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Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’ (english.elpais.com)

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[-] Kinglink@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does anyone have stats on Afghanistan's opinions on America's occupation right before we left? I imagine most of them wanted America to leave...

Though I'm now curious what their TRUE opinion was of the Taliban, because I see people wanting Communism back in Russia, I imagine people wanted the Taliban back instead of the Americans.

I'm sure at least 50 percent of them are like "Fuck no" (women), but when that group isn't a huge part of the people guarding the country, I wonder if this was inevitable. Even if we somehow destroyed the entire Taliban, there would be another fundamental Islamic group who wanted to take over.

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[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Fight back? I mean...

[-] UFO64@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

When the US pulled out the Taliban didn't have to fight to take control. The population was ready and willing to put them back into power.

This was the choice the country made. It's not our place to step into their internal politics at this point. The US did that for years and they decided very clearly they didn't want that.

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[-] mayo@lemmy.today 12 points 1 year ago

I know way too little about this to have an actual opinion about it. I read the article just as a way to learn more about what's going on with those people right now. At the very least their lives are ruined, and we're mostly just hearing from the refugees.

Ending quote: The man blames the former Afghan government under Ashraf Ghani and the international coalition, which operated in the country for 20 years, for “everything falling apart so quickly.” “We have lost everything, even our hope for the future. We’re living in a country of lies, a country that no longer exists,” he concludes.

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Damn, a lot of "Fuck Afghanistan, hoo rah America is great" kinda vibes in here :-/ I left Reddit to get away from the constant USA Defaultsm nonsense...

Yes, let's ignore the most important issue - people are suffering and as decent humans we have a duty to them, when we can instead use it as an excuse to point out how much better Americans are at being a country, etc etc :-(

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[-] theodewere@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

why didn't you fight harder for your country

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