US and Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan...- threadbanned users in OP

Reuters reporting the US is considering airstrikes on equipment left behind by US troops for the Afghan army in Afghanistan.

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Russia is using the same excuse that America has always used. As for China, whatever it is, is certainly isn't Communist these days. But her excuse is also one of "national interests" when they want to interfere in another country's business.

When you are a large country and can unilaterally act on matters outside your own nation, realpolitik becomes the order of the day.

Russia is as far away from Afghanistan as we are from the Ukraine. So their "right" to be there is pretty minimal. But they do have historical fallout to consider. China's border length is minimal AFAIR.

However, every country surrounding Afghanistan will be watching very closely how this situation develops. America handing Afghanistan back to The Taliban is just about the most bizarre thing that anybody in and out of the region could have imagined, including The Taliban themselves.

Normally, we would use minimum 4 Vehs for a field trip, all Toyota Landcruiser's. 2 for passengers, and 2 loaded to the roof with spare wheels, springs, suspensions, towing gear, winches, oil and water. + 2 mechanics. And this was for the Summer, and all vehs would be fully serviced pre trip. For the winter / spring, in some areas, it was a physical impossibility, but in areas where you could go, you took extra survival gear, portable gas cookers, extra food and water, snow chains etc. and allowed a lot more time. 6 -8 mths from brand new, and with very small mileage, the LC's started to show signs of metal fatigue, with cracks appearing first in the roof pillers, and gradually spreading. Mechanically, they suffered too. Cleaning the engine air filters was something that needed to be done every day, and like wise fuel filters needed changing much oftener than normal. If there was a design fault in the Veh, any veh, Afghanistan will quickly show it up. Ironically, the Russian MAZ trucks ( which were military design) were maybe the best suited for the terrain, especially in the mountains......was nothing to see one parked by the road side, gearbox out on the ground, with the whole family siting around drinking Tea, while the menfolk fixed the box,,,,,and when you passed back that way a few days later, the truck would be gone....they could not do these kind of repairs with more modern complicated trucks.. So for all the fanfare about massive quantities of ammunition, weapons and vehicles being " gifted" to the Taliban,even with good and proper maintenance, there will be problems. And as for any kind of missiles, did they need special codes before they could be fired?

ha ha ha its fun to laugh about dead children /s

Many Poles stood and fought when their country was invaded in 1939 and those who fled when the country was overrun continued the fight in Western Europe. So why did so many soldiers who are indigenous to Afghanistan and Iraq (and Saudi Arabia in the case of the conflict with the Houthis in Yemen) run away from insurgents instead of fighting?

Look at Syria at least 100 hospitals and medical clinics and schools were destroyed by ground and air attacks along with markets and other civilian places ........

For no reason other than to punish a population for not wanting an autocratic dictatorship and his best mate in Moscow .

In country's like Africa old Toyota are very popular, easy to fix maintain, very reliable, not full of highly complex computer chips, so of course the taliban love them . Of course they have now 100s of humvees courtesy of the us army yes of course in a few years time they will break down and need new parts,

It's well known the Toyota truck is very popular with terrorist groups all round the world right now theres over 10,000 American citizens waiting to leave the country I read the American army would like bomb

The area where humvees and trucks are parked but they can't do this since the need to Cooperate with the taliban to get

Americans safely out of the country I think Pakistan could easily defeat the taliban if they wanted since they have 1000 troops that are well trained

There's an article on www.

techdirt.com re the taliban have acess to large amounts of biometric data on American army allies including fingerprints which they can use to track them down since no one thought to delete sensitive military data before the army left

@riclad  I think Pakistan could easily defeat the taliban if they wanted since they have 1000 troops that are well trained...

The same Pakistan who train and equip the Taliban and were almost over run by the Taliban a few years back ,to the point the Americans had to go in to protect the Pakistan nuclear arsenal

Pakistan not a hope .....

In Islam, Prophet Muhammad used kohl and recommended others to use it because he believed that it was beneficial for the eyes[17] based on the following saying by him: "One of the best kinds of kohl that you use is Ithmid (antimony); it brightens the vision and makes the hair (eye-lashes) grow"[18] and he "used to apply kohl to his right eye three times, and to his left eye twice."[17] It is used by many Muslim men today during Ramadan as a sign of devotion.[19][20][21]

Maybe it's Maybelline

And if ingested ( Antimony, used in Kohl) it is poisonous. Ingested in large amounts, it causes kidney and liver damage and death. Wonder what effect it has on the eyes????

In 2007, the Taliban controlled the Swat valley, and ruled it the same as they had ruled Afghanistan....with brutality. In 2009, they marched on Islamabad and got to within about 20 klms of it, before the Pakistani Govt started a major push back. There was hundreds of thousands of people who fled during the fighting. But the PK army pushed them not only back but out if the area entirely, and its controlled now by PK forces. But if it were to happen today? and armed as they now are? Pakistan is riding the tiger.