Surprise, surprise the Taliban have unveiled a caretaker government in Afghanistan, with their members dominating key positions, who’d have guessed!
It will be led by Mullah Hasan Akhund, who has been named the acting prime minister and you’ll never guess, he is close to the Taliban’s supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada.
Mullah Mohammed Yaqoob has been appointed as acting defence minister and well I never, he is a son of Taliban’s first supreme leader Mullah Omar.
Sirajuddin Haqqani has been named acting interior minister and you thought it couldn’t get any worse, this chap is the leader of the Haqqani Network, which the United States designates as a terrorist organization and he is also on a UN sanctions list and on a wanted list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation with a price tag of 10 million dollars.
The Taliban’s spokesman for bullshit have said they will form an inclusive government made up of representatives of various groups but the line-up does not include any women and seems to be mainly made up of the old hard line Taliban.
The Ministry for vice and virtue have said they intend to bring in the old vice and virtue laws which are apparently laws which give them the right to beat the living daylights out of anyone they choose in the street, imprison them, stone them to death and generally be pretty beastly all round.
Many people have been trying to flee the country since the Taliban gained control of most of Afghanistan last month, I think that must be the understatement of the day, I wish them luck.
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How could an Afghan army of 300,000 well trained and equipped men be beaten by a few Taliban with Ak47’s on motorcycles and a few pick up trucks with anti aircraft guns. on the back
I suppose they didn’t fight because the Taliban is a murderous, cruel terrorist group that does not follow the rules of war. So without the support of the allied armies I’m assuming they put the fear of God up the Afghans.
It has been suggested that they didn’t fight because they didn’t get paid and the Officers were just pocketing the money, however if this were the British army I feel the Sergeants would have rallied the troops to fight and argue about the pay when they had won.
Yes and a few by stoning which must be a absolutely awful way to go, hopefully they are almost unconscious after not too long, the Taliban are barbaric people, they’re the ones who should be stoned to death.
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You would think the FBI could find a better artist than the one who produced those “likenesses”.
It’s no wonder no-one has noticed he’s popped up in the new Afghanistan government.
I still find it hard to believe that this was allowed to happen.
How could an Afghan army of 300,000 well trained and equipped men be beaten by a few Taliban with Ak47’s on motorcycles and a few pick up trucks with anti aircraft guns. on the back
I suppose they didn’t fight because the Taliban is a murderous, cruel terrorist group that does not follow the rules of war. So without the support of the allied armies I’m assuming they put the fear of God up the Afghans.
It has been suggested that they didn’t fight because they didn’t get paid and the Officers were just pocketing the money, however if this were the British army I feel the Sergeants would have rallied the troops to fight and argue about the pay when they had won.
You’re probably right about the British Army.
I could never imagine a British army officer pocketing money for the troops
One is almost inclined to think if the Afghans can’t fight for their country they don’t deserve to have it.
It’s an awful situation and I fear for the deaths that will follow.
Yes and a few by stoning which must be a absolutely awful way to go, hopefully they are almost unconscious after not too long, the Taliban are barbaric people, they’re the ones who should be stoned to death.
Oh, I agree completely, Joe.