Afghanistan:
Drexl Spivey
IEA claims missile strike on #USA #NATO base in Bagram #Parwan again. 3rd attack in past 4 days #Afghanistan
Last edited by goldenequity; 11-26-2018 at 11:21 AM.
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The death toll for deadly roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan rises to 4 US troops
https://www.wsls.com/news/national/f...in-afghanistan
Pentagon nominee: ‘Unsustainable’ losses in US-trained Afghan army
Top US general admits war in Afghanistan is at stalemate, still no plans to reinforce NATO troops
https://www.rt.com/usa/445611-us-afg...roops-taliban/
Time to leave.Originally Posted by goldenequity
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Afghanistan
SouthFront
Taliban Kills Scores Of Afghan Soldiers, Attacks NATO Vehicles In Kandahar
https://southfront.org/taliban-kills...s-in-kandahar/
AFGHANISTAN
Taliban attacks leave 20 police dead in Faryab, Farah
https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/12/1...d-faryab-farah
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Security Forces Near Afghanistan's Capital
http://time.com/5476368/suicide-bomb...l-afghanistan/
10 Afghan soldiers killed in Khost gun battle
https://menafn.com/1097810835/10-Afg...host-gunbattle
Pic of the helicopter shot down by Taliban in Faryab 2 days ago.
https://twitter.com/himat900/status/1073683987502051328
this revenge strike on civilians, their livelihood has 'maddog' written all over it.
it's how he got the moniker from his brutal history during 'phantom fury' 2004 Fallujah.
We're the despised, losing, raging 'new nazis' striking blindly now and collectively... the wounded beast.
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Afghanistan:
Sulaiman P. @DreamF4ll
►UAE has now removed Taliban from their blacklist
►offered another office in Abu Dhabi
►$20M for payments regularly
►diplomatic passports for the envoys
Also UAE & KSA paid $10M for the facilitation of the meeting.
(hegemons keep trying to buy off the Taliban... 4th attempt over the weekend.
UAE hosted 4th round of meetings on Sunday btw IEA, Pakistan, UAE, KSA and USA. (no Afghan puppet gov hahaha)
They attempted to sell stooge President @Ashrafghani’s road map for peace presented at Geneva
and keep hammering on direct talks btw Afghan puppet Gov and Taliban.
(Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)IEA/Taliban continues to take their money, nods, smiles.... and sez GTFO.)
Last edited by goldenequity; 12-17-2018 at 11:29 AM.
An Afghan peace negotiations team has arrived in Abu Dhabi, an official said Tuesday, a day after talks attended by US and Taliban representatives were held in the city aimed at ending the 17-year conflict.The team, led by chief negotiator Abdul Salam Rahimi, "arrived in Abu Dhabi to begin proximity dialogue with the Taliban delegation and to prepare for a face-to-face meeting between the two sides", the Afghan presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri tweeted.
The 12-person team was first announced in November by President Ashraf Ghani as part of a diplomatic effort to bring the Taliban to the table for peace talks with the government in Kabul.
But the Taliban have not confirmed a meeting, and issued a statement on Monday reiterating their long-standing vow not to speak with Afghan officials.
In a new message released Tuesday the militants said they had held "preliminary talks" with the US State Department's special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Monday, with the discussions to continue.
They also said they had held "extensive" meetings with officials from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and the UAE, repeating demands for international forces to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan were the only three countries to recognise the Taliban government during its five-year rule from 1996-2001.
The US did not confirm direct meetings between Khalilzad and the Taliban in Abu Dhabi.
Late Monday Washington said meetings were ongoing in the UAE city "to promote an intra-Afghan dialogue toward ending the conflict", and that Khalilzad was in the region.
Khalilzad "has in the past met, and will continue to meet with all interested parties, including the Taliban, to support a negotiated settlement to the conflict", it continued.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-s...074647832.html
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Afghanistan's presidential election will be postponed by three months to July 20 to give authorities more time to organize the ballot, election authorities announced on Sunday, following mounting speculation of a delay.The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites.
The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan.
The election was originally scheduled for April 20 but Gula Jan Abdul Bade Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said mounting problems had forced a delay.
"April will be very difficult because of the harsh winter and transporting election materials, security, and the budget issues", Sayad told a news conference in Kabul.
"To better prepare for the vote, we have decided to hold the election in July next year," he added.
President Ashraf Ghani had previously insisted that the election would go ahead on time but Shahhussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for the presidential palace said the government welcomed the decision by the IEC.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-d...144355559.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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The Taliban have rejected Kabul's offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the militants, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet U.S. officials to further peace efforts, a Taliban leader said on Sunday.Representatives from the Taliban, the United States and regional countries met this month in the United Arab Emirates for talks to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.
But the Taliban have refused to hold formal talks with the Western-backed Afghan government.
"We will meet the U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia in January next year and we will start our talks that remained incomplete in Abu Dhabi," a member of the Taliban’s decision-making Leadership Council told Reuters. "However, we have made it clear to all the stakeholders that we will not talk to the Afghan government."
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also said the leaders of the group would not talk to the Afghan government.
According to data from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission published in November, the government of President Ashraf Ghani has control or influence over 65 percent of the population but only 55.5 percent of Afghanistan’s 407 districts, less than at any time since 2001. The Taliban say they control 70 percent of the country.
A close aide to Ghani said the government would keep trying to establish a direct line of diplomatic communication with the Taliban.
"Talks should be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned," the aide said on condition of anonymity. "It is important that the Taliban acknowledge this fact."
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-dismi...060456719.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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Iran confirmed Monday that a delegation of the Taliban visited Tehran and discussed efforts to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war.Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the delegation arrived on Sunday and met with Iran's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. The Taliban, who rarely visit Iran, made no immediate comment on the meetings in Tehran.
Ghasemi said the two sides discussed "security issues aimed at driving the peace process in Afghanistan." The Afghan government was aware of the visit, he said, adding that Iran is trying to find out if it can be "helpful" to peace in Afghanistan.
The talks were not the first between the Taliban and Iranian officials. Ali Shamkhani of Iran's Supreme National Security Council confirmed last week in Kabul that such talks have taken place in the past and would continue. Ghasemi said Iran has tried to facilitate talks between the insurgents and government of Afghanistan.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/afghan-taliba...091825278.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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The Taliban have canceled talks with U.S. officials scheduled for Jan. 9 in Qatar due to what they called an "agenda disagreement" over the inclusion of representatives from the administration of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Reuters reported Jan. 8.
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...s-us-officials
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Pakistani authorities have arrested and subsequently released senior Taliban member Hafiz Mohibullah to pressure the group into starting peace talks with Afghan officials, the BBC reported Jan. 15.
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...ge-talks-kabul
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Sky News Breaking
An Afghanistan defence ministry official says an attack carried out by the Taliban on a military base in central Afghanistan has killed more than 100 security force members
The Taliban met U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar on Monday, the militant group said, days after threatening to pull out of Afghan peace talks and hours after Taliban fighters killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces."Talks between Taliban leaders and U.S. officials have started today in Qatar," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement.
A source close to the talks said members of the Taliban's political office were meeting with Khalilzad in Doha, adding: "They will hopefully finalize a timeline and mechanism of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan."
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-hold-...141545071.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Disunity Of U.S. Commmand Lets Afghan Rebels Win The War
The U.S. war on Afghanistan continues to fail. Disunity of command and lack of political foresight guarantee that the U.S. will be losing it.
Throughout the last months the 'moderate rebels' in Afghanistan made great strides against the U.S. sponsored government forces.
- Last week a convoy of some 40 trucks loaded with military equipment was ambushed and destroyed (pics, vid). It was the largest such incident since the Soviets left Afghanistan.
- Also last week a large bomb hit a security compound within the fortified international quarter of Kabul. At least five people died and some hundred were injured.
- On Sunday a car bomb hit the convoy of the governor of Logar province. Eight of his body guards died in the attack.
Earlier today a raid on a military training center for the National Security Directorate, the Afghan CIA offshoot, killed some 200 forces. The attacking rebels used a U.S. made armored Humvee to drive into the compound and exploded it. A infantry unit followed and shot up the survivors.
Many successful raids on outlying security posts and police checkpoints are no longer mentioned in western media. The Afghan government has stopped to provide casualty numbers.
U.S. foreign policy thinking on Afghanistan is as inept as ever. Witness the head of the Council of Foreign Relation agonizing over what not to do:
Richard N. Haass @richardhaass - 13:36 utc - 14 Jan 2019
Neither winning the war nor negotiating a lasting peace is a real option in Afghanistan. Just leaving, though, as we are about to do in Syria, would be a mistake. What we need is an open-ended, affordable strategy for not losing.
What please is a strategy of not losing? Especially when the situation on the ground has for years been getting worse despite several large U.S. surges.
The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years. But it was largely successful in building a stable government and the Soviets left a mostly competent Afghan military behind. Three years later Russia ended its financial support for the Afghan government. Only that gave the guerrilla the chance to destroy the state.
After 18 years in Afghanistan the U.S. military seems still unable to create and train competent local forces.
The $8 billion spent on the Afghan airforce have resulted in a mostly incapable force that depends on U.S. contractors to keep its birds flying.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/0...n-the-war.html
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US Military reportedly accused of storming a prison and releasing 40 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan:
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/2...daesh-release/
Sky News Breaking
An Afghanistan defence ministry official says an attack carried out by the Taliban on a military base in central Afghanistan has killed more than 100 security force members
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...79808600932352
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/stat...86974439247873
They were US/NATO trained SOFs, elite troops...
Officials from the Taliban have agreed during talks with U.S. officials in Qatar to prevent Afghanistan from being used by al Qaeda or the Islamic State, the Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 24.
The Taliban's key demand is still the complete withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, where 22,000 NATO and allied troops are currently stationed.
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...state-al-qaeda
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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Happy afghanis greets their NATO liberators...
Last edited by goldenequity; 02-10-2019 at 10:17 AM.
NATO/Afghanistan
NATO Base Attack
Zabihullah (ذبیح الله م )
Breaking: Multiple martyrdom seekers have entered Shorab airbase Helmand & begun engaging US invaders & their hirelings, heavy clashes continue as tens of enemy killed/wounded.
BREAKING : 6 Pilots Captured Alive then Executed by Taliban Attackers inside Shorab Base.
U.S Soldiers Barracks/ Camp caught Fire .
Taliban Commanders are in direct Contact with The Attackers all are Alive .
BREAKING: Taliban have attacked Bastion camp in Helmand province, where 215 Maiwand corps also exists.
First a self-sacrificial attacker detonated his explosives in ANDSF dining hall, others entered garrison & began heavy fires.
Other attackers clash with US & NATO forces.
Afghan forces and Nato clash with Taliban to retain control over military base
The 215 Maiwand Army Corps situated in Helmand province came under attack in the early hours of Friday ,
said a senior security official in Kabul, adding the attack was Taliban’s third attempt to overrun the strategic military installation in the past 48 hours.
“Afghan soldiers of 215 Maiwand Corps stopped the Taliban from gaining control of the military compound,
we have reports that six Afghan soldiers were killed during the clashes,” said a senior Afghan security official on condition of anonymity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idUSKCN1QI3VQ
DRKNURPAKT2
►Bombing Started which Shows U.S Ground Forces Unable to Stop Taliban Attackers .
►Large Smoke Raises From Shorab Base , Looks Like Oil Storage has been Destroyed .
►Reports that Several Local Engineers are held hostage by Taliban Attackers.
They are asking 'Where are Foreigners'
Sulaiman P. @DreamF4ll
Almost two hours into the complex attack on Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) in southern Helmand province
heavy clashes ongoing, attackers are engaged by ANDSF and U.S forces at the military base.
Attackers are within the housing area, there are dozens of casualties.
F. Jeffery
BREAKING: Afghan Taliban have attacked Shorabak airbase in Helmand. Looks like a major attack which is currently underway.
Taliban are claiming dozens of foreign and Afghan troops killed.
BNL NEWS
BREAKING NEWS: We’re monitoring reports of a large scale attack by the Taliban on Shorabak airbase in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, with reports of many casualties, including US troops.
Developing...
Drexl Spivey @RisboLensky
First pic from Shorabak via @TOLOnews Bloody battle entered its 12th hour Helmand Afghanistan
F. Jeffery
UPDATE:
The Taliban attack at the airbase in Helmand is now over, Afghan Defence ministry says. At least 23 Afghan security personnel killed, over a dozen militants killed including over half a dozen suicide bombers. - @TOLOnews
No word so far on number of casualties suffered by foreign forces. Earlier Taliban had claimed killing several foreign troops in the attack.
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