padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
One of the most bitter ironies of the last 20 years has to be that the only people who've ever been able to curtail the Afghan opium trade were, of course, the Taliban
Rolling Afghanistan Thread
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Clinamenic
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An excellent YouTube channel for high-quality video essays on geopolitics, with the topics being chosen by patrons and a new ~20min video being released every week or so.
Just watched the recent one on Russia's geopolitical strategy being largely based on the "Primakov doctrine".
Just watched the recent one on Russia's geopolitical strategy being largely based on the "Primakov doctrine".
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
The channel, Good Times Bad Times, apparently has a Led Zeppelin inspired name and "official audio". I wouldn't have known though, being as ignorant as I am to LZ.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Reuters has a slideshow called "In pictures: When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan"
Reuters / Tuesday, February 07, 2006
An Afghan boy looks at a pole strung with hundreds of destroyed video and music tapes beside a road in Kabul, July 2001. Since its ascension to power in 1996, the ruling Taliban banned music and cinema. Violators are jailed for several days if caught watching videos or listening to music, while their tapes are publicly destroyed. REUTERS/Files
Reuters / Tuesday, February 07, 2006
An Afghan boy looks at a pole strung with hundreds of destroyed video and music tapes beside a road in Kabul, July 2001. Since its ascension to power in 1996, the ruling Taliban banned music and cinema. Violators are jailed for several days if caught watching videos or listening to music, while their tapes are publicly destroyed. REUTERS/Files
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Reuters / Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Afghans watch cars burn in the compound of the U.S. embassy in Kabul after thousands of protestors stormed the embassy, and burned dilapidated cars and disused offices, as a sign of hatred against the U.S. for its threat of staging an attack on the ruling Taliban, September 2001. REUTERS/Sayed Salahuddin
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Again these are old pictures.
Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters watch several explosions from U.S. bombings in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan, December 16, 2001. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters watch several explosions from U.S. bombings in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan, December 16, 2001. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
wild greens
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I dont know huge amounts about the situation but i know about 10 years ago the us found billions worth of minerals in the country. Did they mine them all then fuck off?
This is an article about it from 2010
www.nytimes.com
This is an article about it from 2010
U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan (Published 2010)
The nearly $1 trillion in untapped deposits are enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, officials said.
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Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
"Decided to pop down to Afghanistan for a few days, never been before."
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
One doesn't pop down.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Remind me exactly what superpatriot POTUS extraordinaire Trump did when it turned out the Russians were paying the Taliban to kill US troops?
Afghanistan war: US spies doubt reports of Russian 'bounties' for troops
US spies have "low to moderate confidence" that Russia offered cash for American deaths, officials say.
www.bbc.co.uk
Parked outside this morning, looks like a Taliban vehicle. I heard light coloured Toyotas are most popular in Afghanistan and are luckier than darker coloured vehicles which nobody wants, plus Toyotas have cheap parts which is great for mountain terrain… (Sidenote my first car was a white Toyota bought from Afghans and it was the best car I ever had)
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
"This is a very urgent moment. The White House should be decisive and announce that we will do everything humanly possible to take care of those who shared risk and hardship with our troops, spies, diplomats, and others. The normal bureaucratic procedures (that have been so difficult) should be vastly simplified, with decision-making delegated to those actually on the ground. And our most capable military elements should be deployed with lots of drones and close air support available to help rescue as many Afghans as we can."
- Cipher Brief Expert General David Petraeus (Ret.), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
What does he mean by simplifying bureaucratic procedures? What is the bureaucratic procedure for simplifying bureaucratic procedures?
- Cipher Brief Expert General David Petraeus (Ret.), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
What does he mean by simplifying bureaucratic procedures? What is the bureaucratic procedure for simplifying bureaucratic procedures?
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Dunno. You could ask Major Major Major Major, he might know.