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MenloParque

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17. You are right

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #16)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 11:51 AM

Aug 2021

The people that we were in contact would never say they are Afghan. Instead, they would refer to one of the 500+ clans of Pashtun, or some others like Hezaras or Balochs. You may hear in the mainstream media the Afghan people, but in the Stan the refer to their own tribe which in some cases are over 2000 years old. Borders mean nothing.

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When we say that Afghans refused to "fight for their country"? [View all] kentuck Aug 2021 OP

apparently they did fight for their country for 20 years, and they won. nt. Voltaire2 Aug 2021 #1

I think the majority of Afghans want something more like what the US was pushing.. honest.abe Aug 2021 #2

So do you think the military was heavily infiltrated by Taliban sympathizers? sboatcar Aug 2021 #3

I don't know. honest.abe Aug 2021 #5

I kind of feel like it was all part of Taliban strategy sboatcar Aug 2021 #6

I believe it has been reported.. kentuck Aug 2021 #11

Fear of taliban locals, and trump making deals with the taliban. taliban would win. empedocles Aug 2021 #9

We murrikins have a habit of... 2naSalit Aug 2021 #4

Well said. GemDigger Aug 2021 #8

It's one of the great... 2naSalit Aug 2021 #13

A simple perspective is that the Afgan army realized the end was near and insight when they empedocles Aug 2021 #7

Trump's deal several months ago messed things up a bit. liberalmuse Aug 2021 #10

We know that if Trump was involved in any way... kentuck Aug 2021 #12

Can't argue with that - everything trump touches . . . empedocles Aug 2021 #14

Different values MenloParque Aug 2021 #15

Is Afghanistan even a "country" in the sense thucythucy Aug 2021 #16

You are right MenloParque Aug 2021 #17