claim: Taliban routing tons of fighters into kabul sort of wonder if there was a window for increasing US capabilities in the capitol that started last week when people realized shit was going sideways but has diminished rather dramatically since and continues to closehttps://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1428569807587356672 …
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Poppies (heroin), mineral rights (possibly to China but who knows) and now growing meth labs. Also taxes on shipping through to Central Asia and Iran. They’ll be ok but quality of life in the cities will go way down
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I guess I’m not so cynical as to believe Taliban fighters were previously dependent on government checks one way or another finding there way into their hands (though perhaps I should be).
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to the extent that government forces went over en masse they may have been also old Taliban regime may have taken in a ton of international aid reportedly the Buddha statue blowing up was related to nonpayment of some stream of aid
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The taliban isn't exactly a well-regulated army that needs regular pay to continue operating...
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"The French king pays his Frenchmen with pomade(luxury) We receive our pay accurately every week Damn, moors, thunder and the holy element, Who receives his money as fast as the Prussian?" https://youtu.be/8uIPG-UrANM?t=203 …
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If the government draw checks didn't go out on time here, there'd probably be a revolution within a week...
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Maybe "economic collapse" has special meaning here. Starbucks Kabul probably closing, Goats-and-Opium economy probably OK. Suspect Tali's base is one and not the other.
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