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Stop Doing This In Kabul

Stop Doing This In Kabul

BEST ACCOMMODATION DEALS IN KABUL HERE GET TO KNOW THE CITY Kabul is the capital and largest city in Afghanistan. It has a population of around 4.6 million people and is divided into 22 districts. Its rapid urbanization makes it the world’s 75th largest city. Kabul is located in a valley between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Kabul River, making it one of the world’s highest capital cities.…

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@ffregister ・・・ On Sept 7th the largest protest under Taliban control Afghanistan took place and it was lead specially by women who were at the front of the march, the women chanted slogans such as ‘DEATH TO PAKISTAN”, “PAKISTAN GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN” as well as support for the Panjshir peoples, many carry signs with slogans such as ’STAND WITH PANJSHIR” or “SANTIONS ON PAKISTAN”. The march was organic, it started with a group of about 50 persons and it grew bigger as they marched through the streets of Kabul, people would joined deom the sidewalk or would arrive in vehicles to take part in the march. The Taliban security/fighters tried many times to stop the protestors but were not successful, the protestors, specially the women would argue with the Taliban and eventually just break through. The march came to an end when the Taliban begun firing in the air and arrested as well as beat some to the protestors. Many participants were taken into custody including many women as well as national and international journalist. The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has been one of the major historical events of our time, 20 years after the were expelledexpelled from power, the country is back in being under the ruling of Islamic Emirate. I am sharing my work on the events which lead the Taliban to take power of Afganistan and wave the Islamic Emirate flag again to claim victory over the United States and NATO forces, as well as the events which came after August 15th. My name is Juan Carlos (@photojuancarlos ), and I am a freelance photographer based in El Salvador. Thanks for checking out my work as I take over the @ffregister this week. (at Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWN5rUnrL73/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Repost @matteosalviniofficial @ download.ins --- Brave women in protest in Kabul whipped and beaten by the Taliban. What a horror. #afganistan #taliban #mostly peaceful #CNN #cnnsucks #thisiscnn #liberalmedia #mainstreammedia #media #TV #TVnews #fakenews #propaganda #lies https://www.instagram.com/p/CTqBswvFeA8/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Kevin McCarthy Takes Shot a Biden

SAN FRANCISCO (OnlineColumnist.com), Aug. 15, 2021.--House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tried to score some cheap political points blaming 78-year-old President Joe Biden for the chaos in Afghanistan, comparing the Taliban takeover to what happened in Saigon in 1975.  McCarthy isn’t that far off comparing the mass evacuations in Kabul to North Vietnam seizing Saigon after the U.S. withdrawal ordered by President Richard Nixon in 1973, finally ending May 7, 1975, after a bitter 10-year war, causing 58,200 deaths with 153,303 wounded.  When it comes to Afghanistan, 2,448 soldiers lost their lives with 20,719 injuries, making the Vietnam-Afghanistan comparison skewed, with Vietnam a far bigger failure.  Unlike Afghanistan, U.S. soldiers were recruited by the draft, prompting far more protests with draft-eligible U.S. citizens going kicking-and-screaming, prompting a nationwide protest movement that almost created revolution.

When it comes to Afghanistan, the U.S. armed services recruited all of its military personnel through the voluntary military, causing no real protest movement.  “This is not Saigon,” said U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, pushing back at McCarthy’s comparison to Vietnam.  While the casualty and injuries figures don’t come close to  Vietnam, the kind of panic and chaos with U.S. and coalition personnel scrambling to evacuate.  When 72-year-old Afghan President fled to Doha, Qatar today, essentially surrendering Kabul to the Taliban, it was similar to Nguyen Van Thieu fleeing Saigon in 1975 before the North Vietnamese takeover.  Blinken doesn’t want to admit failure even though watching the chaos draws comparisons to Vietnam.  Unlike Vietnam, the U.S. long met its mission in Afghanistan, toppling the Taliban and  chasing Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden out of the country.

Vietnam was a different kettle of fish, since the U.S. never really understood or accepted the role Ho Chi Minh’s playedt for Vietnam independence from French-Indo-China colonialization from 1894 to 1964, around the time that the U.S. ramped up the war in Vietnam to fight growing Soviet influence around the globe.  President John F. Kennedy and his successor President Lyndon Johnson had an ax to grind during the Cold War, keeping Vietnam from falling to Russia and Chinese communists.  When it comes to Afghanistan, former President George W. Bush launched Operation Enduring Freedom  Oct.. 7, 2001, only five weeks after Sept. 11.  Operation Enduring Freedom would not have been started had the late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar handed over Osama bin Laden or at least cooperated with the U.S. military.  Omar refused to play ball with the U.S. after Sept. 11.

Bush toppled the Talban Nov. 14, 2001, driving the Taliban into a guerrilla war against the U.S. and coalition forces.   Nearly 10 years of relentless bombardment by the U.S. military didn’t change to outcome in Vietnam, watch Saigon fall May 7, 1975, signaling the worst military defeat in U.S. history.  Once the Taliban was toppled Nov. 14, 2001 and Bin Laden escaped into Pakistan in Dec. 2001, the U.S. mission was partly accomplished in Afghanistan.  When you consider the 2,448 casualties and billions spent in Afghanistan, it wasn’t nearly the failure of Vietnam.  Bush tried with 80-ytear-old former Vice President Dick Cheney to nation-build in Afghanistan, spending nearly 20 years trying, with a series of Afghan leaders, to build up Afghan security forces to take on the Taliban.  Biden and Blinken don’t want to admit the Afghan security forces were infiltrated with Taliban sympathizers.

McCarthy tries to score cheap political points against Biden for the chaotic transition back to Taliban rule.  All the media talks about are the plight of Afghan women, worried at a return to strict Islamic Sharia law would compromise the educational opportunities for Afghan girls-and-women.  U.S. press doesn’t look at the practical reality that the Afghan security forces don’t want to fight their Taliban brothers-and-sisters who seek nothing short than control of the country.  Taliban captured 26 of Afganistan’s 34 provincial capitals, encircling Kabul.  Ghani said he fled to Doha, Qatar to spare the country more bloodshed.  But really, Ghani sought asylum in Qatar because the Taliban was coming for him.  Taliban’s 53-year-old Mullah  Abdual Ghani Baradar will become the Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, much like the late Mullah Mohammed Omar ruled the Taliban in Kabul and in exile.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy needs to wake up to the reality of Ghani’s Afghan government infiltrated by the Taliban.  Ghani fled to Doha to save his life and that of his family, facing certain catastrophe when Baradar complteted Omar’s dream of returning to power in Kabul.  Ghani’s past government has zero to add to Baradar’s new Taliban regime, whether he re-implements Sharia law back to the Taliban government.  Judging by Baradar’s commitment to the memory of Omar, it’s likely Kabul will return to strict Sharia law.  “In a cosmopolitan city like this there are many people who do not want a return of the old style Taliban government,” said Rob McBride, reporting for Al Jazeera in Kabul.  Yet with Baradar taking the mantle of Omar, it’s doubtful that he’ll abandon Islamic principles for demands made by the United Nations or other foreign governments.

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WION Exclusive: Afganistan ground report

“We will stay here until the government will grant us our rights. We will stay here for one day, one week, one month or one year, whatever it takes,” says Hangeza Habibia, an Afghan woman in her thirties. She is one of the rare women found in the protest tents around Kabul.  

“Every woman who is willing to protest should come. You see that I am alone now, but normally 30 per cent of the people in this tent are women.” 

Demonstrators like Hangeza ask for increased safety in Kabul's streets. “We are coming here because in one day we had 600 people murdered or injured. We are coming here to protect our brothers and to avoid that their blood floods the street once again. Who will grant that we are not killed tomorrow? Who will grant that we can stay safe in our houses?” 

Demonstrators criticise both President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah, requesting they either resign or fire their topmost security advisers. 

The May 31 attack which killed more than a hundred people is where it all started, the source of the current bout of political instability throughout the city. To make things worse, suicide attackers targeted the funeral, killing another seven people and injuring 119.

People took to the street to demand more security.  

Police forces reacted aggressively: They started shooting against the crowd. Nine protestors died and many got injured. According to police sources, only two people died and their men started shooting because protesters were carrying weapons and started shooting first. 

“The Afghan national police shot against our chests. They killed people during demonstrations and this is why we put up these tents,” says 35-year-old Raheem Mukhtari. He has been part of the protests since the very beginning, and like many others has no intention of leaving. 

More than security

There are at least six tents across the city where people gather to rally and chant slogans throughout the day. The city’s security is no longer the sole cause of the protest; the protesters are bonded by a mix of anger and frustration stemming from the country’s brutal economy, its low job prospects and, of course, the increased violence. A feeling of mistrust towards the government has always accompanied President Ghani; The recent massive explosion functioned as an ignitor, transforming the general sentiment of mistrust into permanent protest. 

Many political groups and parties also feel sidelined, and would be happy to see Ghani’s presidency end. 

“I fought for this country, I spilled my own blood,” shouts a man in his forties from the tent's stage. “And for what? Now, wherever I stamp my foot I only see blood coming out from this soil.” 

Several tents display banners with a crossed-out picture of President Ghani. 

“We are asking to the government to resign, they did not deliver what they promised during the election and we want them to go. Every day we have martyrs and new killings. We want Abdullah Abdullah and Ghani to resign, we want a temporary government until they organise new elections,” says Ameen Ameni, a 24-year-old demonstrator. 

The tents are not very crowded and the protest does not seem capable of crossing the city’s boundaries.  

This does not mean that things are under control though. Kabul is a city full of weapons and informal political militias who are ready, and often willing, to enter in action if requested to. The capital is not the entire country but the crucial power centres are here, and that is where much of the country’s political and economical game is decided. 

Protesters say that they do not belong to any political party, but listening to the many informal conversations in and around the tents, it turns out many of them are sympathisers of the influential political party, Jamiat-e Islami, currently led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani. According to the non-profit research organisation Afghanistan Analyst Network, the party has not yet decided its position on whether or not they want street riots to end. So far, they have not said or done anything to stop or calm the people. 

Given recent events, the request for safety and stability is totally legitimate, but the political turn that the protest is taking could become dangerous. The Kabul "tent sit-ins", even if not visibly massive, contain all the ingredients to give rise to countrywide instability and a power vacuum; Both, possibly the last two things Afghanistan currently needs. 

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WIONs Daniele Pagani is in Kabul tracking the developments there. He brings this ground report on the mood on the streets of Kabul (WION)

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Stop Doing This In Kabul

Stop Doing This In Kabul

BEST ACCOMMODATION DEALS IN KABUL HERE GET TO KNOW THE CITY Kabul is the capital and largest city in Afghanistan. It has a population of around 4.6 million people and is divided into 22 districts. Its rapid urbanization makes it the world’s 75th largest city. Kabul is located in a valley between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Kabul River, making it one of the world’s highest capital cities.…

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