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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTaliban co-founder and leader and 5000 Taliban fighters were released at TFG/US' request
TFG ordered released the head of the Taliban. This man will be the new leader of Afghanistan
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TFG also ordered the release of 5000 prisoners many of whom are not fighting against the former government
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Taliban co-founder and leader and 5000 Taliban fighters were released at TFG/US' request (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
OP
So basically New President of Afghanistan is Mullah Omar's right hand man, released by Trump in 2018
Hugh_Lebowski
Aug 2021
#3
Taliban Commander Who Led Attack on Afghan City Was Released From Prison Last Yea
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#5
there so stupid ! it's archived & can't get rid of it . RNC STUFF IS IN THE ARCHIVE 'S !
monkeyman1
Aug 2021
#7
TFG forced Afghanistan to let Mufti Baradar & 5,000 of his murderous buddies out of jail.
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#10
Budi
(15,325 posts)1. Explains why they're scrubbing Trump/Taliban postings from websites
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,656 posts)2. Bush-Trump......they never gave a shit about us. nt
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)3. So basically New President of Afghanistan is Mullah Omar's right hand man, released by Trump in 2018
Think you'll see that as a headline anywhere in the M$M, including the WaPo or NYT, even?
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)4. Kick
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,635 posts)5. Taliban Commander Who Led Attack on Afghan City Was Released From Prison Last Yea
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The Taliban commander overseeing an assault on the key southern city of Lashkargah is one of 5,000 former prisoners released by the Afghan government last year under pressure from the U.S., Afghan and Western officials say.
The commander, Mawlavi Talib, is one of thousands of former prisoners freed to further peace talks who have returned to the battlefield to join the Taliban onslaught against cities around the country, Afghan officials say. The presence of the Taliban fighters is a fresh strain in relations between Washington and Kabul, as the U.S.-backed government struggles to fend off Taliban attacks throughout the country.
Afghan officials said fierce fighting continued Tuesday in Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, after heavy U.S. airstrikes and a counterattack by U.S.-trained Afghan commandos overnight. Under Mr. Talibs command, hundreds of Taliban have pushed toward the city center over the past week. On Tuesday they launched an attack on Lashkargahs prison in a bid to release more inmates and recruit them into the fight.
The fighting in Lashkargah is part of a wider countrywide Taliban offensive that had captured half of the countrys remote districts by last month and now threatens provincial capitals. On Tuesday, the government said that its commandos launched a counterattack in the western city of Herat, whose defenses were teetering. Taliban forces last month pierced defenses in Kandahar, Afghanistans second largest city, but government forces are holding steady there.
The commander, Mawlavi Talib, is one of thousands of former prisoners freed to further peace talks who have returned to the battlefield to join the Taliban onslaught against cities around the country, Afghan officials say. The presence of the Taliban fighters is a fresh strain in relations between Washington and Kabul, as the U.S.-backed government struggles to fend off Taliban attacks throughout the country.
Afghan officials said fierce fighting continued Tuesday in Lashkargah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, after heavy U.S. airstrikes and a counterattack by U.S.-trained Afghan commandos overnight. Under Mr. Talibs command, hundreds of Taliban have pushed toward the city center over the past week. On Tuesday they launched an attack on Lashkargahs prison in a bid to release more inmates and recruit them into the fight.
The fighting in Lashkargah is part of a wider countrywide Taliban offensive that had captured half of the countrys remote districts by last month and now threatens provincial capitals. On Tuesday, the government said that its commandos launched a counterattack in the western city of Herat, whose defenses were teetering. Taliban forces last month pierced defenses in Kandahar, Afghanistans second largest city, but government forces are holding steady there.
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)6. +1
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)7. there so stupid ! it's archived & can't get rid of it . RNC STUFF IS IN THE ARCHIVE 'S !
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)8. MEDIA IS GOING TO EAT " TFG & FORMER SEC.-OF.-STATE ASS ON THIS ONE !
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)9. Anyone want to make any wagers
about what portion of the weapons the taliban forces are using in their conquest were delivered by the US to afghanistan?
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,635 posts)10. TFG forced Afghanistan to let Mufti Baradar & 5,000 of his murderous buddies out of jail.