US strikes deal w/ Taliban to remove troops from Afghanistan (1 Viewer)

[Heathen]

Surprised I didn't see it posted anywhere. And to preface -- I know there are too many contextual complexities to name regarding this.

Props to this administration for pushing to get this done. Endless war shouldn't be what American citizens view as 'normal'.

This would be a huge win for Americans and Afghanis if this works out as planned:

Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war

President Trump says it is "time after all these years to bring our people back home".

www.bbc.com

The US and Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal.

President Trump said it had been a "long and hard journey" in Afghanistan. "It's time after all these years to bring our people back home," he said.

Talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are due to follow.

Under the agreement, the militants also agreed not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control.

 

[bdb13]

I felt sure that was coming.. what a cluster****.

 

[insidejob]

I felt sure that was coming.. what a cluster****.

So it's gonna be bombings until we get everyone we can out? For the next 5 days? Perfect.

 

[bdb13]

So it's gonna be bombings until we get everyone we can out? For the next 5 days? Perfect.

It's a pretty obvious strategy isn't it? I'm honestly kind of surprised that it's taken until now to occur.

 

[DaveXA]

So, are the bombings a way to make us stay, or to make us go?

 

[bdb13]

 

[bdb13]

So, are the bombings a way to make us stay, or to make us go?

To embarrass us on our way out is my view.

 

[bdb13]

Well fork

 

[bdb13]

Yep, that is basically my view

 

[bdb13]

There was a second explosion as well

 

[insidejob]

There was a second explosion as well

This is what we get for negotiating with the Taliban. What would make anyone think they've changed into trustworthy people?

 

[Taurus]

So, are the bombings a way to make us stay, or to make us go?

Either way, they win.
If we stay, they get to bloody our nose for a while longer.
If we go, laissez les heroin temps roulez!

 

[bdb13]

Just confirmed on CBS that there are American casualties.

 

[insidejob]

Just confirmed on CBS that there are American casualties.

Quite literally daring the US and NATO to stay past that 8/31 deadline and start another war. We better have been tracking the Taliban by satellite and be ready to bomb them into the stone age after as soon as we get everyone possible out of there. Screw even putting boots on the ground. Just keep pounding them day after day with drone attacks for all I care. They broke the deal Trump negotiated (unless this was part of the deal Trump negotiated.)

 

[samiam5211]

Like Trump said, the Taliban will be killing terrorists. He should have asked them to define terrorist before he made the deal.

 

[bdb13]

The Taliban condemned the attack, saying it happened it an area controlled by U.S. forces.

Russia: 2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport; 13 dead

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport Thursday, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

apne.ws

 

[bdb13]

Maybe this is more likely than the theory of the Taliban just looking the other way while it occurs, but make little difference at the moment if it's going to occur regardless

 

[MT15]

Heard on the radio that US told all American citizens remaining last night to stay away from the airport gates today. So hopefully they all did stay away. Heard there were 13 civilian deaths, presumably all Afghan citizens.

 

[bdb13]

First US service member deaths in Afghanistan since February 2020, I believe.*

Two explosions ripped through crowds of Afghans trying to enter Kabul airport on Thursday, killing at least 13 Afghans and 4 U.S. troops, and disrupting the final push of the U.S.-led evacuation effort.

Kabul Airport Attack Kills 13 U.S. Service Members, at Least 90 Afghans

Two explosions ripped through crowds, followed by a gun assault, at Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is attempting to evacuate thousands.

www.wsj.com

*There had been no combat deaths of US service members in Afghanistan since February 2020. I'm guessing these deaths today don't count as combat.