Taliban government scrap Afghan election commission - Oh dear.   ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 2:38pm:

Taliban government scrap Afghan election commission - Oh dear.   ::) ::)

Isn't this exactly what Donald Trump and the GOP are doing in the USA?

Taliban orders Afghan shop owners to saw off the heads of mannequins ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 8:01pm:

Taliban orders Afghan shop owners to saw off the heads of mannequins ::) ::)

Words fail me - what idiots.

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 8:01pm:

Taliban orders Afghan shop owners to saw off the heads of mannequins ::) ::)

A li'l ol' practice on the front porch never hurt nobody...

Girls sent home in tears as Taliban reneges on plans to allow female high school students in Afghanistan ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 7:53pm:

Girls sent home in tears as Taliban reneges on plans to allow female high school students in Afghanistan ::) ::)

Meanwhile the dancing boys dance on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7eMUwkKiFY

Interesting - Many baffled by Taliban reneging on pledge to reopen higher school grades for Afghan girls ::) ::)

Oh dear - Taliban continues restrictions on Afghan women with decree mandating face coverings in public ::) ::)

Very anti-Taliban of Brian.

Did anyone really think the Taliban would act any different?  Having seen off the latest group of foreigners who thought they could change Afghanistan, it's back to business as usual.  ::)

Belgarion wrote on May 9^th, 2022 at 11:29am:

Did anyone really think the Taliban would act any different? Having seen off the latest group of foreigners who thought they could change Afghanistan, it's back to business as usual.  ::)

They are too primitive to be helped.

Belgarion wrote on May 9^th, 2022 at 11:29am:

Did anyone really think the Taliban would act any different?  Having seen off the latest group of foreigners who thought they could change Afghanistan, it's back to business as usual.  ::)

The reality is that the Afghans were suffering such a Stockholm Syndrome with the Taliban that even 20 years of a foreign occupation force did nothing to change the psyche of people that were around during the Taliban's rule. The people of Afghanistan will have to want to change their culture for the better if they do not want to live under barbarism. I do not care if Afghanistan becomes a war zone with a civil war. The Taliban will have to go soon.

The rest of the world tends to make the mistake of thinking of Afghanistan as a country in the modern sense, when it is really an area of different tribes and clans with no loyalty to anyone other than themselves, who make and break alliances with each other as their self interest dictates. 

Many of these groups did not like the Taliban, but they did not like the central government either. The saw the western intervention as just another in a long line of invaders who would eventually depart, leaving life to go on as before.  No doubt when assessing the situation some village elder or clan chief gathered the young men around and said something like "You, you and you, join the Taliban, you lot join the Afghan National Army, you and you go to work for the westerners. You others stay here and tend the crops. We will see who comes out on top and adjust accordingly to our best advantage."    

Oh dear - Female Afghan TV presenters ordered to cover face on air, as women's rights further diminish under Taliban rule >:(

Brian Ross wrote on May 20^th, 2022 at 1:42pm:

Oh dear -  >:(

They are the far right of their country, Afghan woman are now suffering as much as women under right wing government in the west

Interesting - Taliban eradicating Afghanistan's poppy cultivation to wipe out opium and heroin production :o

C-17 crew not at fault for Afghan deaths in chaotic Kabul evacuations, US air force finds 8-)

Not the Taliban but rather IS - Islamic State says it was behind attack on Sikh temple in Kabul that kills two ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 8:01pm:

Taliban orders Afghan shop owners to saw off the heads of mannequins ::) ::)

Oh nooo they can't do that!

I know, let's invade and control their country!  Should be easy as farrk!

https://c.tenor.com/R0MlsXWGFIQAAAAC/pacino-rapote.gif

What do we know about the Afghanistan earthquake and why is the region so vulnerable? :o

Taliban cleric killed in Kabul by blast from explosives hidden in an artificial leg :o

Kabul mosque blast death toll reaches 21, with victims including prominent cleric :o

Suicide bombing kills at least two Russian embassy staff in Afghanistan's capital Kabul ::)

Local teachers in Afghanistan reopen girls' schools, defying the Taliban's long-standing education ban ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 7^th, 2022 at 6:06pm:

Local teachers in Afghanistan reopen girls' schools, defying the Taliban's long-standing education ban ::)

You know, the Americans should invade the place and teach those Taliban a thing or three.  Men in dresses who live in caves and mud huts, how hard could it be?

What do you think of that for an idea?

They could call it "Shock and Awe."  Yeah?

United Nations calls Taliban exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools 'tragic and shameful' ::)

Afghan children put to backbreaking work for kids in brick kilns as economy collapses :o

Blast at Kabul education institute kills 19, injures 27 with death toll expected to rise :o

Laugh till you cry wrote on Dec 26^th, 2021 at 2:55pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 26th, 2021 at 2:38pm: Taliban government scrap Afghan election commission - Oh dear.   ::) ::) Isn't this exactly what Donald Trump and the GOP are doing in the USA?

Yup, exactly.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 6^th, 2022 at 8:31pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 6th, 2022 at 8:01pm: Taliban orders Afghan shop owners to saw off the heads of mannequins ::) ::) Words fail me - what idiots.

No representational art in Islam. Didn’t you know that?

Calls to urgently save former ADF interpreters on the run from the Taliban in Afghanistan ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 12:52pm:

Calls to urgently save former ADF interpreters on the run from the Taliban in Afghanistan ::)

Shocking but that's what happens when the allies lost the war.
The Afghan army ran like rabbits from the Taliban as soon as we left Afghanistan.
The Taliban were only bearded fighters in Toyota SUVs with AK47s
but somehow the Afghan army with all their modern equipment ran away.
They and their families will pay a very heavy price for their cowardice.

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 12:52pm:

Calls to urgently save former ADF interpreters on the run from the Taliban in Afghanistan ::)

Call me skeptical but why would the Taliban send a letter to people they were intending to arrest? An un announced pre-dawn kicking in of the door is more in keeping with the modus operandi of these people.  Could this letter have been produced to gain sympathy and a fast track to resettlement? 

Belgarion wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2022 at 2:53pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 12:52pm: Calls to urgently save former ADF interpreters on the run from the Taliban in Afghanistan ::) Call me skeptical but why would the Taliban send a letter to people they were intending to arrest? An un announced pre-dawn kicking in of the door is more in keeping with the modus operandi of these people.  Could this letter have been produced to gain sympathy and a fast track to resettlement?

Smacks of a legalistic, inquisitionist  approach to the issue, doesn't it.  Bobby, our local expert on the inquisition? ::)

Taliban bans women from Afghanistan parks and gyms in latest crackdown ::) ::)

Taliban official says girls in Afghanistan will be allowed to take high school graduation exams despite being banned from classrooms ::) ::)

Bobby will be pleased. ::) ::)

Women barred from university education in Afghanistan, Taliban release two detained Americans in 'good will' gesture ::) ::)

Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2022 at 7:50pm:

Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::)

Are you happy with this brian?

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2022 at 10:56pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 7:50pm: Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::) Are you happy with this brian?

No.  Are you?  I was always critical of the Taliban.   ::) ::)

Major NGOs suspend Afghanistan efforts after Taliban bar female staff ::) ::)

99% of Afghans surveyed wanted Sharia as the Official Law of the Land.

Nothing unIslamic with the Taliban

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2022 at 1:14pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 10:56pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 7:50pm: Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::) Are you happy with this brian? No.  Are you?  I was always critical of the Taliban.   ::) ::)

Link, Cite?

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2022 at 1:14pm:

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 10:56pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 7:50pm: Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::) Are you happy with this brian? No.  Are you?  I was always critical of the Taliban.   ::) ::)

Everyone I know, including me, is critical of the Taliban.

They're draconian animals.

The only people I've ever heard support them are members of the Republican Party (birds of a feather, I guess).

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 10:34pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 23rd, 2022 at 1:14pm: Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 10:56pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 7:50pm: Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::) Are you happy with this brian? No.  Are you?  I was always critical of the Taliban.   ::) ::) The only people I've ever heard support them are members of the Republican Party (birds of a feather, I guess).

The support for the Taliban started with Democrats under Jimmy Carter.

The Islamic revolution in Iran started when Carter was POTUS.

The Islamic state in Syria and Iraq started under Obama.

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 9:20pm:

99% of Afghans surveyed wanted Sharia as the Official Law of the Land. Nothing unIslamic with the Taliban https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/

2013 is hardly recent, Baron.  ::) ::)

Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 27^th, 2022 at 9:22pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 23rd, 2022 at 1:14pm: Baronvonrort wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 10:56pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 22nd, 2022 at 7:50pm: Afghan women turned away from university campuses after new Taliban rule barring women from higher education ::) ::) Are you happy with this brian? No.  Are you?  I was always critical of the Taliban.   ::) ::) Link, Cite?

I refuse to do your research for you, Baron. ::) ::)

Do I really have to warn people to be kind to one another, Gregory?  Behave or I might have to lock this thread.  Behave and follow the rules, understand?

UN Security Council denounces Taliban bans on women in Afghanistan ::)

Male students, professors walk out of Afghan universities to protest ban on female students [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

A lot of things happened in Afghanistan after the Northern Alliance drove the Taliban out of Kabul. I have never defended the ill-advised occupation by Allied troops, but the bottom line: why the Taliban were able sit out the occupation, was because the Afghan National Army, no matter how well equipped, would not stand up and fight for themselves, let alone their women. This is the reason the Allies withdrew, it became abundantly clear, the ANA were cowards, but it is politically incorrect to say such a thing in the media. If anyone is going to bring freedom and civilisation to Afghanistan, it will be the women, and that is why the Taliban (Afghan men) want to stop the education of women.

Where is your evidence that they were "cowards", Issue?   I'd like to see some, please. ::) ::)

United Nations official meets with Taliban leader to discuss ban on NGO female workers ::)

Suicide blast kills at least 20 outside Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul

Afghan women athletes speak of the heartache of being barred from the sports they love ::) ::)

The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it's still being rocked by constant terror attacks ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13^th, 2023 at 9:33am:

The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it's still being rocked by constant terror attacks ::)

The region we call Afghanistan has for thousands of years been torn by conflict between competing  tribes and warlords.  Nothing new here, but note the way the ABC is trying to make this latest round the US's fault.  ::)

Belgarion wrote on Jan 13^th, 2023 at 1:26pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 9:33am: The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it's still being rocked by constant terror attacks ::) The region we call Afghanistan has for thousands of years been torn by conflict between competing  tribes and warlords.  Nothing new here, but note the way the ABC is trying to make this latest round the US's fault.  ::)

That doesn't seem the impression that I get from the article, Belgarion.  Have you actually read it? ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13^th, 2023 at 1:47pm:

Belgarion wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 1:26pm: Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 9:33am: The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it's still being rocked by constant terror attacks ::) The region we call Afghanistan has for thousands of years been torn by conflict between competing  tribes and warlords.  Nothing new here, but note the way the ABC is trying to make this latest round the US's fault.  ::) That doesn't seem the impression that I get from the article, Belgarion.  Have you actually read it? ::)

Indeed I have Brian. This bit of the article stands out:

"President Joe Biden proudly announced that while the West would no longer be on the ground, it would "maintain the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan". 
That promise appears broken, with the country still under constant terror attacks."


It would seem that the ABC is placing the blame on the US when in fact the US and its allies suffered a resounding defeat in Afghanistan and have no influence over the current situation.   

Belgarion wrote on Jan 13^th, 2023 at 8:43pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 1:47pm: Belgarion wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 1:26pm: Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 9:33am: The Taliban and the US agreed to bring peace to Afghanistan. Years later, it's still being rocked by constant terror attacks ::) The region we call Afghanistan has for thousands of years been torn by conflict between competing  tribes and warlords.  Nothing new here, but note the way the ABC is trying to make this latest round the US's fault.  ::) That doesn't seem the impression that I get from the article, Belgarion.  Have you actually read it? ::) Indeed I have Brian. This bit of the article stands out: "President Joe Biden proudly announced that while the West would no longer be on the ground, it would "maintain the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan".  That promise appears broken, with the country still under constant terror attacks." It would seem that the ABC is placing the blame on the US when in fact the US and its allies suffered a resounding defeat in Afghanistan and have no influence over the current situation.

You make a promise and you fail to keep it, whose fault is it, Belgarion?  That is one brief mention versus quite a lot of information about who is doing what in Afghanistan.   ::) ::)

Former Afghan female MP Mursal Nabizada shot dead in Kabul home ::) ::)

Belgarion wrote on May 9^th, 2022 at 11:29am:

Did anyone really think the Taliban would act any different?  Having seen off the latest group of foreigners who thought they could change Afghanistan, it's back to business as usual.  ::)

It's time for a full-on process of shaming in the UNGA, to speed up the Islamic "enlightenment".

Only problem is: some literalists (like Pell) -  adherents to other creeds - would be wary of scripture being exposed for the idiocies and anachronisms it contains.

The erosion of women’s rights since the Taliban took over Afghanistan >:(

Earthquake strikes in Afghanistan, killing four locals, plus another nine die in nearby Pakistan ::)

Taliban confirm arrest of prominent Afghan education activist amid push to allow teenage girls back to school ::)

'Danger tourist' British YouTuber among three UK nationals detained by Taliban in Afghanistan ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2023 at 2:57pm:

'Danger tourist' British YouTuber among three UK nationals detained by Taliban in Afghanistan ::) ::)

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.... ::)

Taliban kill mastermind of Kabul International Airport suicide bombing :o

Almost 80 schoolgirls hospitalised after poison attack in northern Afghanistan ::) ::)

Afghanistan's beauty salons ordered to close as Taliban's ban takes effect :o

Taliban officials burn dozens of instruments in bonfire ::) ::)

The Taliban Air Force - An Inventory Assessment ::) ::)

Taliban Army Reinstates Armour Operations In Afghanistan ::) ::)

Waiting for darkness to use the toilet: What life is like for women in flood-affected Afghanistan >:(

Brian Ross wrote on Jul 31^st, 2023 at 12:45pm:

Taliban officials burn dozens of instruments in bonfire ::) ::)

Obviously the wrong kinds of instruments. They still need their Bacha Bazi music.

https://youtu.be/T1LGTnOF5yg?t=708