"Taliban Now Threatening A Second Afghan Provincial Capital" Topic

"Fighting intensified around the Afghan city of Ghazni on Monday, as Taliban militants threatened to seize a second provincial capital after briefly occupying Kunduz in the north last month.

The clashes around Ghazni, some 130 km (80 miles) southwest of Kabul, underlined the worsening security situation across Afghanistan, where national soldiers and police are struggling to cope now the bulk of foreign forces have withdrawn.

Monday's violence followed days of sporadic fighting near Ghazni, and prompted most shops, schools and universities there to close…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Again … no surprise … no matter what the West did or does. Is not going to change the fact that much of the region is going to remain in the 15th Century. They will continue to suffer in a Hell of their own making …

How much the Taliban can take at the end of this tale?

Amicalement
Armand

It's not worth anyone's life, your nephew's or otherwise.
They are living in a place that time has forgotten. In 200 years there will be no appreciable difference in the land, quality of life, or infrastructure. They will still be killing each other and fighting over insults that were made hundreds of years in the past.
The best course of action would be to build a wall all around the country and leave them tucked away in their own piece of land that time forgot.

I agree with all you said, Lou … And at least it's not worth any more Western lives [or $$$ !]. As you said, and I agree, they will be killing each other for various reasons forever. Like it's Tuesday …

Just like in the movie "Escape From New York", a big thick impenetrable wall with mine fields, etc. … To keep these throw backs stuck in another time away from the rest of the civilized world.