Taliban captures more provincial capitals including Kunduz

[maakhiri1]

8 hours ago, Dahireeto said:

What will this do to morale of our own terrorist Alshabab? Will they think they would also pull off the same thing if AU leaves Somalia?

There is no doubt in mind, this evil group will do the same, the minute AU leaves.

Somalia must be strong central country. We have so much similarities , but I think we are bit better . Extremely HIGH corruption, No loyalty to the nation 

[Arafaat]

23 hours ago, Dahireeto said:

What will this do to morale of our own terrorist Alshabab? Will they think they would also pull off the same thing if AU leaves Somalia?

It might definitely motivate them. And it will definetly give further leverage to AMISON in their negotiations with Donors and Federal Government. 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Garoonka diyaaradaha Kabuul today:

 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

[AbdillahiSamatar]

The Americans could have used that money on turning Afghanistan into the next Dubai but they decided to waste it on fighting the Taliban. The only way to defeat medieval ideology is to provide people with jobs, education, homes, electricity and clean water. This would prevent a backward ideology from taking root.

 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

 

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

The same fate awaits the paper govt of xamar. Once amisom goes. So does the paper govt. 

[galbeedi]

Typical American alarmist media and their minions. 

THe Taliban had given blanket amnesty to everyone including military commanders, police chiefs and governors who were at the for front of the war against Taliban. I did talk this morning to two Afghans, one of them has family in Kabul. He said it has been quite and there were no any violence or retribution. If military commanders are save, why would anyone would hurt Afghan interpreters and NGO's who has done nothing serious. 

This current Taliban is different. Many within the Afghan government had accepted their take over after Ashraf Ghani refused to resign in order the cease fire to take effect. Within days, China and Pakistan would recognize and others will flow it. 

 Of course there is a chance to land the USA and get better a life. If given that chance the whole Kabul city will board the plane and relocate.

7 hours ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:

Once amisom goes. So does the paper govt. 

Al-shbaab doesn't have a porous border and the helping hand of the Pakistani intelligence. Any reasonably organized government could eliminate them easily. Unlike Al-shabaab, the Taliban have 75 members and have been negotiating with  the most powerful country in the world face to face.

The only people who are disappointed are the pro war factions of America: the neoconservatives and the neoliberal interventionists. Thay have a field day to embarrass president Biden. With TRump leaving just 2500 soldiers, how could Biden stop the Taliban takeover?

 

 

[galbeedi]

Most Americans are glad that their sons and druthers will not be dying in a foreign lands after their original mission was accomplished.

We all hope the fake CNN and others would stop their drama. No one is going to eat their children or murder girls. This is not 2001.

The good news is the Taliban will eradicate the opium growth  that is flourishing in Afghanistan today. No more drugs.

[Che -Guevara]

Galbeedi,

China and Pakistan are really happy. Russians and Turks are negotiating to stay. Indians are not happy.

America will move on the next country they can destroy. Americans have short memory as long as the war is in faraway land.

Taliban did indeed negotiated their way into Kabul. There wasn't real war. A good example is Jalalabad where a deal was reached. 

 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

18 hours ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:

The same fate awaits the paper govt of xamar. Once amisom goes. So does the paper govt. 

So is the Masar-i-Shariif enclave version in Waqooyiga.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

They seem to be a bit good for PR so far, unlike kuwii hore.

Taliban announces 'amnesty,' urges women to join government

The Taliban declared an "amnesty" across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee.

The statement by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission, represents the first comments on governance from a federal level across the country after their blitz across the country.

While there were no major reports of abuses or fighting in Kabul, many residents have stayed home and remain fearful after the insurgents' takeover saw prisons emptied and armouries looted. Older generations remember their ultraconservative Islamic views, which included stonings, amputations and public executions during their rule before the U.S-led invasion that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

"The Islamic Emirate doesn't want women to be victims," Samangani said, using the militants' term for Afghanistan. "They should be in government structure according to Shariah law."

He added: "The structure of government is not fully clear, but based on experience, there should be a fully Islamic leadership and all sides should join."

Samangani remained vague on other details, however, implying people already knew the rules of Islamic law the Taliban expected them to follow.

"Our people are Muslims and we are not here to force them to Islam," he said.

Under the Taliban, which ruled in accordance with a harsh interpretation of Islamic law, women were largely confined to their homes. The insurgents have sought to project greater moderation in recent years, but many Afghans remain skeptical.

Promises 'need to be honoured'

The United Nations is urging the Taliban to keep its "promises," including its pledges to grant an amnesty to former government workers in Afghanistan, show inclusiveness for women and allow girls to remain in school.

"The Taliban have made a number of statements that on the surface are reassuring," UN human rights office spokesperson Rupert Colville told reporters Tuesday in Geneva. "But their actions speak deeper than words, and it's very early now — it's very fluid."

He said the Taliban's promises "need to be honoured."

"Understandably, given their past history, these declarations have been greeted with some skepticism," Colville said. "Nevertheless, the promises have been made, and whether or not they are honoured or broken will be closely scrutinized."

Colville alluded to comments a day earlier from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about "chilling reports" of human rights abuses and restrictions on rights — especially those of women and girls —  in areas captured by the Taliban in recent weeks.

He also called on UN member states to "use their influence" with the Taliban to protect civilian lives.

Commercial flights halted

Meanwhile Tuesday, Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO's senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, posted video online showing the runway empty with American troops on the tarmac. What appeared to be a military cargo plane could be seen in the distance from behind a chain-link fence in the footage.

The runway "is open," he wrote on Twitter. "I see airplanes landing and taking off."

Overnight, flight-tracking data showed a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules plane at the airport and later taking off for Qatar, home to Al-Udeid Air Base and the U.S. military Central Command's forward headquarters. There were no other immediate flights seen in Afghan airspace, which has been taken over by the American military as commercial flights have been halted in the country.

Germany, Sweden evacuate citizens, embassy staff

The German Foreign Ministry meanwhile said a first German military transport plane has landed in Kabul, but it could only take seven people on board before it had to depart again.

"Because of the chaotic conditions at the airport and regular exchanges of fire at the access point last night, it was not possible for further German citizens and other people who need to be evacuated to come to the airport without protection from the German army," the ministry said.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that the staff from the Swedish Embassy in Kabul had returned to Sweden.

Xigasho

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

16 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

So is the Masar-i-Shariif enclave version in Waqooyiga.

We don't have a paper govt that relies on foreign powers 

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

No wonder Ardeyda were swift overthrowing tuugadaan.

Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash

"As for the collapse of the (outgoing) regime, it is most eloquently characterised by the way Ghani fled Afghanistan," Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA.

"Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac," he was quoted as saying.

Ischenko, the Russian embassy spokesman, confirmed his comments to Reuters. He cited "witnesses" as the source of his information. Reuters could not independently confirm the veracity of his account immediately.

"I hope the government that has fled did not take all the money from the state budget. It will be the bedrock of the budget if something is left," Kabulov told Moscow's Ekho Moskvy radio station.

Reuters

[maakhiri1]

6 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

No wonder Ardeyda were swift overthrowing tuugadaan.

Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash

"As for the collapse of the (outgoing) regime, it is most eloquently characterised by the way Ghani fled Afghanistan," Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA.

"Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac," he was quoted as saying.

Ischenko, the Russian embassy spokesman, confirmed his comments to Reuters. He cited "witnesses" as the source of his information. Reuters could not independently confirm the veracity of his account immediately.

"I hope the government that has fled did not take all the money from the state budget. It will be the bedrock of the budget if something is left," Kabulov told Moscow's Ekho Moskvy radio station.

Reuters

One of the  reason it failed, ghost soldiers,  80% of soldiers and police were ghost