Taliban look to grab power as US departs Afghanistan, UN warns

[rangerrebew]

 Taliban look to grab power as US departs Afghanistan, UN warns

ELTAF NAJAFIZADA Bloomberg News
June 03, 2021 04:35 PM, Updated June 03, 2021 07:01 PM

Taliban militants are gathering across Afghanistan in preparation for a possible takeover of the country by force as U.S. and NATO troops exit over the next few months, the United Nations has warned.

The insurgents continue to be “closely aligned” with al-Qaida and are massing “forces around key provincial capitals and district centers, allowing them to remain poised to launch attacks,” the report released Wednesday said.

“The Taliban’s intent appears to be to continue to strengthen its military position as leverage. It believes that it can achieve all of its objectives by negotiation, or if necessary, by force.”

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[rangerrebew]

No way!  Our Secdef and POTUS have both assured the world  Afghanistan is ready to take control.  Yeah: sure.

[mountaineer]

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@pdubdev

Next time you pay taxes let this sink in:
US spent $10 trillion in Afghanistan and the Taliban will be running the country completely within 2 years.
12:37 AM · Jun 25, 2021

[Fishrrman]

Whether we stayed 10 months, 10 years, 20 years, 40 years, any amount of time you can name, upon our leaving the "scenario would remain the same".

So... aside from going there and doing some "cleaning" in the first place... why stay at all...?

Aside:
Many, many times on this forum I've explained why "victory" in any traditional sense of the word was impossible in both Iraq and Afghanistan. That's because in order to fight and achieve victory, one must first understand against whom one is fighting and speak that realization publicly. And we have yet to do that. I sense that "it's no longer in us".