Alexander Mercouris
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Taliban Negotiate Peaceful Surrender of Kabul, Complying with Undertakings Given to Moscow in July Talks
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Russia and Taliban in Talks as Moscow mediates end to Afghan War
Taliban militants begin offensive on Afghan capital Kabul – Interior Ministry — RT World News
Taliban in talks with Afghan govt over ‘peaceful surrender’ after launching offensive on capital Kabul
The Taliban launched an assault on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Sunday, claiming it has engaged in talks with the government about a “peaceful surrender” of the city to the group. There were media reports of Taliban representatives heading to the Presidential Palace for talks with the government of President Ashraf Ghani.
Taliban vows to respect rights of Afghan women, will allow access to work & education provided hijabs are worn – spokesman — RT
Taliban vows to respect rights of Afghan women, will allow access to work & education provided hijabs are worn – spokesman
A spokesperson for the Taliban has promised that Afghan women will not be deprived of work opportunities or education when the militant group comes to power, on condition that they remain veiled in public. Suhail Shaheen told the BBC on Sunday that the group, which subscribes to Sharia law, would respect the rights of women.
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Afghanistan again proves it is the graveyard of empires.
This time it’s the Uinted Stupids’ turn.
This is Vietnam and Lybia cimbined, only worse.
The doofus with the clean butt who iscrelaxing – i.e. taking a nap and being pumped up by the doctors for his two planned pre-choreographed gaffes next week – will not survuve this. Jill cannot help him out this time.
Just a little over a hundred days and he’s finished. And then – chaos. A very fitting end for the empire of stupiduty and evil.
In the RT article about the Taliban respecting the rights of Afghan women, it says that women will be allowed to work as long as “hijabs” are worn. The photo illustrating the article shows Afghan women wearing burqas. Burqas are not hijabs. Hijabs are headscarves worn by Muslim women to cover their hair. A burqa is a one-piece “veil” that covers the face and body, often leaving a mesh screen to see through. Government propaganda of 20+ years ago convinced many westerners that Afghan women were forced to wear the burqa; however, if failed to explain other reasons for wearing… Read more »
Also, when your village is raided by the guys next door, i.e. the village close to you whose inhabitants are not quite friendly to you, hiding your women under a movable tent makes it much harder to identify the attractive ones to collect as bounty.
These are good news. The people of Afghanistan, meaning the now legitimized Taliban leaders as well as the surrendering troops have made a wise choice, opted for stability and adopted the Moscow Peace Plan for Afghanistan. It includes the accommodation of other factions, combating Al Qaida and ISIL, eliminating the cultivation of heroin (Europe should be thankful) and the right of women to an education and a professional life as well as their obligation to appear modestly according to decorum and tradition. Helpful China will stand by with economic initiatives. America started its intervention and the troubles with a covert… Read more »
The new government must however keep a watchful eye on those who would ally themselves with Western trouble-making “missionaries” and cause provocation.
You can be absolutely sure the supply of weapons and ammo was organized with the new government by the western troublemakers before all of this happened.
What options did the current administration have? Stay on with no end in sight? Trump wanted to do the same, but was stopped for political point scoring reasons and now Biden has done it.
The US threw everything at the Taliban and did not mange to win. The loss, and it is a loss, is even greater than most will talk about because not only did the US lose but NATO as well. Next is the Middle East then Kosovo.
It has made NATO not only appear but is actually much weaker now.
The U.S. foreign policy is not about nation building or democracy. It’s about spreading chaos. None other than Donald Rumsfeld siad that shortly before he died. People often have a moment of truth facing death. Now the U.S. (and the west) has the whole muslim world against them, which is quite a feat. The betrayal in Afghanistan will enrage everybody of muslim faith. Even the die-hard muslims don’t want the middle ages back, which is what taliban stands for. Life in the big western cities, especially the U.S. will be very dangerous now. And the geriatric is relaxing at Camp… Read more »
I agree with what you say about the US intent in any of their ventures from Libya, Syria to Afghanistan etc. Nation building, democracy/freedom etc are all slogans like what the Soviets used to do and North Korea still does today.
However, if the Afghanis did not want the Taliban, they would not be in Kabul today. That is what the western press refuse to cover. The vast majority there want shariah law and its simple as that so who are we to oppose it. I personally think its abhorrent, but they are happy with it.