[@Sid0404]

@@undertoe3619 Go back to reddit, kid.

[@Katkayz]

Thank you for the history lesson, you are the best teaching history , science and basically everything else

[@jamesreese1999]

I was there for a year-and-a-half. The corruption that permeated Afghan society was the major reason that no nation-building could ever succeed.

[@elchikito2788]

Those Afghans are some tough SOBs 2 - 0 against Superpowers.

[@natedcarr6148]

A thorough, exhaustive video of the US defeat in Afghanistan. This is really inspiring and intelligently made.

[@n8archy121]

Why is that inspiring?

[@takigan]

Failing a mission is not the same as being "defeated" by an adversary. We did not "lose" to Afghanistan.

[@III1IlIIlIllIl]

@Mystic lol china troll. Cry kid and stop spreading ccp.

[@yourneighborhoodwierdo8349]

@Mystic afghanistan lost when we left. we did not lose to the taliban

[@brycewalker3726]

@Mystic You saying Afghanistan won is like claiming victory over a grizzly bear after it mauled you to the brink of death and only left due to disinterest.

[@leojei]

Thank you for this short but VERY informative video!

[@gabe-po9yi]

My twist on the famous quote about history repeating itself: “Those who refuse to acknowledge and define past failures are condemned to repeat it.”

[@marilynhorne1309]

Infographics,please keep the voices in your videos. It's way more entertaining as well as educational. Thank you for the best channel ever!!

[@jellalfernandes1309]

Very well presented and unbiased. Thank you.

[@patriciajacobs8224]

*I pray to everyone in Afghanistan cause they're going through some truly horrible situations.*

[@MikeOxhard69420]

They have numbers and plenty of weapons, if the people want change they'll make it happen, if not then they don't care enough about it

[@cinnamon4ada7]

@@MikeOxhard69420 what is wrong with you?

[@MikeOxhard69420]

@@cinnamon4ada7 what? I'm speaking the truth, sometimes the truth hurts

[@MikeOxhard69420]

@God all because of what we did in the 80s there AND Bidens horrible withdrawal

[@cinnamon4ada7]

@@MikeOxhard69420 how would people start a revolution if they get killed immediately america started a war they can’t end so they bailed after ruining a country you could atleast be a little sympathetic come on

[@lukegustafson4109]

"Quarterback A looked good but had this one fatal flaw, if we had only gone with Quarterback B we'd had won the game." That's the logical reasoning of both this video and the "How we could have won Vietnam" video. The reality is, you never know how Quarterback B would have really played out, things may have been much catastrophically worse with Quarterback B for reasons unknown to the creators of these videos. We've avoided World War 3 so far, and we should be happy with that.

[@hdufort]

This video starts with a great overview of the period between 1953 and 1989. However, it skips the key period of civil ear between the Najibullah government and the rise of Talibans (with the dramatic downfall of the Northern Alliance and the assassination of Ahmed Shah Masoud).

[@spiderphil]

I literally have to watch this four times to understand this. Had to zero in and I realized the Taliban and Al -Qaeda are two different entities

[@davidtingley9978]

@@undertoe3619 it's an extremist (or was until ISIS out-extremisted them) interpretation of Islam (I read between your lines). Few, if any, religions are immune to to this. There are plenty of christians in this country itching to do something similar here in the name of Jesus.

[@undertoe3619]

@@davidtingley9978 You are totally correct...isn't that why we have a Old and a New Testament? Mankind was given Free Will in order to figure out our own solutions to problems, problems mostly of OUR OWN making. Everything going on with "religion" is why I don't like "organized" religion...it has been bent to suit MANKIND'S will, not God's Will...even though there are instances in the Bible where God has actually TOLD mankind to commit genocide and it was pretty much carried out...what can you make of that?

[@154g]

@@davidtingley9978 like that pastor on tv that said venuzuelas president should be assasinated a few yrs back. Lol

[@md.abulkalamazad6847]

@@undertoe3619 old testaments is the hebrew bible

[@md.abulkalamazad6847]

@@undertoe3619 organised religion your saying christianity is a unreformed religion be cause christianity is a organised religion

[@banana7400]

Afghanistan: *exists* The Taliban: its free real estate

[@BG-it7hb]

I mean it's their home...

[@abovethelaw4417]

@@BG-it7hb No it isn't fool

[@dampmaky]

@@abovethelaw4417 where they from then? The taliban are pashtuns thats afghanistan

[@ovenbakedbluetext8327]

bruh

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

*America

[@michaelstone5298]

1. Actually Pakistan was more worried about Indian influence in Afghanistan not Iranian. President Karzai was provocatively Pro-Indian. 2. He doesn't really mention tribal Warlordism, (who range from traditionalists to reformists). 3. Conversely the Mujahideen, we're not entirely Fundamentalists they were the tribal warlords.

[@Byronthebull]

Finally a channel that doesn't suggest peace or zero force against terrorism. The suggestions here are a valid and just action

[@ShyOne1995]

I think failure to understand the culture of foreign nations is one of the biggest problems the US has every time they try to build up a nation, countries are made up of people and we need to start remembering that.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

No. What the US should do next time they invade a country, and let's be honest it's going to happen again, is get rid of the government officials of said country, and replace them with American officials; put an American governor, put American officials into all government seats, and actually turn the country into a territory of the US. That way should the US pour money into said country the money actually goes into where it is supposed to go, and not into the pockets of corrupt officials. The reason the US failed in Vietnam and Afghanistan is because they relied on the corrupt local government. Also isolate the population who are responsible for giving the enemy food, medicine, money, weapons, and everything else that could drag the war on or worse, cause defeat; move the people into guarded cities, like concentration camps, and people who want to move from one city to the other must have proper documents and will be accompanied by soldiers. The problem is that the US doesn't like it when the world sees them as a full blown imperialist and aggressor, unfortunately, those things are required if you want to win the war, and if you don't want to do those things then better not invade at all.

[@janthecoo4964]

@@cashewnuttel9054 * corruption, cultural harassment and genocidal acts dancing around in excitement after hearing your idea *

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@janthecoo4964 I reckon it's going to happen that way because the world won't stop the US.

[@janthecoo4964]

@@cashewnuttel9054 its just better to pay careful attention instead of taking over the government with people that got no right of ruling that country. its better to not do a coupe

[@pemdemica1712]

@@cashewnuttel9054 You can't solve violence with more violence. Try a less "big stick" approach and try something more "down to earth".

[@ChargeCity]

This video escalated quickly from infographic to how the US can invade more effectively

[@mohitsawant956]

No wonder Afghanistan is also called "Graveyard of Empires"

[@sirsushigaming]

the sounds in the video just makes it more entertainable

[@SirUnaiEmery]

From a western view sometimes id like to hear the middle east side of events.

[@sunmiswashingmachine2753]

most of the middle East would be applauding the taliban.

[@mehlm5941]

@@sunmiswashingmachine2753 no, most of them do not like the terrorist groups but they lack the fire power to fight them off and with those terrorist holding entire villages and families hostage the people cant do much

[@hivaladeen4892]

Couple of guys from your country with box cutters warrant an invasion and oppression of an entire nation and their standard of living. Imagine it the other way round

[@maquacr7014]

Look up Balfour declaration. You'll see the Middle Eastern side of things and understand why Middle East is messed up the way it is.

[@GAndreC]

Foreign legion and is not a concept that would work in the region it might in the equatorial area of Africa but the reality is resources needed in other scenarios would be far higher than what the political class would be willing to properly allocate.

[@mohulchowdhury529]

2001: The Talibans have taken over Afghanistan. 2021: The Talibans have takrn over Afghanistan, but this time woth UAVs, Blackhawks, etc.

[@zoanth4]

Thanks biden

[@BG-it7hb]

History repeats itself once again they got the equipment from the USA like during the cold war 😂

[@domitravel795]

The taliban are Afghans, so how can they take over their own country? Russia and the USA had no business ivnading Afghanistan. This is how the Taliban was born.

[@domitravel795]

@@zoanth4 It was a decision of Trump to leave Afghanistan but yeah Biden made a mess of it

[@lordlubu3029]

@@zoanth4 They have a bunch of equipment that they can't use so who cares. They don't have the money, manpower, technology, or education to make use of 99% of the equipment we left

[@yacinebenoit4gaming965]

Respect to the afghan people . They have and they will never submit to any invader .

[@DB8ed]

I lOVE that Soviet soldier consoling that distressed US soldier at 16:15 like saying "its ok bro, we know how you feel, all those sacrifices for nothing"

[@dyllanblanchard5984]

Another thing that happened was me and my brothers weren’t allowed to fireback 7/10 times or call for any type of support. We had our hands tied. It’s hard to shoot a gun with both your hands tied behind your back,

[@ryandavis3393]

Sounds like Vietnam do not fire unless fired upon

[@adam7975]

The animations in these videos got me f’kd up bro 😭😭😂🤣

[@JordanBergstrom]

"let's be clear, the nation had no weapons of mass destruction." Um, YEAH, that's because Sadaam sent them into Syria when we invaded.

[@awkander]

What went wrong was America thinks it's undefeatable

[@drugoviic]

they didnt lose they abandoned Afghan

[@royce9018]

the two biggest losses have been the US deciding they didn't want to bother trying to help, but it's cute how you tried at least, lol

[@tobitempest4076]

@@drugoviicthey lost

[@af5411]

​@@drugoviic stop invade another country

[@banaynay5844]

Abandoning is different then losing 😂😂😂

[@SoakintheSchadenfreude]

What went wrong? Going in.... respectfully.

[@SuperHappyAlice1]

Staying too long, and our disasterous pull out. We should have gotten the American citizens and Afghan allies out before leaving. We should have left after getting Osama.

[@seank2698]

This is one of the most well put together videos this channel has ever made

[@idocare6538]

Cartoonist: "But I can't draw hands" Producer: "It's ok, I got this. "

[@TheDaeroner]

To use brutal colonial empires as the standard for effective occupation of a third world country... It's disgusting.

[@MrAmmarT]

Thanks for this video it will help me write the article for my social science class.

[@billnunya9324]

Do some independent research before you repeat the assumptions and opinions of a random KZbin channel.

[@MrAmmarT]

I am from Pakistan and I have known the history of the Afghanistani conflict for many years now. Yes I'll do some research on my own for sure.

[@thatoneguy5768]

It is true what is said at the end of the video the blame is not on neither administration. The war in Afghanistan had to end in what ever way. Yes it could have ended differently, just how it could have started differently. People are so polarized with political vies and the party they affiliate with.

[@undertoe3619]

I'll NEVER understand why people don't just vote for whomever is the BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB! How anyone can let a political party take control of their brain JUST BECAUSE it's a "party" is beyond me...sheer lunacy.

[@HK47_115]

@@undertoe3619 I agree with that statement and it only tells me that my vote truly doesn't matter. Never mind how many people acted like in the last election we only had two options for president. Meanwhile there are five people on the ballot.

[@janthecoo4964]

@@HK47_115 here in the netherlands we had over a hundred people to choose from... how small is that population of yours?

[@chadm2343]

This is literally all cover up for Biden. American citizens could easily have been evacuated from Kabul when Biden was told that a takeover is imminent. But he didn't, and he instead lied saying it will never happen. Then lied saying there was no citizens in Afghanistan that wanted to come back.

[@thatoneguy5768]

@@chadm2343 You proved my point about polarization.

[@Spacephoenix2005]

The thing that is most confusing is that, the U.S army gave money to an insurgency that they knew nothing about, this caused all this havoc to happen and cause the Taliban group to take power and make fresh manpower that would be needed for other things would be wasted on these series of events.

[@ahmedsameerhussein8549]

One of the greatest videos in youtube