We came in for what reason? You could not even control the Taliban in your own country, pal, and here you are, 20 yrs later, trying to tell US you know better 20 yrs ago? Why was it bad then?
You did follow the news?... pakistan taliban is history.?.. dead ?
and yes thanks to US stupid drone bombing thousands of armed tribals joined the Taliban. that was another problem you people created, which we solved.
Thanks for nothing.
Call our retreat from Afghanistan a 'rout' if you wish, but it is only a reflection of your own fantasies,
well it was your $1.5T, thousands of your men dead and material and in end you are doing what Musharaf told you should have done.
ie Talk to them...
We reached from the other side of the world and taught the Taliban a military hard lesson.
You taught them nothing...
Apart from making them stronger than ever before.
But i think you learned something the Russians told you from day one... something every body with half a brain knew what was going to happen....
We failed to change Afghanistan into a modern country, but that failure also covers the rest of the ME.
Yes by backing geniuses like Dostum, and Hamid Karzai whose brother was a thug and drug dealer.... congratulations! what excellent choices you make in turning Afghanistan into a modern state.
You remind me of a fat black american college of mine ....she away complained about her weight problem but then i would always find her munching fried food all time.... she was such a poster child for Churches's chicken...
Now as we withdraw, the rest of the world will know that you are essentially a lost cause.
In your head sure.
At least drug production did end under Taliban rule...and so did cross border terrorism from Afganistan...
so bad for you ... good for us.?
So yes, jeer US is all you can do as you wallow in your own misery.
We are happy as hell.... things are improving for us. thanks for asking
nice to see the puppets fall in line...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani orders release of Taliban prisoners
AFPUpdated March 11, 2020
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks after he was sworn in at an inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday. — AP
KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani signed a decree to facilitate the release of some Taliban prisoners in Afghan jails, a spokesman for his office said on Wednesday.
“President Ghani has signed the decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners in accordance with an accepted framework for the start of negotiation between the Taliban and the Afghan government,” Sediq Sediqqi, Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman said in a tweet. He also hinted that Kabul could consider releasing 5,000 prisoners if the Taliban refrained from attacks on Afghan forces.
At least 1,000 Taliban prisoners are expected to be released this week, five official sources said earlier, paving the way for opening direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Meanwhile, American forces have started
pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan a US official said, on Tuesday, the day peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban were due to start.
The United States is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a
deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months — provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments.
US troops start pulling out of two bases in Afghanistan
Under the accord, the US is initially supposed to cut its troop presence from about 12,000 currently to 8,600 by mid-July, and close five of its roughly 20 bases across the country.
Troops have started leaving one base in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province in the south, and another base in Herat in the west, a US official told
AFP on the condition of anonymity.
Even with the drawdown, US forces retain “all the military means and authorities to accomplish our objectives”, Colonel Sonny Leggett, spokesman for US Forces-Afghanistan, said on Monday, referring to American counterterrorism operations and support for Afghan forces.
Helmand, which along with Kandahar province is considered a Taliban stronghold, is where US and British forces fought some of the bloodiest campaigns of the 18-year war.
Omar Zwak, spokesman for Helmand’s governor, told
AFP that “20 to 30” foreigners had left Lashkar Gah since the weekend.
Kabul chaos
Under the terms of the withdrawal deal, the Taliban are supposed to tackle jihadists such as the Islamic State group and Al Qaeda, as well as hold talks with the Afghan government that were due to start on Tuesday.
But Kabul is in disarray and appears unable to present a unified front to negotiate with the Taliban.
On Monday, President Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated for a second term following an election that was marred by fraud allegations while his rival, former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, also declared himself winner and swore himself in as premier in a parallel ceremony.
Washington has denounced Abdullah’s self-inauguration, urging unity in Kabul ahead of negotiations with the Taliban.
UN Council endorses deal
The UN Security Council unanimously approved a United States resolution on Tuesday over the recent deal between Washington and the Afghan Taliban, a rare endorsement of an agreement with a militant group.
Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2020
