BREAKING! Kandahar has been captured!

[Zapper]

While ANA offered little to no resistance, the speed at which taliban took over the country is really commendable

 

[Meengla]

ou're attributing too much to Pakistan.

As I said in my previous post, what exactly are Afghan soldiers in the Afghan security forces and ordinary Afghan's who don't benefit from the corruption money doled out via NATO/US contracts, fighting for?

Actually, I am trying NOT to attribute even enough to Pakistan! Pakistan doesn't need to be closely seen to be supporting the Taliban. Pakistan had paid an extremely heavy price earlier for being the main backer of the Taliban regime--a regime which harbored the Modern-Day-Hitler Bin Laden who continued to attack America. Whether someone believes in that or not is not important as long as the world believed in that. Even Chomsky--a known critic of the US establishment conceded that it was Al-Qaida which did that. But, again, it doesn't matter: History uncovers the 'truth' while perceptions rule the present.

But to re-iterate my point: Had it not been Pakistan's crucial role it would not be possible for the Taliban to make such swift gains. Yes, in the long run, they would have overcome the corrupt and puppet regime but not this soon. One day we will know about Pakistan's role in great detail. But it is a comforting thought that the West is not really highlighting Pakistan's role or scapegoating Pakistan these days; that can change though.

As for the Maslows heirarchy--I doubt the Taliban could match whatever the NATO troops were providing the 300,000+ Afghan troops. Yes, Taliban offer 'peace' and Afghans would take that peace over a 20 year strife but that Taliban being able to do so--under a more or less intact command system--whose leadership was based in Pakistan, btw-- has Pakistan's primacy in this war. Enough said!

But overall I agree with you: The Afghan govt was propped up by foreign powers, it was corrupt, and had little ideological foundation and that would be its undoing and Pakistan has hastened that undoing.

 

[VCheng]

Pakistan has hastened that undoing.

The 64,000 rupee question now is where does Pakistan go from here?

 

[Dalit]

Boy, does this feel good.

 

[FuturePAF]

While ANA offered little to no resistance, the speed at which taliban took over the country is really commendable

Will be studied in military war colleges for decades to come; lead with “diplomacy”

 

[N.Siddiqui]

you have not read reports ?
in one family few guys were in ANA few in Taliban
thousands were taking slary without even going to job ghost soldiers
thousands others were on leave long time
the one whom were on duty complaining for even food with videos.

it was just a money sucking machine from USA and higher ranks and gov officials eat that money .
‘We haven't eaten for days’: Afghan soldiers suffer amid widespread corruption





Issued on: 18/02/2020 - 18:34Modified: 18/02/2020 - 19:44

An officer in the Afghan army based in the south of the country sent us this photo, explaining that what you see in the photo is the ration for five people.

Text by: Alijani Ershad







The Afghan army has been mired in a decades-long war against the Taliban, ever since the United States invaded the country in 2001. Corruption is also rife in the country's military. Photos sent to the FRANCE 24 Observers team shine a light on poor organisation and the difficulties that Afghan troops face, from insufficient food and pay to a lack of suitable clothing. On top of these practical problems, soldiers also face a strategic disadvantage: the Taliban has had increasing access over the last few years to better weapons.

Photo published by the news site Ava Press in 2017, on the topic of the insufficient food rations for soldiers in Ghor province.

"If we want to eat a big enough meal, we have to buy it ourselves"
Ahmad B. (not his real name) is an officer in Kandahar Province in the south of the country, a dangerous area where there is regular conflict with Taliban fighters. He requested anonymity as he's not allowed to talk to the media.

Soldiers posted in hte Ghurmach region. Photo published on the news site Afghan Paper.

Afghan politicians and media have highlighted this situation in recent years.

General Ziaeddin Sagheb, an army commander in Ghor Province in central Afghanistan spoke about this in October 2017, saying, "In the last three months, our food rations have been drastically reduced and eventually cut altogether. Soldiers have to bring their own food and those who have nothing have to go door-to-door and beg to have some bread to eat." At the time, the Afghan army was fighting the Taliban in two zones in the region.

Soldiers in Ghurmach in the northern province of Faryab had spoken to a local media about the same topic just a month before, saying, "We haven't eaten for days. We only have four sacks of flour for 400 soldiers. No one cares about us. We can't fight the Taliban on only bread and water."

"Contractors bribe army commanders in order to get more contracts"
Masoud D. [not his real name] is an Afghan journalist that specialises in military and security matters. He has interviewed many soldiers over his career, and also asked us to remain anonymous.



In May 2018, the police in Badghis province in the north-west of Afghanistan confirmed that a contractor that provided food to Afghan security forces was serving up dog meat.

Endemic corruption in the army

Mohammad Naeim Ghayour, the former chief of military intelligence in the west of Afghanistan, attested to the widespread corruption in the Afghan army in an interview in 2011.

Corruption is huge in the army, and that's because there's a lot of money at stake," he explained. "I witnessed a meeting between an army garrison delegate and a contractor who was going to provide the food rations. They agreed to use bad quality ingredients so that they could turn a profit."

According to official statistics provided by a US Congress report, the Afghan army lost up to 10% of its soldiers in 2018 alone because of casualties and desertion.

According to the same report, there are thousands of 'ghost soldiers' in the ranks of the Afghan army: soldiers who exist only on paper, allowing commanders to inflate their budgets and fill their pockets. An Afghan army soldier earns only 200 dollars a month.

Article by Ershad Alijani.

No wonder ANA is trained and supported by India...and IA and govt.


Indian BSF Tej Bahadur story of Paani mili Daal.

 

[Imran Khan]

The 64,000 rupee question now is where does Pakistan go from here?

back in 90s era i think with so much mess of afghans in pakistan

 

[CIA Mole]

now we know how to deal with certain countries

US dogs just roll over with paws up if their master leaves

 

[GumNaam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1425835061082042368

afghan government's "fight back plan" in a nuttshell:
1. catch a flight to europe or america and run away.
2. start tweeting against Pakistan for helping taliban.

fight back plan complete!

 

[islamrules2020]

since the B52 still flying, the deal must be off, Taliban must not relax on the capture of Kabul,Allah swt must have bigger plans for the guys who defeated the two most evil empires, the hadit of the black flags coming from khurasan is supporting this theory, the jews better wish Taliban are not that army.

 

[Mrc]

Herat has fallen


Taliban captures Herat and Ghazni, leaving Kabul increasingly isolated

Taliban captures key cities Herat and Ghazni, leaving Kabul increasingly isolated | CNN

Twelve provincial Afghanistan capitals are now under Taliban control after the militant group captured strategic cities on Thursday, leaving the Afghan capital of Kabul increasingly beleaguered and cut off from the rest of the country.

www.cnn.com

 

[maverick1977]

1 more month before Kabul goes away too.

 

[Trango Towers]

Yesterday the CIA predicted the fall of kabul between 30 and 90 day...

My prediction 7 to 14 days

 

[Mirzah]

Taliban has captured Herat too, unbelievable

 

[maverick1977]

Yesterday the CIA predicted the fall of kabul between 30 and 90 day...

My prediction 7 to 14 days

seems like it.