By Zamir Awan for the Saker Blog
Life is very much normal, internet service, mobile service is functioning in a routine. Shops are opened, traffic is in normal routine, schools are opened, everything seems very much normal. The government is functioning, bureaucracy is functioning, police is functioning, just ex-president Ashraf Ghani is not in Afghanistan.
Just a few days ago, the US announced that it will take three months for the Taliban to enter Kabut, but actually, the Taliban took only hours to conquer Kabul. No single bullet was fired, no single person was killed or injured, no war, the Taliban entry into Kabul was one of the most peaceful events in the history of humankind.
Reports from other big cities in Afghanistan, which were taken over by the Taliban for the last many days, are reporting a very much normal life, daily routine is, as usual, ATMs are operating regularly. Women are working in restaurants, girls are going to schools, nothing changed on the ground, except the US-backed puppet government of Ashraf Ghani was replaced by the Taliban.
The general public has welcomed the Taliban and there was almost no resistance. As a matter of fact, the Taliban are true Afghani and were fighting against the foreign occupation of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani was only a puppet-like Dr, Najeed backed by USSR in the 1980s.
Few countries, deliberately spreading fake news and distorting the image of the Taliban, but on the ground, the world has witnessed miracles and smooth transfer of power. A general amnesty has been granted to the public, only those who take guns against the Government will be dealt with iron hands.
Unholy media launched a campaign to distort the Taliban image and promoting a negative narrative about the Taliban. But, the world has witnessed a very different picture. As a matter of fact, Taliban leadership is well educated and some of them have been graduated from reputed Universities in America and Europe. They are well equipped with all sorts of modern knowledge, including Science, Technology, Engineering, Economics, Politics, etc. They are not merely religious scholars. They are flying helicopters and using advanced war machinery.
Taliba is not like two decades ago, they have learned bitter lessons and refined themselves. Today, the Taliban are moderate, well educated, moderate, and equipped with all sorts of skills to run a country. They are already in contact with many countries diplomatically including China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, EU, and OIC countries. They suffered a lot twenty years ago when only three countries recognized their rule in 1996-2001. But this time, it will be much better and they have proved while conquering Kabul.
As matter of fact, It was the US that has been violating the agreed peace deal, and delayed withdrawal, and conducted airstrikes against the Taliban. Whereas the Taliban were obeying the peace deal strictly in true later and spirit, They have not attacked foreign troops during withdrawal. Russian foreign minister termed Taban as “ reasonable (Sensible) People”. The world has seen them as much better people than the Americans.
All UN organizations, diplomatic missions are safe and functioning properly. Russia has announced that it will not close its Embassy in Kabul. Many other countries have consented to keep their embassies in Kabul and work closely with the new government. It is estimated that more than a hundred countries will recognize the new government in Kabul. It is possible, America, India, Israel, and the UK may take some time to acquaintance with the new government.
The American viewpoint that they will not accept any government which captures power by force, is totally unacceptable. Taliban are the choice of Afghan people and welcomed by the general public. They enjoy popularity. While Ashraf Ghani or Hamid Karzai was puppet governments and were not representatives of the Afghan people. They were not popular in Afghanistan, neither were looking after the Afghan interests. Instead, they were serving their foreign Masters and making money in return. Ashraf Ghani Government was one of the most corrupt Governments.
The US spent two decades, spent trillions of dollars, raised the Afghan National Army of 400,000 troops, but count not resist against Taliban. It is not the humiliation and defeat of puppets. but also the masters. A defeated Army has no moral grounds to comment like this. Taliban are the winner and are in a strong position. They deserve to set terms and conditions. It is just like a case where Germany and Japan have no option except to obey the terms and conditions after losing in World war II.
China has already investment plans in Afghanistan under BRI initiatives. China has committed to rebuild the war-torn country and develop infrastructure. China has money, technology, and policy under BRI to extend helping hands t Afghanistan. Afghanistan is located on very important ancient Silk routes, and connecting East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, China, Russia, Eurasia, through Gwadar (Pakistan) onward destinations in Africa, Europe, and Middle-East.
The Whole region suffered a lot due to unrest and war in Afghanistan. It is expected, with the peace in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the whole region will enhance economic activities and bring prosperity to the common man. The Whole region will be the beneficiary of peace, stability in Afghanistan. All the neighbors of Afghanistan and regional powers must stand up to protect Afghan peace and stability.
It is feared that spoilers like the US, India, Israel may try to destabilize the Afghan and sabotage peace in Afghanistan. Especially, the US’s vital interests to contain China and counter Russia may create unrest in Afghanistan.
In fact, The US destroyed the infrastructure in Afghanistan and damaged the economy, and has pushed the whole country into the stone ages. It is appealed to the International Community and the UN to initiate a trial against America for war crimes and humiliation to humankind in Afghanistan. A war compensation must be fixed on America to rebuild the war-torn country.
Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. (E-mail: awanzamir@yahoo.com).
Complete and utter systemic failure for the other side. Take a look at this iconic pic in the twitter referenced by this RT article .. (the tweet from Anand Ranganathan) while the US administration say .. It is manifestly not Saigon. Some photographer was just waiting to take that photo!
https://www.rt.com/news/532100-kabul-embassy-biden-saigon-moment/
Leave,leaving,left……
And………here’s the (much anticipated)declaration of victory ……
§§§”Remember, this is not Saigon. We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. And we have succeeded in that mission,” Blinken told CNN.
blinken is an idiot: even the fbi did NOT, I repeat, did not want bin laden for the attack on 911. See the Most Wanted page (archived) and see for yourself. fbi said it wanted him for what happened in africa in 1998, not on 911. 911 was an inside job.
New version of Saigone
New version of Bagdad Bob=Blinken
It is call US-be-gone
I hope they this on the top of the USUK embassies. That would be epic trolling.
Imagine this –
That the Taliban decided not to be merciful to the fleeing enemy and the traitors of Afghanistan who have caused the death of several million Afghans (and set the countery back 50 years in development and infrastructure).
Imagine that instead of allowing 1000’s of US and British troops to RETURN to Afghanistan to help Intel filth (CIA, MI6, Mossad, and others), various “Diplomats”, and various Contractors escape thier certain capture, interrogation, and death,
that the Taliban instead viewed the whole lot of them as rotten fish trapped in a barrel,
and took the situation as a military opportunity to absolutely massacre the lot of them through mortar, rpg, and grad missile barage (with a few captured TOW and HAW to take the military choppers and planes out on the ground or on the runway), followed up by direct heavy machine gun fire and hit and run sniper and small arms – with escape roads blocked by TOW and RPG units and IED plus suicide truckers.
You can bet your life that if the situation wete reveresed that the Americans and British would bomb the absolute hell out of any Taliban concentration of such levels through B52 carpet bombing and cruise missile strikes – and then put down the massive loss of life to fleeing civillians to “Collateral Damage” – as they have for the last 20 years in countless cowardly attacks.
The US and British should be praising the Taliban at this point for thier mercy.
The US and British should be counting thier blessing that they are being allowed to flee. I very much doubt the US and British would have been so merciful had the shoe been on the other foot.
Finally the US is out. It is wonderful to see an emerging liberated Afghanistan talking to Russia and China and from what I read Iran. I hope Afghanistan turns away from the vicious and manipulative West in which I include Israel. I hope India can keep their hands from playing dirty. Take a bet on how soon Afghanistan will have observer status with the SCO?
You are late, Afghanistan received observer status at the 2012 SCO summit in Beijing…
On the other hand, Iran is apparently going to become a full member according to ambassador Bhadrakumar:
https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-circle-the-wagons-iran-is-in-it/
That is huge news as well!
Pakistan wins..as does Afghanistan, China, Iran and Russia … and the whole central asian region :))
It’s a great day today. The beginning of a new era.
I do hope India come to their senses, the region needs to progress as a whole.
I really hope that I am wrong on this but I previously noted an unconfirmed report (unfortunately no link) that Russia was considering providing access to the us to its bases/installations in other central asian countries.
This would be a monumental error by Putin to provide the langley cretins a base for continued subversion and evil. The report went on to state that this was discussed by putin and buy in at Geneva.
I would greatly appreciate any further information and/or confirmation or non-confirmation.
Thanks in advance!
Adding this brief comment to my original post above:
OK, found the link: granted, it is dated 19 July and one hell of lot has changed since that date (to say the least).
https://tass.com/politics/1315357
Maskirovka… perhaps…
Russia is away that USUK would like to use instability as cover for infiltrating takfiris into the southern flanks of Russia. The Taliban has wisely opened political doors to Russia and China. Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have run joint military exercises aimed at countering such moves. Ditto joint Russia / China military cooperation. The other bordering states (Iran, India, Pakistan) are probably onboard for such preventative actions. The wildcard is Turkmenistan. Erdogan has ambitions to keep his feet in Afghanistan, and via control of Kabul airport, disperse the unwanted takfiris into Afghanistan (as the USUK has been doing for some time). The rapid peaceful advance means such moves are likely to fail.
If the bordering ‘stans can hold firm, Afghanistan will be a no fly zone for USUK military.
“Remember, this is not Saigon. We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission and that mission was to deal with the folks who attacked us on 9/11. And we have succeeded in that mission,” Blinken told CNN.
After 20 years, the same BS about 9/11. Does anyone even remember why the Soviets left Afghanistan in 1988? It wasn’t because of the US-supported mujahideen and their Stinger missiles. Yes, CIA asset Osama bin Laden (Tim Osman) and the Taliban always claimed that they drove the Russians out. Truth is, Gorbachev knew that the war had become a stalemate and was no longer worth it, so he pulled Russian troops out voluntarily with Afghans blowing kisses to the convoys on the way out.
It’s taken the Americans 20 years to come to the same conclusion, but sorry, Afghans won’t be blowing kisses as we leave. We’ve killed More than 71,000 civilians since 2001. There’s a lot of payback due for this war crime, if not in this world, then the next…
Still waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one, Tommy. It’s so uncharacteristic for the Empire to just give up on one of its favorite forever wars like this that I can’t help but think they’ve got another dirty trick up their sleeves. Perhaps a false-flag nuke blamed on a villain du jour as justification for another drastic escalation in the region and/or elsewhere? Even the Biden clowns have to realize how all this plays for their perceived… err, “credibility,” if you will, in the world community. Or maybe, just maybe, they’re expecting another even more virulent round of a certain biological terror weapon they’ve used previously with only moderate success to clean house and want to get the troops out of the way for that? Just don’t know…
I think they did throw in the towel. They are facing an insurmountable obstacle, and that is the BRI led by a vastly superior Chinese economy. Sure, they are very proud and very ugly lowlives with a most determined anti-Life mindset, but they are only prepared to sacrifice the planet as long as their own worthless lives are 100% certain to be spared in the process. Their cowardice and cretinism, not their bloodlust, have the final say. Otherwise, human civilization wouldn’t be around by now.
China will commit itself to Afghanistan’s reconstruction after two decades of Western warmongering. The vastness of the defeat just suffered by the Zionazis is catastrophic, but there’s nothing they can do about it. The opium, the minerals, the war profiteering — everything has been botched. Erdogan, Modi or any ”happy constellation” of despicable flunkeys won’t be able to do anything either as the Chinese have the muscle it takes to deal with fools that try to stir up trouble where they do not belong.
A commenter on here a few weeks ago warned that China was about to fully support the Taliban against the US and British Intel services running the Afghan project following the repeated murder of Chinese “business men” in Afghanistan and Pakistan – ostensibly by the “Taliban” but actually by groups run by the US and British spooks.
It appears that China and Russia are supporting the Taliban.
The ‘murder through accident’ policy of the US and UK crossed a Chinese red line, with the “accident” on a mountain road killing a top Chinese civil engineer in Aghanistan last month being the final straw.
The planned invasion of Tajikistan by 100’s of US and UK trained insurgents caused Russia to increase its Force on the Afghan border (the 201st) to almost 10000 troops (with S300 too).
The Chinese support for the Taliban Blitzreig came after a supposed “Taliban” terror attack on a bus convey of high level Chinese Civil and Hydro-Electric Engineers in Pakistan was revealed to have been co-ordinated by the CIA and carried out by CIA backed ‘Afghan Intel’ (back in July).
It was the Pakistan Intel services who linked this attack not to the Taliban, but to “Afghan Intel” which is code for CIA backed groups including Western Mercenaries:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231423.shtml
Many people are now alluding to the Afghan Taliban having direct Chinese military support in the form of secure signils, live satellite intel, and basic logistal support, including Political support in the form of early announcements that the Chinese Government is prepared to recognise a Taliban Government in Afghanistan:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9895753/China-Russia-prepare-accept-Taliban-rule-Afghanistan.html
Interestingly, there was a leak that suggested that Russia had prepared a very significant combat force inside Tajikistan to support “the people of Afghanistan” against “terrorists” (the US and UK? It was also suggested that the recent joint excersise with Chinese forces may have been related to future potential operations involving Russian and Chinses forces inside Afghanistan.
With Russia and China both recognising the Taliban, and being commited to facing a common enemy (US and UK), the crude and too late attempt by the US and UK to reoccupy a section of Afghanistan is now no longer possible (the US had committed 5000+ troops to secure the airport and border supply road with Pakistan, and the UK were sending 600 troops, including 150 Spec Ops to support the US force):
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-sending-600-troops-to-afghanistan-to-evacuate-citizens/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/08/14/biden-dispatching-2000-more-troops-to-aid-afghanistan-evacuation/
The speed of the Taliban advance, the sudden “limited fly zone” appearing over northern Afghanistan (Russian exercises in Tajikistan), and photographs of Taliban carrying the Chinese and Iranian versions of the RPG7 with 40mm fragmentation heads would suggest to the trained eye that the regional powers have finally decided to co-ordinate efforts to kick out the British and Americans.
This should soon allow China and Iran to link up through the planned China, Tajikistan, Afghan land bridge – under the watchful eye of the Russians 201st (7000+ men with S300) on the Afghan border in Tajikistan.
Very good share. Thank you for analysis.
Kick them out good and hard, excellent comment, very informative. It means a better future for the region — thanks to Russia and China.
There are no shoes left to drop, the pauper lost them during the sprint for the border. Russia China Iran and the ‘Stans have been working behind the scenes on this. Way to coordinated. One can only imagine what happened behind the scenes in Geneva.
Cheers M
The Brits fought 3 wars in Afghanistan starting in 1839. The last one ended in 1919 with a tactical victory for the British, but their troop losses were twice those of the Afghans. This is when the UK finally realized that they should keep their interventions short, preferring domination over foreign affairs to the option of colonization, like what they did in India.
The Americans on the other hand… 9/11, the mythology of Osama bin Laden and his merry band of 19 hijackers, perpetual war on “terror.” We bought the whole thing hook line and sinker, and have killed millions of Moslems in the process, all for Israel. There will be a special place in Hell for Dick Chaney, where he can talk shop with his old pal Donald Rumsfeld. Benjamin Netanyahu will be joining them soon.
As a rule, the amreicans are sore loser, so I wouldn’t put it beyond them to commit what’s designated as “crimes against humanity” in order to destabilize a government they don’t like.
Specifically for Afghanistan, one of the plausible scenarios I can think of is to deploy black ops teams (may be even PMC contractors for further deniabilty) to infect water reservoirs with naturally occuring lethal viral or bacterial agents. The resulting epidemic could create quite a chaos in the country. And the talibans could be blamed for it by the western presstitutes (“See, those backward sheep-herders can’t keep their own populace healthy”).
George Kovachev, China and Russia understand that Afghanistan is too precious to be overlooked… They will not lose it again. With their support, the Afghanis can take care of themselves.
“A general amnesty has been granted to the public”
If that is true than the Taliban are smarter than we think. The single most efficient way to end a civil war is for the victorious side grant amnesty to their adversary (and in return also receive amnesty for their own troops). This was the basis of ending hostilities since medieval times everywhere in the world, even in the West.
It is modern Western society that has abandoned the concept of amnesty and has resorted to installing unlawful extraterritorial military war tribunals as way of continuing the war via legal means. (Basically abusing their legal systems …)
For anyone interested in the concept of amnesty & using *local* tribunals for serious war crimes, university professor and author Dr. John Laughland has several lectures on YouTube about this.
He is very articulate. He has used the ex- Yu tribunals in the Hague to illustrate these important points (and explains what went wrong with that.) I am glad to read that the Taliban will not be following the example of my ex-country.
The Russians especially have been talking to the Taliban for many months. They are the insisters about dialogue and deconfliction. China, too, wanted this kind of transfer of power. Considering the power of the Russian-Chinese militaries, the influence of BRI and SCO, and the need for the Taliban to have international recognition and lifting of terrorist branding by UN and almost all nations, it is smart, even wise of them to act prudently.
Makes sense…The Taliban need legitimacy and Russia and China can give them that.
There is also a promise not to use Afghan territory as a springboard for terrorism:
“The Afghan Taliban will never allow any force to use the Afghan territory to engage in acts detrimental to China. The Afghan Taliban believe that Afghanistan should develop friendly relations with neighboring countries and the international community”
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1895706.shtml
Apparently a similar promise was made to Russia.
They also promised they would share power with the opposition in an interim government, instead they proclaimed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban monarchy), to me that sounds they are taking everything including the throne.
The Taliban requested unconditional surrender. I do not believe they offered any sharing of power…
https://time.com/6090508/afghanistan-taliban-president/
It was the Kabul authorities who floated the idea of a shared “interim government”, but not sure what will happen now that President Ghani has fled the country…
@dave
There is no reason for the Taliban whatsoever to go into a truce and a transitional govt. that includes pro-US/NATO factions. They completely took over the power and are in a position to form their own govt.
According to the US/UK conditions on Germany and Japan after WW2, the losers don’t have any right to make conditions. Besides, the pro-US govt. didn’t do anything beneficial to the Afghan people, so they don’t have any moral ground ask for a transitional govt.
@Serbian girl
“If that is true than the Taliban are smarter than we think.”
We do not know very much about Talibans, and what “think” is mostly PRbs, thanks to MSM and social network brainwashing machine.
Just wait and see what happens next, then make judgement.
After horrible experience of Anglos ocupation(s), Talibans will, most probably, act more reasonable then they otherwise would. Being at the historical crosroad, they have short time to chose side. They can accept to be under protection of eastern alliance with very little (if any) to give, OR to proudly wait till West regroups and strike again. With vengeance.
Afgans are proud, but they are not stupid.
American colonialism is over. This is the beginning.
Cheers from France
As Thierry Meissan says, history is unfolding “Before Our Very Eyes”. “
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”
Thank you for this update, professor. We’re all glad it has ended so well for Afghanistan.
Now that Afghanistan’s post-NATO era has begun I am very curious about how these questions will play out:
1) Has the Taliban truly reformed, or will they act behave like savages?
2) When will China, Russia, and the rest of the SCO remove the Taliban from the list of terror organisations? (Who cares about NATO’s opinion!)
3) Will the Taliban eliminate the opium trade, or simply take it over like other Afghan groups?
4) Will Pakistan continue its support of the Taliban, to the point of interfering in Afghanistan’s politics?
5) Will the Pashtun elements of the Taliban attempt to annex the Pashtun lands of Pakistan?
6) What happens if drugs & terrorism floods from Afghanistan into China and the former USSR?
7) Is the Taliban strong enough to defeat the remnants of ISIS and al-Qaeda?
ok I will try to answer your questions.
1) It seems you didn’t read the article.
2) Taliban delegations have been to Moscow and Tianjin recently. This speaks for itself.
3) That is an important question. The first Taliban government from 1996－2001 was against opium production, but the Taliban have changed and the country is in dire need of income. Future BRI investments could solve this issue.
4) Yes, as long as the Taliban are a national islamic movement of all of Afghanistan’s ethnicities that helps give Pakistan strategic depth vis-avis India.
5) Only if the Taliban become again a heavily Pashtun-dominated movement like in the past, but this seems not to be the case.
6) Has been happening continuously since 2001 under CIA guidance. Remember the Opium war? Good old western habits never die. The new Taliban need Russia and China as partners, so why would they pursue the dirty destabilization tactics via drug trafficing that the empire so much loves since 1839 at least?
7) With the US and NATO gone, ISIS and AQ will magically disappear. No seriously, these fake islamic movements are only crazy mercenaries of the empire, so, yeah, the empire gone means the takfiri crazies gone as well.
Assalaamu alaykum w w.
It seems like he did read the article but did not view the writers views as absolute truth.
He (the writer) is certainly not impartial. And it has not even passed midnight so those who live will see what will happen.
But I am happy for his enthusiasm and I pray that God almighty may bless Afghanistan with peace and prosperity.
1) It seems you didn’t read the article.
Actually I did read it. What I was getting at: should we still be skeptical given the Taliban’s violent past? Reality is, Afghans have been fighting for almost 3 generations; have they truly regained their humanity?
2) Taliban delegations have been to Moscow and Tianjin recently. This speaks for itself.
I agree actions speak louder than words. The fact is Moscow still officially recognises the Taliban as a terrorist organisation, and does not, as of this writing, recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. My guess is the Taliban will not gain official recognition right away; they will need to prove their sincerity first. I also think the SCO will want to quietly coordinate with non-Western UN General Assembly members to provide recognition, once the Taliban shows itself trustworthy. Is the end of this year too soon?
3) That is an important question. The first Taliban government from 1996－2001 was against opium production, but the Taliban have changed and the country is in dire need of income. Future BRI investments could solve this issue.
From Afghans I talk to the Taliban, while banning opium within Afghanistan, took over opium exports. It was Taliban drug producers that financed much of Dubai’s construction when it was just a sand dune along the Persian Gulf.
I think the BRI could provide some of the Afghan drug lords a path to legitimise their business. Let us hope the BRI can provide enough jobs to help build an Afghan middle class.
4) Yes, as long as the Taliban are a national islamic movement of all of Afghanistan’s ethnicities that helps give Pakistan strategic depth vis-avis India.
5) Only if the Taliban become again a heavily Pashtun-dominated movement like in the past, but this seems not to be the case.
From what I understand the Pashtuns do not recognise the Pakistan border, because they do not recognise the British-era “Durand Line.” If the Pashtun-majority areas bordering Afghanistan decide to separate Pakistan would be split in two yet again. This will be interesting to observe long-term.
6) Has been happening continuously since 2001 under CIA guidance. Remember the Opium war? Good old western habits never die. The new Taliban need Russia and China as partners, so why would they pursue the dirty destabilization tactics via drug trafficing that the empire so much loves since 1839 at least?
There are reports of British jihadists, possibly working for MI6, marching with & dressed as Taliban while speaking on their phones with fluent British accents. If the Taliban cannot contain “ISIS-Khoristan” and Uighurs terrorists, or start flooding its neighbours with opium then SCO would have the right to napalm the opium fields.
7) With the US and NATO gone, ISIS and AQ will magically disappear. No seriously, these fake islamic movements are only crazy mercenaries of the empire, so, yeah, the empire gone means the takfiri crazies gone as well.
I hope you are correct, and the “buildup of ISIS-Khoristan” is just fake new.
The idea of pashtunistan doesn’t worry pakistan. We are sensitive to it yes but we don’t see the need to enforce the border. You all seem so confused about this.
When britain had an agreement with afghanistan, the pashtuns crossed the border into what is now pakistan, attacked the british and then fled back into pakistan
when russia attacked afghanistan, the pashtuns crossed the border into pakistan then crossed back to attack and so on
when usa attacked afghanistan, the pashtuns crossed the border into pakistan then crossed back.. and so on
do you get the picture?
High ranking generals within the pak army are pashtun including the previous head of the ISI… several PMs have been pashtun including the current one. many of us have pashtun roots even tho we don’t speak pashto
There’s a bit more depth here but let’s just put it this way there’s a lot more keeping afghanistan and pakistan together than apart.
What you have to do is ask yourself why countries like russia, china and iran see pakistan as a strategic partner…. it’s not because this country (with nukes and a complex weapons manufacturing capability) is about to fall apart and nor is it untrustworthy in it’s actions… it’s been working hard for the last several decades.
So the British created Durrand line was like setting up landmines for themselves. The Anglo Zios have perhaps outwitted themselves.
It’s a good way to put it. The 2 conspiracy theories people love to propagate are in fact both
landmines for the West/Anglozios
1)Durrand line
2)Creation of Pakistan
Very convenient to think of both of these as conspiracies, especially if you hold an inferiority complex.
Asia, a landmass of soil and water,
it’s beating heart, the land of Afghans
Whose corruption, the decadence of Asia
Whose progress, the progress of Asia
– Allama Iqbal (Kashmiri)
The actual father of Pakistan
Note:Afghan has only in very recent history come to mean anything other than Pashtun.
Now that this truly spectacular, stunning victory is a fait accompli, it would be really interesting to hear the MSM reveal how much Vladimir Putin spent on those ”Russian bounties” inveigling Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. I mean, unless this sum is huge, the prodigious victory won by the Taliban is quite an insult to the Pindos, LOL.
France is committed to solidarity with all those who defend freedom.( http://www.opex360.com ) Quote seen on a French pro-government website. This gives a taste of the propaganda that will continue against Afghanistan in NATO. They will grant visas to some of their auxiliaries to continue to say that they are the good and that they have defended democracy. To vomit. Damn this crazy gang.
There are people talking about bank runs in Kabul, did the Taliban bring cash?
They probably have their on Amex, Visa or Mastercards or bitcoin.
Always come prepared.
If the Afghans can remain united and resolved their disputes politically and not have fiefdoms cater to foreign powers, and if countries like China will provide economic support to rebuild the war torn land, it is indeed a beautiful beginning for the Afghan people and beyond.
I hold my hopes up but am under no disillusionment of the power of the empire to spoil things even from beyond. Keep an eye not only on the US, UK, Turkey, and India…
It is possible, America, India, Israel, and the UK may take some time to acquaintance with the new government.
It’s still early days but except for India and Israel, at the moment FUKUS/Nato are scratching their heads about what to do with Afghanistan once the escape, er, evacuation, of their troops and contractors have been completed. One possibility is that they’ll follow the I2 plan of role reversal — wage guerilla war and subvert the Taliban government. There are still influential anti-Taliban forces among the newly created Afghan diaspora in Afghanistan’s neighbours, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc and also within Afghanistan, especially in the north where the Pashtun are spread thinner. The ZioWahhabi/Salafi jihadis are also beginning to rear their heads again .
Taliban Afghanistan or the ‘Emirate’ is going to be treated like a pariah diplomatically and economically by FUKUS/Nato.
Only PRC (BRI) and RF (buffer states) have the means to assist the Talibs in securing the stability of the country. Hopefully they will step in quickly to help maintain stability.
It is ironic that Ashraf Ghani who fell out with Hamid Karzai because of Karzai’s corruption, wrote a book about how to develop a country like Afghanistan and who seemed genuinely keen on improving Afghans’ economic lot had to flee the country.
The Whole region will be the beneficiary of peace, stability in Afghanistan.
Yes, that’s what all Afghanistan’s well-wishers, myself included of course, hope for.
to say that ghani isn’t as corrupt as karzai, read this article in the rt that described how he fled kabul and what he brought with him (had 4 cars filled with cash and can’t fit them all into the helicopter). that in itself says he’s just as corrupt as karzai, tho karzai got more of the loot than ghani.
http://www.rt.com/russia/532163-afghanistan-ghani-fled-dough-rob/
Believe it or not the Taliban has a code of conduct:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45464654.pdf
(Taliban code of conduct).
Thank you.
I suppose the druggies in the world must be freaking out right now. It the Taliban really cuts off their opiate supply, likelihood is the U.S.A. government will once again step in (as they did the last time the Taliban cut the supply.) Or maybe the big pharma’ companies have come up with a synthetic substitute by now. Can’t have them Hollywood and them New York City druggies going without their drugs can we?
Don’t worry about drug supply problems. Fentanyl production doesn’t involve a single opium poppy. Amusingly, the Chinese might make a handsome profit by swamping the West with it — no gunboats needed this time.
I’ve seen it suggested the increasing strife in Myanmar is the drug cartels moving back to one of the original parts of the Golden Triangle.
I tend to go along with the suggestion, and will until I see it’s otherwise.
Being an American, I have been waiting for this to happen. Unfortunately, all of the standard news outlets are talking about how the women in the Taliban controlled zones are like prisoners. I also heard on NPR that there have already been forced marriages. US media, condemning all outliers for the last century.
Western media outlets will froth as usual. Its what they do and are paid to do. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon or ever. (hope I’m wrong)
Was pleased to read this:
Saudi diplomatic mission in Kabul evacuated:
State media
Saudi Arabia has evacuated all members of its diplomatic mission in Kabul, state news agency SPA said.
“All members of the Kingdom’s embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, have been evacuated, and they have arrived home,” it said
Good. Bad Apples. Not wanted.
Well a new future what ever that will hold ! I do not think we will have to wait that long!
Source: warnews247.gr
Why American intelligence services misled the world
The questions are many:
Why did US intelligence take part in an operation to mislead the public?
How can the Taliban occupy the capital within 4 hours while the CIA and the other secret services in their analysis stated that it takes 60-90 days?
Why, for the past two months, have the images of the tactical and strategic situation in Afghanistan been in stark contrast to what the US services were saying?
Why did the US and specifically the USAF not provide air support to the Afghan government forces?
Why did they allow all American weapons to fall into the hands of the Taliban?
Why did the US throw $ 88 billion and 20 years in Afghanistan in the trash? They have spent $ 88 billion on training and equipping Afghan ED and police for two decades.
Why did the central government of Afghanistan order “no involvement” in the Afghan ED? “In recent days, there has been no food, no water and no weapons,” one soldier told the WSJ. “We did not receive any help from the central government and so the area fell without a fight,” he added.
The Americans knew better than anyone that the Afghan army fighting alongside the American troops was designed to fit the American way of working, that is, a combination of ground operations with the air force. their air support, intelligence services, and mercenaries serving Afghan aircraft and helicopters. This meant that the Afghan army simply could no longer operate. “Something similar happened to the military in South Vietnam in the 1970s,” said retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, who led the US-led coalition training mission. Afghan forces in 2011-2013.
Changing US Global Strategy – When Was It Really Decided to Withdraw from Afghanistan
The arrival of the Americans in Afghanistan 20 years ago had nothing to do – really – with the fight against terrorism.
The goal was to create an advanced outpost in the “heart” of the Eurasian axis to prevent China’s spread and energy self-sufficiency.
This 20-year-old strategy collapsed at a time when Trump was informed that the Chinese had found inexhaustible sources of energy.
The suffocating siege around China with a stronghold in Afghanistan has collapsed! China, through agreements with Russia, Iran and the MEGA-Deposits it found, was rendering useless the “energy restriction” policy pursued by the US in controlling the “energy corridors” in Afghanistan.
It was then that it was decided under Trump that the United States should withdraw from Afghanistan. T. Biden applied it completely inelegantly.
The Narrow Earth Lane and the Mega-Deposit
The Americans could besiege China through the Vahan Corridor in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda and the ETIM (Islamic Movement of East Turkestan) are operating in the area, threatening China’s security.
The eastern end of the Vahan Corridor borders the Xinjiang region of China, and there are Chinese Army (PLA) outposts along this area.
More than 100 billion cubic meters of energy deposits were initially discovered in China’s Xinjiang region. At the same time, even larger energy deposits were located in two other places.
The information speaks of 1 billion tons of energy reserves.
That is why between 2018 and 2020 China decided to increase the total oil and gas production in the Xinjiang region to 1 million barrels per day. State-owned oil company PetroChina is drilling in three locations, Letan 1, Tianwan 1 and Tianan -1.
Sources from China talk about “Mega” energy deposit that changed the data on the geostrategic chessboard.
US$ 88 billion? More like US$ 800 billion. The war was costing the US almost US$ 100 billion per year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47391821
Some people got rich: private contractors, drug cartels, CIA, MIC etc.. As for the collapse of the US puppet regime, they can always pin that on Trump…
Everyone seems to forget to mention elephant in the room… Taliban’s are radical Islamist. Now we have another caliphate In a very unstable region and in the middle of the BRI.
‘Russia’s Kommersant daily reported earlier, citing sources, that in Geneva, Russia had suggested that Moscow and Washington should coordinate their activities on the Afghan track and could use the Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for practical purposes.’
Putin is not fond of the United States and has fought against the US getting a foothold in the stans. Ask yourself what he saw coming that is actually worse than the US? Why was the offer made, even though a few months ago, which would have no bearing on his protecting the stans? The fact that Putin made the offer means he is playing at being cordial to the Taliban. He knows of the danger and so does China even though everyone is passing out cupcakes now.
One more country to go to something worse than the US. Putin would not have made that offer for any other reasons it would not be logical.
You have scope and depth, good to see. Putin was not just focusing on Afghanistan. No one bothered to ask why he offered the stans, very sad.
To Lodestar
If Russian President had offered Russian Bases in the two Stans to the US troops(something I doubt very much), it must have been some brilliant joke played by VVP on “Biden”. Can you not see that? US troops on Russian military Bases? Is irony escaping you? That would be the ultimate humiliation for the US right now!!
If fact, it is truly a great joke on VVP part! Master of sarcasm. Remember the other great one –
” It is difficult to discuss things with people who cannot tell the difference between Austria and Australia”. He nails them to the wall every time!
You’ve been poisoned a little too much. At the same time only the naive take the poison.
There’s a price to pay for absorbing too much of empires disinformation and corruption of terms.
Incidently, the Muslims have always had a Caliphate. We believe that the Lord God is sovereign and we don’t substitute this authority to people. Partly the reason why Western elites of the most supremacist type have taken hold of their societies in what is moving quite fast now to a real dystopian nightmare. You see the most cunning and who regard themselves as the most smartest and eligible have invested sovereignty to themselves.
As it turns out we believe when Jesus (peace be upon him) returns he will grace the world with a just caliphate.
So, what you intended to say was regarding those who misapply this noble station to themselves without worth. And we know the false claimants are those who are affiliated with certain intelligence agencies to defame this noble station and confuse the minds of people.
And this.
UAE says working to facilitate evacuation of foreign diplomats from Afghanistan
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry said it was working on facilitating the evacuation of foreign diplomatic staff from Afghanistan through airports in the Gulf Arab state.
Also bad rubbish. Glad they are leaving.
Bush has promised us defeat and God has promised us victory. Let’s see which promise is true.
Words of the late Mullah Omar founder of the student movement.
“Bush has promised us defeat and God has promised us victory. Let’s see which promise is true.”
People should post this quote from Mullah Omar far and wide on Twitter, Facebook, and other American social media networks.
It is absolutely apropos on this historic day!
The problem here is that Bush isn’t the Devil. The Devil is evil but intelligent. Then we also have to consider Putin and his ”Russian bounties”. Putin must have all but ruined Russia to bring about such a resounding defeat of NATO’s armies. People around the planet certainly have to be paid to kill Americans, giggle.
Some commenters here have raised concerns about the good manners of the Taliban: ’Will they behave?’
Hell no. They are going to rebuild and modernize their war-torn country with the aid of China without asking National Endowment for Democracy for any assistance or due permission. If this is not rotten, totally evil behaviour I don’t know what is.
In Kabul, as of Today, it’s the Taliban Who Are in Charge, Not Rothschild-Sponsored Garbage
(Machine translation from original Portuguese article)
As I predicted in this same blog a few days ago, Kabul was captured before September 11, 2021. The CIA and most NATO intelligence services had predicted that it would still take about six months for the Taliban to capture Kabul .
As I write these words, the Taliban are preparing to officially declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Personally, I am by no means a supporter or admirer of the Taliban movement and I reject any comparison between it and, for example, Hezbollah or Hamas. Yet despite everything, I see the total expulsion of the US/NATO from Afghanistan as a strategic victory .
The Anglo-Zionist Empire must be fought by all possible means, in every corner of the Earth. As such, what I now expect from the Taliban is that they will seek international legitimacy from China, Russia and Iran. This can be achieved, provided the Taliban make a serious commitment to not create unnecessary problems, nor to provide shelter to terrorist groups, intent on destabilizing the region and attacking other countries. Good neighborliness is the essential step that the Taliban must take, if they don’t want to be totally isolated from the rest of the world and reduced to the status of international pariahs.
As for the apocryphal US/NATO/EU elite, those swine should now lick their wounds and lie in the gutter of moral filth, defeat and humiliation that they have created for themselves. In Kabul, as of today, it’s the Taliban who are in charge, not Rothschild-sponsored garbage .
Link to original article: https://toranja-mecanica.blogspot.com/2021/08/em-cabul-partir-de-hoje-quem-manda-sao.html
Saudi-Arabia evacuates all diplomats, staff from Kabul;
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2021/08/15/Saudi-Arabia-has-evacuated-all-diplomats-staff-from-Afghanistan-s-Kabul
I personally can’t wait to read Saker’s analysis of this momentous historical event….
They always say that the sequel is never as good as the original.
In this case, I beg to differ.
America’s Saigon Moment, the Sequel, shines just as brightly.
Yes.
The long prepared narrative of the likes of New york Times was: “Look, wherever whenever America leaves, anarchy and chaos gets installed”,
But so far the talibarbarians have disappointed them.
Are they turning out good boys just for the sake of it?
No head choppers, no women harrassments and no point blank murders so far.
I do not agree with the article. People who want an Islamic emirate to condition men and women on what to wear and wear on their heads are tough primitives for me. I’m not talking about Islam. First, education means nothing if a person does not have humanity, empathy and consciousness in him. Actually love for the world and others. Then it can only create the future. All the bandits in NATO and the Pentagon and other branches of the “successful” Western civilization are highly educated.
Islamic Emirate, that is a good precedent for all backward people. Especially in Syria. It shows that anything is possible only if there is good will and a couple of decades available. Just let the Russians give Idlib enough time and everything will be possible. And let the Syrian army continue to post selfies on Twitter and Facebook. Obviously, it is important to fight indefinitely, it is not important to finish the job to the end. Islamism is spreading through Turkey to Afghanistan. Why should we believe that this future Islamist bloc that is emerging will not turn into something malignant. Which will also affect secular societies, as is happening in Turkey. America and Russia have a terrible responsibility and they are fucking around and while various scoundrels like Erdogan are creating the future. Never again “Kabul”! I do not believe. There will be more “Kabul” in the future.
“Taliban is not like two decades ago, they have
learned bitter lessons and refined themselves.”
Has the Sharia law changed any in 20 years?
“Our nation is under Talmudic law, not Sharia, though immense troops of Protestant and Catholic ignoramuses display their cluelessness as they crusade with intense fervor against a non-existent menace, while oblivious to the cancer eating at the bowels of our nation.”
‘America is under Talmudic Law, not Sharia Law’
https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2017/10/america-is-under-talmudic-law-not.html
Has Talmudic Law changed in the last 2000 years?
‘If you don’t know the enemy, you will succumb in every battle’ – Sun Tzu
It is a sad day for Afgan girls, young ones especially.
The German dude Adrian NonZenz has a new country and government to whine and worry about. Remuneration to be decided by Mathias Döpfner, the self-confessed Christian Zionist in charge of Axel Springer Verlag.
On a more serious note: How many schools in Afghanistan were built under NATO’s 20 year long occupation of the country, and how many girls started school? Afghanistan — its girls included — has a bright future as long as all the West’s gender warriors and woke garbage stay the hell out. If there is one country in the region where the prospects for social progress look pitch-black, that country is India. Female infanticide, rapes, and — especially for Muslims — violence by Hindu gangs with zero or very little punishment meted out by the authorities.
Not as worrying for those young girls being sexualised and bombarded with the the wrong kind of alphabet. Keep that rubbish away.
Hamas and the Yemenis have each issued statements, separately, regarding Afghanistan.
The Yemeni statement says that all occupations eventually end, and they warn the Saudis of their fate.
The Hamas statement says that the image we were fed of the Taliban as backwards savages, has been proven false, and that the Taliban have shown themselves to be very smart, not falling for tricks like the West’s ‘democracy’ and such nonsense.
But Nasrallah, discussing a different matter yesterday, alluded to a possible US-Taliban deal.
Democracy has always been and will be a process. And not a finished “product”. And yet it still provides options for progress. The Islamic Emirate is a framework from which you can go further only with a severed fist or head (stylistic figure).
Irrespective if the Taliban has changed or not: I am not celebrating the victory of the Taliban but the defeat of American colonialism, arrogance and geopolitical stupidity.
The Americans created weaponized islamic extremism to fight the Soviet Union initially and used the same extremists to distabilize the Middle East.
It is now China and Russia which have to bring rationality and consensus to start a new path for the entire middle east.
Cheers from France.
”The Americans created weaponized islamic extremism to fight the Soviet Union initially and used the same extremists to destabilize the Middle East.”
Exactly. More specifically, it was Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski who launched the project ”Political Islam” that later was to spawn the Taliban and the dregs of ISIS. In hindsight, it worked as expected from its inception in the late 1970s up to the invasion of Afghanistan in 2000 by NATO. But all the greed, corruption, arrogance, and sheer malevolent incompetence backfired eventually. The Taliban movement turned out to be genuine in its patriotism as opposed to the awful sleaze and rot of the ruling circles of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf sheikhdoms.
Now there is a serious rift and split between the world’s Sunni Islamists. Really bad news not just for the Western Zionazis — it spells utter doom for Erdogan and the Outhouse of Saud. At the same time, it should be very comforting news in Iran.
To Mario
The voice of rationality and reason. Thank you Mario!
“Just a few days ago, the US announced that it will take three months for the Taliban to enter Kabut, but actually, the Taliban took only hours to conquer Kabul. No single bullet was fired, no single person was killed or injured, no war, the Taliban entry into Kabul was one of the most peaceful events in the history of humankind.
The general public has welcomed the Taliban and there was almost no resistance. As a matter of fact, the Taliban are true Afghani and were fighting against the foreign occupation of Afghanistan”
Is it just me, or this sounds remarkably similar to the way the russians recovered Crimea from Ukraine?
“They are flying helicopters and using advanced war machinery.”
This was a Russian contribution.
‘one of the most peaceful events in the history of humankind.’.
What hyperbole to describe the return to power of the widely supported and likely only viable government into power. This is a crowd who have long been accused of some of the most barbaric methods, severing limbs, cutting ears of locals who allegedly had the nerve to vote in an election, taking women as slaves…with a quite appalling record, again alleged, of the hideous oppression of women.
I do not doubt that there are many afghans who see the Taliban as both the most powerful and only way to have any semblance of peace. Nor do I doubt that the way they treat women is hardly worse than other Sunni extremist states. Nor do I doubt that much of the alleged crimes of the Taliban have been manufactured.
Still, whilst I understand why there is a general sense of ‘great news! the US empire have been kicked out! Now get them out of Iraq!~ Then Syria! and the world is great!’…and can even buy into that myself, I remain at best rather cynical of the sporadic mentions of ‘reform’.
An ultra religious, war hardened power structure does not suddenly get pleasant…and I am not sure I can celebrate the resurgence of a group who appear to have form for killing women for wearing clothes that are too tight, cutting off ears for voting in elections when they were not in charge, beheading scores for being apostates, or a woman outside without a man, skinning people alive…the list is endless.
How much of this reputation is warranted?
Any satisfaction I have for the US to be kicked out and some slight hope that the relationships with Russia and China and others in the region may well lead to some slow progress on human rights, is far outweighed by the return to prominence and power of one of the most savage crowds I have been made aware.
The only question I have is…how much of this perception I harbour is accurate, and how much is false?
Maybe you need to work a little harder on the sources of your perception.
The relative bloodless takeover against a 20 year barbaric onslaught based on a monstrous lie is a rather breathtaking and edmirable moment of perception.
You have missed my point entirely, or have no interest in addressing the concerns raised of celebrating the US plutocracy mercenary army being kicked out whilst somehow whitewashing allegedly one of the most brutal, oppressive and barbaric regimes of modern history.
I am not defending the US in any way. Yet am simply seeking the views of others regarding the long alleged stoning, skinning, eye gouging, kid killing, woman raping, murderous manner or enforcing their laws.
Is this their reality?
Have all the stories been lies? I’d imagine to some degree else why would they have such widespread support…though it could be a mix of fear and desperation to find any kind of peace, even a cruel peace.
And what of those desperately trying to flee Kabul? All for the cameras? Staged?
I don’t know. But what I know is that all the stories are major western talking points. That in itself makes me dubious of most of the stories. I also know that the Taliban is as far as I know not a homogenous whole but a tribal society. So, I make space that certain parts of this society may be different than others. Also, we seem to be getting a message that we are working with a ‘different Taliban’, and certain guarantees regarding women and children were made to Russia at least. And then, I am not an expert on the difference in either the system of law, or the various religious differences.
In addition, I know that when I went to research first Russia, and after that China, the western story was mostly bunkum.
So that is all enough for me to wait and see. In reality, I know nothing about how the Taliban lives, I know they have their own justice and court system. I’ve never seen a movie made by the Taliban. I’ve never read a book written by a Taliban. I’ve never spoken to a Taliban. So how can I possibly pre-judge what you are asking or accept it as a whole truth? In fact, what I think I know about the Taliban, comes from western sources. I am now willing to wait.
Fleeing Kabul. Well that is more simple. These people want the US occupation to continue because they are terrified that because they worked with the US and other infiltrators as collaborators during a 20-year war, they will be taken to justice for their actions. I in fact saw the first Taliban TV announcement where they said that they are not going to demand anything (but I am sure of the high level government cadre’s that they will be taken to justice because this is how it works in these situations). Bear in mind you’re looking at Kabul, where the imposter government was seated.
So, I guess some of our Islamic correspondents will be better to answer your questions, but then, some have already answered your questions. Seems we have to wait and verify whether our own sources of information during the years were correct or as usual, lying scum. Even the proferred reasons for this war was a bunch of lies and it was certainly not to protect the women.
Take a look: https://twitter.com/tonyashai/status/1426699210208862209
And also at Maram Susli, who said the humanitarian canard is really getting old.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/532120-us-afghanistans-saigon-moment/
Today, the first ‘day of the Taliban’, kids are going to school, the country is functioning and no ears have been chopped off as far as I can see. There is no war in Afghanistan this morning. I don’t expect the honeymoon to continue, but let’s open ears and eyes as the lies have been thick.
@amarynth
“These people are terrified that because they worked with the US and other infiltrators during a 20-year war, they will be taken to justice for their actions”.
It is not Taliban goverment that colaborationists have to be afraid.
There is large majority of Afgan people who grinded their teeth for 20 years waiting this day, watching compador elite getting rich. Many from families of countless “colateraly damaged” Afgans.
They all will cry for vengeance.
Not in Talibans best interest to do so, but if they refuse, their popular support with fall sharply.
Western media and instigators on the ground will promptly smear Talibans in either case. Savages in one, sellouts in the other. They are world class experts in pulling someone through mud.
Will Afghanistan’s new goverment fight in this murky waters of politics as victoriously as they did militarily? They will need every help they can get.
You say you have ‘concerns’ for the Afghans?
What makes you think it is your business what happens in Afghanistan, as a Western person? (Or an Israeli, are you?)
What you come to believe is really up to you. Here are some examples: (1) Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction; (2) Babies were deliberately killed in hospitals at Saddam Hussein’s orders; (3) The yellow races are infinitely cruel (the whites presumably are kind and drop bombs out of natural love); (4) The Russians ‘interfered’ in the US elections; (5) The Afghans are a primitive, stupid bunch of goat-herders (wonder why their stupidity does not prevent them from defeating smart invaders time and again); Islam fosters terrorism (yeah, they should peacefully hand over their oil to the west and sing love songs praising western bullets and bombs); etc., etc.
Bullshit has always abounded. Up to you to take it in or to see through it. Does your common sense really allow you to even consider the possibility that some group of people do things like ‘skin alive’, ‘gouge out eyes’, ‘eat livers of babies’, etc., etc? If you do, then how come the US State Dept used to be all praises for the Taliban (“brave fighters of freedom”; “honorable warriors of God”, etc.) when they were fighting the Soviets? The Taliban and the average Afghan remain the same; what has changed is the tune of the western propaganda about them.
I do keep most of the same questions. Hopefully the newer leaderships understand that good old savage ruling will actually destroy any hope of develoment with any sort of chinese financial support.
This will be valid only in case they do give a damn to economical development
Criminals has been simply replaces by savages.
I could never understand this part of the word, and all those traibal people.
nobody would have thought the Taliban would prevail 20 years ago. now that they have, how long will it take for the legend to came true as the graveyard of empires? next event to happen is for USA to collapse?
US troops have opened fire at Afghan civilians at the Kabul airport.
https://newsmediab.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Video/1400/05/25/1400052513130319323399555.mp4
Three civilians have died after they were shot by US troops.
There are also reports of US troops tossing Afghan civilians out of airplanes. Four civilians have died as a result of this.
Afghanis attempt to catch a ride on the exterior of a departing US military plane.
https://mobile.twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1427212973668540418
“The desperation is complete. Afghans don’t want to be left behind as US evacuates”
Quite a contrast to the fleeing paragons of virtue.
On Monday, Moscow’s ambassador in Kabul said that the Afghan soldiers that usually guarded the premises had been replaced by Taliban fighters. According to Kabulov, who heads a department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow is ready to work with the militant group to deliver a transitional government.
Russia: Ghani fled with cars and helicopter full of cash
Russia’s embassy in Kabul says that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reports.
Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA: “Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac.”
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban
China says it is willing to develop “friendly relations” with the Taliban after the armed group seize control of Afghanistan
“China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop … friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying tells reporters.
Thank the author for the lesson. I didn’t know that Taliban is so good and beautiful. Have they already declared “Islamic Emirate”? Let’s have Taliban in every country now. Besides, Taliban will have nothing to do with Shia Iran because it helped their ouster and NATO invasion, nor will they have anything to do with Chinese communists especially in the light of Uygur issue. As far as Russia is concerned this is the second Russian defeat by the Taliban. Why? Back in 2001 an overzealous Putin facilitated the occupation of Afghanistan by letting NATO use Russian air, land and military installations and he also pressured other neighbouring countries to do the same, doing yet another flavor to his “friend” G.W. Bush just about the time he was leaving Cuba and Kosovo and just about the time he publicly declined the possibility of deeper strategic cooperation with China. After relative initial calm and once the Taliban has firmly established itself, and in the times when no one will dare to confronting Taliban again, we will see the the first signs of trouble most likely in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In the future as almost all the Sunnis Taliban will inevitably, if they have to, cooperate primarily with the West.
Unfortunately, you may be right. The Taliban is no friend of those who like to imagine the romances of the 1001 nights.
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://srbin.info/svet/ko-je-politicki-lider-talibana-kog-je-amerika-oslobodila-pre-tri-godine/
To students of history this outcome was never in doubt. My prayers are for the long suffering people of Afghanistan, and for the families of the more than three thousand Western servicemen and women who died in this pointless conflict. Almost all of them were from lower income families, and their motivations were pure; to use their youthful strength to support their families and communities, and to protect and serve their homelands. In reality they gave their precious lives to protect a basket of lies, and to carry out the hubristic fantasies of a clique of utterly rotten and incompetant sociopaths, who we call ‘Leaders of the Free World’.
If Chinese Government, Party, Business and Religious authorities should really want to execute a stroke of genius and and deriver a ‘coup de crace ‘ to anti-Chinese western propaganda, they could send in Chinese ethnic and religious minority personnel to help with Afghanistan’s reconstruction:
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—Higly educated Huí (Chinese-speaking Muslims)From the Bĕijing-Tiānjīn, Xī’ān and Níngxià areas for expert jobs in industrialization and anti-desertificaton (tree planting).
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—Yǜnnán muslims who are experts in the tourist business and vacation traveling.
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— Herdsmen from small groups of turcic speakers on the Tibetan Plateau and North Xīnjiāng.
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—Mater agriculturalists and cotton workers from the Uighur population of Xīnjiāng.
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—Native Tajiíc (Persian) speakers from Tashkurgan in SW Xinjiang (close to the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan to serve as interpreters for all groups (most know Hàn Chinesee too by now).
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—Mongols to support and protect their distant ethnic relatives the Hazara in the Central Highlands.
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Such a preponderance of non-Hàn Chinese experts would impress the world.
Likewise, Russia and Tajikistân should also send Muslims (Volga Tatars, and bilingual Tajik citizens) to train public health workers and military weapons experts.
Game over in the great game: Check matt for USUK checker players!
When they are shooting at you when you leave, you lost.
Korea, 1953, ‘DMZ’.
When they are shooting at you when you leave, you lost.
Saigon, 1975.
When they are shooting at you when you leave, you lost.
Afghan. 2021
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Never The Last One, ebook edition. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGCY8KK A deep look in to Russia, her culture and her Armed Forces, in essence a look at the emergence of Russian Federation.
An Incident On Simonka, ebook version. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ERKH3IU March 2014. NATO Is invited to leave Sevastopol, one way or the other.
Seems like the talibs can’t be bought. Never could really.
Awww the divine gods of the earth thought money could buy them complete control of the world. Soon the Autumn will dawn and the worthless printing machine notes will be scattered like dust whirling in the wind.
Will Man not learn trying to play gods. Not until I’m afraid.
The Taliban will be denied access to any Afghan reserves held in US accounts, a US administration official has told AFP news agency.
As US forces were evacuating Kabul, the official said: “Any Central Bank assets the Afghan government have in the United States will not be made available to the Taliban.”
They stole gold/money from Iran and Venezuela. Difficult to change habits. At least we know they are thieves.
The USA accomplished what they went there for: to tame the area of the guerilla warfare mentality and get the people on one page. The author is correct; the Taliban are being peaceful but it’s like he said; they learned to refine themselves, exactly what China, et al would need in order to “invest” there.
China waited while USA did the dirty work for them. USA will be scapegoated at some point and the USA leadership, which is actually Israel, will walk away from Americans when they are finished with us, as well.
Poor little Americans like you are always playing the victim in order to deflect blame away from your crimes. Joseph Goebbels has got nothing on America in terms of standing reality on its head.
American didn’t invade Afghanistan in order “to tame the area of the guerilla warfare mentality and get the people on one page.” And it sure as hell wasn’t to benefit China.
In fact, it’s the very opposite.
American went to Afghanistan in order to:
1. Penetrate a strategic crossroads between Russia, China, and Iran and enable American military encirclement of these three enemy nations.
2. Facilitate covert American state terrorism and sponsorship of jihadist groups against these 3 nations in Chechnya (Russia); Xinjiang (China); and Balochistan (Iran)–using Afghanistan as a launchpad.
3. Control energy transport corridors from the Caspian Basin to benefit US oil companies like UNOCAL.
4. Restart and gain control over Afghan opium production for the CIA, which had been largely *eliminated* under Taliban rule before Sept. 11th.
Later, America’s ambitions included:
5. Sabotaging China’s New Silk Road and Russia’s Eurasian economic integration initiatives by keeping the Afghanistan pot boiling with American covert support of jihadists imported from US terror wars against Syria and Libya, among other places.
6. Controlling Afghanistan’s rare earth metals and prevent other nations (like China) from accessing them.
Ultimately, America seeks to sow chaos around the world–from Afghanistan to Eurasia and beyond–all in order to advance the Pentagon doctrine of American “Full Spectrum Dominance” of the planet and prevent any nation or group of nations from challenging this American world dictatorship.
America’s phony War on Terrorism was just one of many pretexts to advance the USA’s real agenda for the past generation.
But Americans don’t have the honesty to admit this reality so they devolve into every more Orwellian forms of self-delusion and deceptions in order to escape guilt.
Pepe Escobar exposed the American Empire of Chaos and its machinations, years ago. There are no more excuses, alibis, or feigned ignorance to deny it.
Empire of Chaos
https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/12/19/empire-of-chaos/
This will be all according to the CIA Deep State plan so they can have another war there this decade.
Can’t have big expensive wars of the target country isnt overrun.
Same as Vietnam.
What a racket.
Thx Zamir Awan and the many comments to give me a lot to fit missing puzzle pieces in this Vietnam war debacle overhaul.
What I’m still curious about, is the probable effective mining of the enormous Lithium resources Afghanistan has. It is mainly located in the west of Afghanistan, where the Taliban had maintained stronghold.
It would be a nice topping on the cake, when Chinese companies, in a non-occupation mode, would explore this.
In the USA, besides some howling of joker Blinken, the silence is deafening. Commentator-on-anything Obama is silent after his late super-spread of private jet CO2 and ‘sophisticated’ things.
Biden has a short retreat as a whole, while his mind is already on serious retreat for quite some years.
Jen Psaki suddenly took a vacation.
Kamala Harris… well, the qualities that made her career won’t work too well now, I guess. But, you never know.
This will go into history as the biggest US humiliation in many decades.
Bright side? Don’t even let them think of handling Iran.
Cheers, Rob
My own thinking is that the Chinese are not in a hurry to explore what is beneath the ground until they work out a security assurance with the new ruler. In fact, they already obtained agreement with previous government in doing so but again it was still not doable in a war zone. It is now up to the leaders of the winning side to decide what is best for their national interest before things can proceed in a manner that business can be safely carried out. Are these people tired of war yet? Do they have aspirations for stability and development like most of us? Time will tell. To get all the warloads to come to a consensus certainly may not be an easy feat. That spark can be relit.