It just doesn't stop baffling me how quickly the Afghan army folded to these people and accepted this as their future... just tragic all around
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I keep thinking the same thing. When it was all happening, I kept thinking that maybe the frontline troops were green and just in shambles but surely they had real troops in the ranks that would step up. It turns out they had like one group of real troops and that was it.
The majority of the troops we trained were ex-taliban. Everyone knew it. The one thing that most people don't understand is that Afghanistan isn't really a country like most other countries, it's just a shit load of tribes, they have no national interest. So they don't care what happens halfway across the country.
From what I learned from RealLifeLore's video (YT or nebula) is that a major factor was that they were still a bit tribal, one city's guard didn't want to lose their lives for the next city/area
I've heard this explanation before as well, that essentially nobody felt any loyalty to the national government. You could kind of tell why when the whole government just evacuated the country when the west left.
That’s so heartbreaking. I can’t imagine the level of isolation it would feel to be a woman under Taliban rule.
Watch "The Handmaid's Tale" excellent TV series. Happens in good ol' America but you'll get the idea.
So first no singing in public because I assume their women are equalivement to sirens of the sea. Now this! They gonna do mutilation next?
A senior Taliban official told The Telegraph of frustration from moderates with the more hardline elements of the regime.
“Someone should stop the supreme leader. Many within the Taliban are angry and worried that, with everything the leadership is doing, we could lose Afghanistan as quickly as we took it,” he added.
“They are worried that as soon as an alternative to the Taliban appears, the people will revolt, and the West will bomb us again,” the official explained.
I don't know if any country is eager to return after the failures of Russia and the US. The worry about another warlord type offering even a few lost freedoms back though absolutely seems like a valid concern though to the current regime.
What the hell. What is wrong with these morons.
The belief that militant religious conservatism will guarantee power over others.
Religion. Magical thinking.
Something you would expect from them.
Hey Taliban... if you're a woman and you're in a tiled room and you say something and you hear your echo, does that count?