Photos Afghan Armed Forces (Prior to 2021)

[Redav]

The French care about freedom as much as they care about the Malians and Nigerians who are under Boko Haram rules in many parts: to protect the giants like Total and Lafage.

...Mozambicans

 

[grassyknollgunner]

^^^
There is no Freedom without money! ? ? ?

 

[Jake84]

^^^
There is no Freedom without money! ? ? ?

… And corruption, if you have understood this one you may have a chance over in the Third World. That’s part of why the West failed Afghanistan.

 

[Redav]

...Mozambicans

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[CemalPasha]

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Indian paramilitary troops are also there but to rescue our people and officials see from 0:20 onwards a huge cache of arms those are itbp personnels

 

[Fish&Chips]

Afghanistan as such really doesn't exist. Rather it is a patchwork of tribes that for most of recorded history have been at each other's throats when they weren't busy fighting foreigners. When a unit made up primarily of members of one tribe was sent to operate in another tribe's territory not much would be undertaken because why die for a tribe that isn't your own? The nation of Afghanistan is meaningless to them.

That's true. Throughout its history, Afghanistan has always been about tribal policies and the dominance of one tribe over the other. Once this created a sizable single nation empire extending from Mashad in Persia to Punjab and Kashmir, but with the colonial wars of the 19th century, the Afghan territory was shrunk to today's borders and became a conglomerate of tribal factions.

The Afghan kingdom in the 20th century was actually very modern and introduced a lot of reforms that left the country peaceful but in poverty. That was not well met by certain tribes and led to an uprising in the 1940s. Still in 1975, women and men alike were able to study at modern universities (see photo further above), but when the communist party seized power in 1978, things went down the drain.

The Soviet Union occupied the country to quell the civil war after the communist coup. Enter: The CIA and Pakistan with suitcases stuffed with $$$ and lots of handy Stinger manpads to support the Mujahideen guerilla jihadists including one Saudi citizen by the name of Osama in Laden. The Soviets withdraw in 1989 to leave a vacuum of power that is then filled by a newly established religious militia from Pakistan, i.e. the Taliban. Another civil war begins, Bin Laden turns on his former benefactors, 9/11, US and NATO enter the country to fight the Taliban and more war ensues over a period of twenty years. The coalition decides to quit it and leaves virtually over night, and the Taliban go "Allahu akbar, let's retake the country!"

So, the idea of a united Afghanistan has practically not existed for the last 1.5 centuries except in the minds of a few elitists and wealthy western-minded individuals.

 

[Fish&Chips]

After initial struggles on Monday with only getting 7 civilians (5 Germans, 1 Dutch citizen and 1 Afghan) on board an A400M amid the chaos at Kabul airport, the German air force was more successful today. 125 persons were evacuated from Kabul to Uzbekistan. The rescue mission comprises 600 troops and several aircraft and is meant to continue for the next few weeks.

 

[Maitreya Shyam]

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[Maitreya Shyam]

@CemalPasha you from turkey right sir tell what do Turkish people think about taliban and its ideologies

 

[Faheka]

@CemalPasha you from turkey right sir tell what do Turkish people think about taliban and its ideologies

I can answer that too. From our point of view, Syrian refugees have been in trouble. If Afghan refugees come from the Iranian border, undesirable events will happen to my country. Except for those who think radically, the vast majority don't care.

 

[CemalPasha]

@CemalPasha you from turkey right sir tell what do Turkish people think about taliban and its ideologies

We will always remember Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his accomplishments to liberate our country, establishing the secular, democratic and modern Republic of Turkey. WE will protect the values he believed in and keep working towards a brighter future!

About Afgans; There are many Afghans who like Amanullah Khan (at right) (old king or president) who wants Afghanistan to be secular country like Atatürk's Turkey. But they failed cuz of communist's. Taliban kinda organizations are formed cuz after Russian invasion. After Russian mess & American wanna be revenge after 9/11 took 20 year's invasion they can't form a secular nation. 'Freedom is Not Given, it is Taken'. So Afgans will rather live in shithole sharia country by their own than puppet secular state formed by West.

And about that guy down below. He is liberal conservative not islamist like taliban etc, people portray him as a Caliph-to-be , but the guy is a secular man looking to establish Turkish influence in the region (middle east).He is using religion etc. He wants to get control of Kabul Airport, but is unwilling to let Afghan refugees reach Turkey. I think he is living the last days of his reign also because of the nonsense he has done in last years etc. He will lose in next elections 99.9%. But Turkey will remain Secular In one way or another.

 

[nemipuka_]

With the resignation of Ashraf Ghani, vice president Amrullah Saleh is now officially Head of State. After the Taliban took Kabul, he fled with helicopter in Panjshir - one of the last Taliban-free Afghan provinces.

 

[morris]

Several women in the Afghan capital today walked out to the presidential palace and boldly called on the Taliban to "respect women's rights".

Girls' schools returned to Herat.

 

[RL64RL]

Frankly, I find myself increasingly irritated by the headlines which maps like the ones above prompt in Western media. Most commentators engage in what Popper described as the 'poverty of historicism', resigning themselves to the fallacy that history repeats itself ("graveyard of empires"). Our strategy, they say, was "naïve". Was it, though? Let's not confound sugary soundbites intended for the press with official strategy.

But enough of "our" mistakes for a change, how about we look at what the Afghans should've been able to achieve over the past twenty years (according to historical precedent?). In the West they try to avoid that very discussion because it would inevitably draw accusations of a neo-colonialist or even racist mindset, simply due to the answer being: The Afghans failed themselves.

The Afghan people suffers from debilitating structural deficiencies which are all but self-inflicted. How could external influence possibly make a difference in a country where those in charge of protecting it constantly embezzle their subordinates‘ salaries or refuse to cooperate with one another because of their tribal affiliations? And these are far from being the only issues.

I know a couple of people who were involved in ANSF recruit training; they likened their experience to having to deal with toddlers. But even the average Afghan officer can't be trusted to grasp basic concepts of professional conduct (like punctuality, i.e. appreciating the necessity to show up in time for a planned operation). The special forces kandaks seem to be the only dependable force over there.

Foreigners invested blood, sweat and truckloads of money into Afghanistan's future. What investments were made by the locals? None – at least not collectively. That's because there is no collective. The Taliban are not smarter, more courageous or better equipped; the main difference between them and their domestic opponents is the former have the cohesion of which the latter are in desperately short supply.

So, we don't have to talk about Vietnam or even the Soviet-Afghan War all the time. ISAF neither repeated America's Vietnam-era mistakes, nor did it replicate the Soviet strategy of wiping every insurgent village off the map, creating a river of blood that swept the entire country into resisting them. The cardinal error made by NATO – the failure no one talks about – was not assuming political control.

Nation-building can work and has worked before. But it requires dependable institutions. If the country in question is unable to provide such institutions, they must be provided by outsiders – particularly if said outsiders are perceived as being the ones actually in charge. (The Hague Conventions actually charge an occupying force with establishing an effective civil administration, by the way.)

And no, I'm not thinking of post-war Germany or Japan, in case you're wondering. You needn't look no further than Bosnia to get a glimpse of a modus operandi that might've yielded a better outcome. But Bosnia, that was the 1990's. The Bush'esque pathos of "enduring freedom" hadn't crept into the decision-making process yet.

P.S.: Forgetting to mind the time, I ended up converting a tuna pizza into charcoal whilst writing this comment. This had better be worth it.

Re-reading this post today. I liked it then and I love it now. Well done, sir!

RL

 

[morris]

Iranian Foreign Ministry announced the resumption of the embassy work in Kabul and consulate in Herat.

 

[morris]

After two days of fever and stress, Afghan TV staff, who had made sure that their health was not in danger, returned to work.

Traffic Safety Officers Returned to Kabul Streets.

 

[morris]

With the resignation of Ashraf Ghani, vice president Amrullah Saleh is now officially Head of State. After the Taliban took Kabul, he fled with helicopter in Panjshir - one of the last Taliban-free Afghan provinces.

Former Vice President Amrullah Saleh comes aboard of the Mi-17V-5 along with Massoud Jr. They are gathering anti Taliban coalition in Panjer.

 

[morris]

Taliban discover trampoline.