🇦🇫 Discussion: Afghanistan/The Taliban

[blueharvest]

General's promotion blocked in first sign of Trump retaliation for Afghanistan pullout

The move by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin follows threats from President-elect Trump to fire senior officers who oversaw the chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

We screwed so many people.

 

[blueharvest]

Taliban move to ban women training as nurses and midwives ‘an outrageous act of ignorance’

Afghan students and activists condemn halt to medical courses amid warnings of women dying from lack of healthcare

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

I hate these guys with a burning passion. I wish the people would rise up and cast them out.

 

[blueharvest]

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education.

apnews.com

The Taliban doesn't care. Nobody can stop them from doing what they want.

 

[blueharvest]

The Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’

www.theguardian.com

Well that's not fair. Better than dead but not good.

 

[blueharvest]

Questions about Syria and potential for an ISIS resurgence loom for Trump

The president-elect may want to withdraw U.S. troops from the area, but if he does, he’d put a victory he’s proud of at risk.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls

A senior Taliban figure says the group's leader should scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls

A senior Taliban figure says the group's leader should scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls.

apnews.com

Horrible beyond words.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

So Trump will get the credit.....

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

So Trump will get the credit.....

That's all Trump cares about, anyway.

 

[squeekness]

The way Trump uses people and then throws them away, he doesn't care that these people might have helped us. We're done with them and so is he.

 

[blueharvest]

IS fighters in Syria could break free amid Trump aid cut, terrorism expert warns

Prediction by ex M16 counter-terror director comes as security paused around two main detention facilities

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

The Taliban take over Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel, more than a decade after attacking it

The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan's only luxury hotel, more than a decade after launching a deadly assault on it.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

apnews.com

 

[squeekness]

I thought Trump single handedly eliminated ISIS in his first term.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I thought Trump single handedly eliminated ISIS in his first term.

Right. I remember him saying something like that.

 

[squeekness]

Right. I remember him saying something like that.

He did, like he alone fixed it. As if that kind of ideology ever gets wiped out.