... “If Iran doesn’t play well and makes an enemy out of the Taliban soon, I think some Arab countries in the Persian Gulf and the United States would attempt to finance and direct the Taliban to weaken Tehran and divert its attention away from Iraq and other Arab countries. An unnamed Afghan government official told the London Sunday Telegraph that “this warning,” that the men were financing the Taliban for at least ten months, “came from the Americans. The world should unfreeze Afghanistan’s reserves and pour in aid to rebuild the country, Russia says. Also on rt.com Slavoj Zizek: The real reason why the Taliban has retaken Afghanistan so quickly, which Western liberal media avoids mentioning. Similarly in Afghanistan, we obsessed about radical Islam as the only enemy worthy of consideration, ignoring the corruption and strife that gave rise to the Taliban’s sway in … Following the capture of Kabul by the Taliban in 1996, only three nations—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E. [109], A total of 25 Dutch servicemen were killed in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s chief negotiator, Sher Mohammed Abas Stanekzai, had announced on Friday that the group would not stop people from departing, no matter their nationality or whether they had worked for the United States during the 20-year war. After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, the “free world” got together to push the Red Army back and smack the Russian bear. What does their victory mean for terrorist groups? Ten French troops were killed and a further 21 wounded in the attack – the heaviest loss of troops France has suffered since deploying to Afghanistan in 2001. [113] Corporal Doug Grant of the New Zealand SAS was killed in Kabul on 18 August 2011. Afghanistan is a poor and arid country, where less than 5% of the land can be farmed. The total also omits the 62 Spanish soldiers returning from Afghanistan who died in Turkey on 26 May 2003, when their plane crashed. “So when we’re not there, when the entire focus of the world isn’t on the Taliban, I have zero inclination that they will do anything but probably prosecute, and in many cases execute, people who worked really closely with the U.S.,” Mr. Mulroy said on Saturday. As of 18 May 2020, there have been 3,502 coalition deaths in Afghanistan as part of ongoing coalition operations (Operation Enduring Freedom and ISAF) since the invasion in 2001. For many years, the Taliban’s relationship with Saudi Arabia was all-important. The UK's Chief of Defence Staff, General Nick Carter, on Wednesday, August 18, said that the Taliban is 'cooperating' with British forces in evacuating diplomats and citizens from Afghanistan. This volume represents an early attempt at assessing the Long War, now in its 14th year. One such charity is al-Haramain. The instability is essential for the empire builders, and those who know how the British Empire was built in the 18th and 19th centuries, would recognize the phenomenon in a flash. Al-Haramain was said to have received $45-50 million each year in donations, and has spent some $300 million on humanitarian work overseas. [147], A South Korean officer (Captain Kim Hyo-sung, 33) was accidentally shot by a fellow officer (Major Lee Kyu-sang, 37) while in a row for not following an order to speak quietly on the telephone. In a 2006 official biography, Prince Bandar’s ghostwriter boasted that al-Yamamah was a geopolitical partnership between London and Riyadh, to “combat communism” through the buildup of the covert funding conduit. $4.97. Italy: 53 Another six Canadian soldiers died due to friendly fire from their American allies while conducting combat training operations. [150], One Canadian soldier was found dead of non-combat-related causes at Camp Mirage, a forward logistics base in the United Arab Emirates near Dubai. This went on for ten years, during which many Afghan-bred mujahideen (religious fighters) were armed and trained by the Western powers. The leaders who, through their shameless incompetence, threw away two decades of sacrifice in a matter of days, left Americans behind enemy lines, betrayed our Afghan allies, and left Afghanistan … Little is known about them or how they plan to govern, including whether they will be as tolerant as they claim to be. That includes those who worked for the American military or the U.S. Embassy since 2001 and were eligible to immigrate to the United States. America is currently suffering its own humiliating Afghanistan defeat and messy withdrawal. Found inside – Page 319... after long underdant supplies for his troops in a hostile valuing , he began to appreciate correctly . country , and to surround his enemies with ... The Haqqania boasts almost the entire Taliban leadership among its graduates, including top leader Mullah Omar, while the Binori madrassa, whose leader Mufti Shamzai was assassinated, was once talked about as a possible hiding place of Osama bin Laden, and is also reportedly the place where bin Laden met Mullah Omar to form the al-Qaeda-Taliban partnership. Captain Feti Vogli was killed in Herat in February 2012,[12] another soldier was wounded[13], The Australian forces in Afghanistan have suffered 41 fatalities (34 in action)[14] 261 soldiers have been wounded. Beside the fact that 15 of the 19 terrorist 9/11 operatives were Saudis, it is to be noted that, although the distance from Riyadh to southern Afghanistan is a fraction of the distance between Kabul and Washington, no airplane ever hit Saudi Arabia’s palaces, nor its fabled oilfields. How did the Taliban gain control? [80] On 29 December 2012, Defense Minister of Georgia Alasania held a special briefing regarding to the death of Georgian Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze who missed in Afghanistan on 19 December. Iran and the Taliban were foes in the 1990s, then gradually became very reluctant associates against a common enemy as the U.S. occupation dragged on and U.S.-Iran relations worsened. Is Rice doing exactly what was done by the 1960s’ policymakers who lied to the American people that the purpose of the Vietnam War was to prevent Communists from taking over Asia? The Taliban arose in 1994 amid the turmoil that came after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989. That stood in stark contrast to the tens of thousands of Afghans who relief agencies said feared being left behind and living under Taliban rule. Both were Afghan specialists who had been operating in the country for over 20 years; that means they must have been interacting on behalf of London with all the al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders there. However, only in 1994—almost 15 years after the Soviet invasion began—did the world come to know about the rising force called the Taliban. The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago in response to terrorism, and many worry that Al Qaeda and other radical groups will again find safe haven there. In addition, Britain works through some others who have the keys to almost all the locks in Washington. Ned Price, the State Department spokesman, said on Friday that it was “probably unreasonable” that the airport would be operating normally immediately after the U.S. troops withdrew. Paula Knauss, mother of fallen Army Staff Sgt. [82], A total of 59 German ISAF soldiers and 3 EUPOL officers have been killed and 245 service personnel have been wounded in action. The Pakistani ISI and the military trained this group of Islamic zealots indoctrinated by Saudi-funded Wahhabism, an ultra-conservative version of Sunni Islam. [8] In 2010, IED attacks in Afghanistan wounded 3,366 U.S. soldiers, which is nearly 60% of the total IED-wounded since the start of the war. & [114] Lance Corporal Leon Smith, also of the New Zealand SAS, was killed on 27 September 2011 in Wardak province. The Taliban are still a major threat to democracy and a secular way of life in Afghanistan, and to many Afghans and international critics so is al Qaeda. [33][34][35][36][37][38][39] On 24 July 2019 three Croatian soldiers were wounded in a motorcycle suicide attack. [119] In November 2012, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key confirmed a coalition airstrike had killed Abdullah Kalta, the Taliban commander believed responsible for the deaths of O'Donnell, Baker, Harris and Tamatea. 27 Those sponsors have been Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. On July 8, Joe Biden stepped into the East Room of the White House to deliver a confident update on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. 70 soldiers have been killed in action, of the 18 others: seven have died in vehicle accidents, one in a helicopter crash, two committed suicide, two have drowned, one was killed by a lightning strike, two died from a non-hostile gunshot wound, one died by friendly fire, one died in an accidental explosion, and one died of unknown causes. The British operations came to light when Afghan President Hamid Karzai expelled two MI6 agents on Dec. 27, 2007, on charges that they posed a threat to the country’s national security. The Pakistani Army saw the large number of madrassa-trained jihadis as an asset for its covert support of the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as its proxy war with India in Kashmir. One spokesman told The Times that the group wanted to forget its past, but that there would be some restrictions. There are no American bases in any of the six countries that border Afghanistan. The Taliban was created as a handmaiden of outside forces, including: • Saudi Arabia, which indoctrinated a group of Afghans by funding the establishment of thousands of madrassas inside Pakistan; •The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which acted at the behest of Islamabad to gain control of Kabul through a proxy and dependent rag-tag group; and. Of the 34 who died in combat, one had died from injuries sustained a week before. Germany: 62 In Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret’s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan Waltz shares his unique firsthand experiences, revealing the sights, sounds, emotions, and complexities involved in the war in Afghanistan. “Afghanistan’s intelligence ... Buying from these mines meant financing the enemy… It is important to investigate whether her statement is a valid assessment, or was made to rally those in Washington who want the present administration to adopt the British imperial policy and lead America into another Vietnam War, weakening the United States, and endangering the entire world. If anything, much of that $2 trillion built far more than our drones and JDAMs destroyed. [1] Insurgents planted 14,661 IEDs in 2010, a 62% increase over the previous year. Here are five: 1. The HuT is headquartered in England, but banned in many Central Asian states. Soros, who has a hook over the world’s narcotics cartels, benefits immensely from the explosion of the drug traffic; Malloch-Brown, adequately trained by Her Majesty’s Service, serves the interest of the offshore banks and the City of London by helping to procure the much-needed liquidity to keep the imperial wheels greased. U.S. forces quickly toppled the Taliban (the faction that ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda) in the first months of the war, only to face years of insurgency led by a reconstituted Taliban. Kristol was the biggest warmonger of all the pundits in the early zeroes, arguing for invading and occupying Iraq, Iran and North Korea with 400,000 … ", "Kdo byl padlý voják v Afghánistánu? Spain: 35* Croatia: 1 Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar province southwest of Afghanistan on Aug. 15. The United States invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago in response to terrorism, and many worry that, Washington and the Taliban may spend years, have pledged to help the Taliban rebuild Afghanistan, was unlikely to keep diplomats in Afghanistan, their origin story and their record as rulers, they have begun to reimpose the old order, Al Qaeda and other radical groups will again find safe haven, deadly explosions outside Afghanistan’s main airport, demonstrated that terrorists remain a threat, the Islamic State branch in the region, known as ISIS-K, seized power from the country’s Western-backed leaders. ISIS-K views the Taliban as apostates, and not devout enough in terms of its approach to Islam. All the important Taliban commanders and Pakistanis escaped along a safe-flight corridor, supposedly guaranteed by the Americans. Notably missing from the statement were Russia and China, two permanent members of the U.N. Security Council who have pledged to help the Taliban rebuild Afghanistan. A provocative critique of George W. Bush and his administration analyzes the dangerous, self-interested, anti-democratic, and imperialistic policies of the Bush administration, arguing that they have resulted in increasing stagnation, ... In just over a month, the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, taking control of towns and cities all over the … Underestimating the enemy: why Biden’s Afghanistan exit went so badly wrong. The last time the Taliban were in power, they barred women and girls from taking most jobs or going to school. The young Talibs: ‘no compromise with the enemy of our martyrs’. Another 62 died in a 2003 Yak-42 plane crash in Turkey on their way back to Spain from Afghanistan. [56], Nine Estonian soldiers have died in Afghanistan: eight have been killed in action and one in an accident, 92 soldiers have been wounded in action. 41 in action, 2 died due to a non-combat cause and 1 died in a vehicle accident. [16], No Belgian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, 14 soldiers have been wounded in action.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. What emerges from this investigation is that the Taliban is not a natural product of Afghanistan, and ever existed there prior to 1994. Ships from and sold by Wildcat Media. The foundation and other private groups that have been dissolved, and their international operations and assets folded into a new body, have been named the Saudi National Commission for Charitable Work Abroad, which will employ all those who were working for al-Haramain and other charities that were closed because of their support for terrorist groups. Tell him to establish a multi-nation force that at very least stabilizes the country and provides a better and safer transition for Americans and the Afghanistan people. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. It also became evident in 2001, when the U.S. Special Forces, with the help of the Tajik-Uzbek-Hazara dominated Northern Alliance, breezed through Afghanistan and took control of the whole country in six weeks, that the Taliban could not fight. WASHINGTON — The United States and 97 other countries said on Sunday that they would continue to take in people fleeing Afghanistan after the American military departs this week and had secured an agreement with the Taliban to allow safe passage for those who are leaving. During the 1980s, Saudi-funded radical Pakistani madrassas (seminaries) had pumped out thousands of Afghan foot soldiers for the U.S.- and Saudi-funded jihad against the Soviets. Denmark, a NATO member, sent 9,500 personnel to Afghanistan between January 2002 and 1 July 2013. At best, it is a process that could take months, if not years; at worst, it will alert the Taliban as to who does not want to live under their rule. Netherlands: 25 [32], Since November 2006, at least 9 Croatian soldiers have been wounded and injured in Afghanistan First, call (202-456-1111) or email the White House today, and tell Biden to get the lead out and save Americans behind enemy lines. Comparing the potential problems for Iran with an Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban or a neighboring country at war with itself to Saudi Arabia’s Houthi troubles in Yemen is tempting. In the 1990s, neighboring Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were the only countries in the world to offer the Taliban diplomatic recognition. Afghanistan had never had a politico-religious group of that name, nor had Afghans even heard about the group before. [68] The first Georgian fatality occurred on 5 September 2010, when 28 years old Lieutenant Mukhran Shukvani was killed in a sniper attack and Corporal Alexandre Gitolendia was seriously wounded. May 10, 2021. They also helped bind the independent-minded Pushtun tribesmen closely to the Pakistani government for the first time in history, easing the acute insecurity Pakistan had felt towards Afghanistan and the disputed border. A product of five years’ unrivalled access to UK forces and US Marines, this is the most intimate and horrifying account of the Afghan war ever published. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the end of the war in Afghanistan. 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