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canetoad

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6. Many years ago

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:53 AM

Aug 2021

I watched a BBC doco on the rise of the Taliban - by definition angry young men with a surfeit of testosterone, blind belief in religion and little wisdom.

Please wish her well from Australia.

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I have an Afghan exchange daughter, [View all] cilla4progress Aug 2021 OP

I support continued long term military and social support of antiTaliban people. Tetrachloride Aug 2021 #1

Interesting. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #4

While I get pulling out after 20 years, not sure how we leave it up to NATO or anyone Hoyt Aug 2021 #2

I'm hoping so, too, cilla4progress Aug 2021 #3

This hard to read.. Deuxcents Aug 2021 #5

It's hard to hear from my daughter. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #8

Many years ago canetoad Aug 2021 #6

I am not near a major front line Tetrachloride Aug 2021 #7

Oh my - cilla4progress Aug 2021 #9

Caucasian American but I get mistaken for locals Tetrachloride Aug 2021 #10

Oh wow. Please stay safe. nt Duppers Aug 2021 #11

It's so heartbreaking. What a tragic reminder that stories on the news renate Aug 2021 #12

The problem is massive Afghan corruption, not NATO or the US. Jon King Aug 2021 #13

That is a facile prescription for powerless women and children there. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #16

2nd what renate said above. Duppers Aug 2021 #14

I'm sorry to hear this mvd Aug 2021 #15