Excellent discussion on the sources of Taliban success, by panel of real experts: @a_a_jackson @DawoodAzami @Chris_Kolenda and Michael Semple.https://twitter.com/JAhmed99/status/1423571329949786117 …
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Assessing their record over the past 3 years, Michael Semple concludes that the Taliban were never really interested in peace talks: “They were & are committed to a complete takeover [of Afghanistan] by force of arms.”
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That is an extreme+politicized position in favor of a specific side. There're differing opinions on that + nuances. Can't fudge the fact that more-war and less peace serves special interest subgroups on both sides who are responsible for the debacle that hurt AFG & US interests.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Lies the original agreement drafted included the provision of the full withdrawal of us forces by may 2021 yet they still remained and are literally carpet bombing parts of the country.
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The Taliban seek the removal from black lists and release of all of there prisoners
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Partially true, because on the other hand, the Afghan government & President Ghani particularly gambled the tiny peace chance that was existing after the Doha agreement. First 6 months, he was busy winning his fraudulent election, and then another 6 months wait for d US election.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Theo, I wonder where such conclusions leave all of us in the West who for years argued in favour/made careers out of ‘process design’ etc to carve a political process with Taliban? Western punditry has truly failed!
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Did Semple mention that the Doha Taliban haven’t been to Afghanistan in over a decade, and mostly have 0 interest in returning since they’re currently living off of America’s largesse? Or that Taliban field commanders restrained ‘some’ of their guys just long enough...
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... to give off a vague pastiche of compliance — even though they were quietly conducting an enormous campaign of assassinations and bombings (probably including the one that killed all those school girls in Kabul — setting off 3 car bombs in a garrison city is well...
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almost as if they had done this before. you know, in the 80's? when they just ran the Russians out by attrition....
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The Taliban came about in the early 90s, long after the Russians left, and the civil war between the warlords.
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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