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Originally Posted by SunnySide

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/202...tl-ldn-vpx.cnn

^^ video of Afghan military surrendering and giving american military vehicles and big guns to the Taliban.

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The Taliban now controls roughly a third of all 421 districts and district centres in Afghanistan.

Gains in northeastern Badakhshan province in recent days have mostly come to the armed group without a battle, said Mohib-ul Rahman, a provincial council member. He blamed Taliban successes on the poor morale of troops who are mostly outnumbered and lacking supplies.

“Unfortunately, the majority of the districts were left to Taliban without any fight,” said Rahman. In the last three days, 10 districts fell to Taliban, eight without a fight, he said.

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers, police and intelligence troops surrendered their military outposts and fled to the Badakhshan provincial capital of Faizabad, said Rahman.

Even as a security meeting was being held early on Sunday to plot the strengthening of the perimeter around Faizabad, some senior provincial officials were leaving the city for the Afghan capital Kabul, he said.

In late June, the Afghan government resurrected volunteer militias with a reputation of brutal violence to support the beleaguered Afghan forces but Rahman said many of the fighters in the Badakhshan districts put up only a half-hearted fight.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...vt-forces-flee


Well ... looks like the Taliban can take over as much or all of Afghanistan if it wants to. If they take over the entire country theyd probably be stretched to thin and I dont imagine any country would give the Taliban foreign aid.

Probably be best for them to let the govt have control over Kabul so they can just take any foreign aid given to the "afghan govt"

My american beer drinking view from across the pond ... afghan govt and people didnt do nearly enough to support our efforts to oust the Taliban and actually worked against us. If they thought wed stay there forever just taking on huge debt and lives .. they gambled and lost.

i feel bad for the women and children and i am 100% sure the USA will get blamed for what may come, but the blame lays solely at the feet of their men, their fathers, their husbands, uncles etc.

the world is a brutal place

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The Afghani governemnt, army, and men either are too weak to fight for their country or they are indifferent to their government or taliban ruling the country.

They will need a civil war if they want a country ran by a real government they vote for.

It is not America's job any longer to bleed money we don't have and bleed the lives of our military that have died WAY more than enough in that country.

We get blamed regardless. I prefer to get blamed while saving money and american lives.

This is true for most of the middle east and parts of Africa.