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  So you’re saying there is a solution for Seattle?
context: Taliban gives us an opportunity to study a medieval society in real time. >
  
  They do that kind of thing... >
  
  Meanwhile, in the 2nd century... >
  
  Everybody: “Even though the US is the only thing keeping the Taliban from regaining control of Afghanistan The US needs to leave Afghanistan “
  USA: “ Ok, bye”
  Taliban: *takes away women’s rights and starts cutting off people’s hands.
  See, people complained about us being in Afghanistan while not even considering the fact that we went into Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power and remained there to keep them from regaining power. >
  
  I’d rather all that money goto Ukraine. The Afghans had enough of our money, blood and time to figure it out for themselves. This is obviously what they wanted. >
  
  Yeah, I think I agree with this point. How long were we in Afghanistan and they couldn't muster up the strength to fight, given all the aid from the US? They took our presence for granted, and I have a hard time sympathizing, unfortunately. >
  
  the government pocketed a lot of it, and gave scraps to the military. the state of the afghan military could have been compared to if the russian government just disappeared. yeah it’s got weapons, armor, and basic third world country military stuff, but no one’s there to fund it at all so it just kinda folds >
  
  That's misleading. It was the Afghan military that pocketed a lot of it as well. Don't remember what the estimate number of "ghost soldiers" was assessed by the US reports, but it was huge (around 40% I think) >
  
  and those scraps that i mentioned end up in the pockets of soldiers, instead of international arms dealers to sell them weapons >
  
  But Saudi Arabia does these things on a regular basis >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 69%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  The Taliban publicly flogged nine convicted of robbery and "Sodomy" in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar, a report said.
  Former policy advisor to minister for afghan resettlement & minister for refugees in the UK, Shabnam Nasimi said that Taliban cut off the hands of four people in a football stadium in Kandahar.
  "The Taliban have reportedly cut off the hands of 4 people in a football stadium in Kandahar today, accused of theft, in front of spectators. People are being lashed, amputated & executed in Afghanistan, without fair trial and due process. This is a human rights violation," she tweeted.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Taliban^#1 trial^#2 Kandahar^#3 Stadium^#4 people^#5 >
  
  Fucking animals.  Just barely above the Russian govt in my books.  At least the Taliban doesn't give a shit about anything outside Afghan borders >
  
  The Taliban are Pashtun Nationalists (Afghan and Pashtun used to be synonymous) with an ambition to annex the Pashtun regions of Pakistan hence why there’s a Pakistani Taliban fighting Pakistan. >
  
  I wonder if this is in the tourism pamphlets. >
  
  They gonna sew those hands back on if there was some sort of a mistake?
  I'm just /s'ing. They don't care about that and wouldn't admit making a mistake. >
  
  Yeah... that'll happen. Not exactly news, though, is it?