Comments by "" (@charlesmartin1121) on "WION" channel.

  1. I am not happy about how my country left Afghanistan and the region. BUT one of the few upsides is no more aid to Pakistan.
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  2. Too little and too late for the American and NATO soldiers who died thanks to the support Pakistan gave the Taliban and Haqqani Group.
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  3. The Taliban being terrorized--clearly the universe has a sense of humor.
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  4. "America's very close ally in this so-called war on terror." I would be laughing my head off at that statement. But then I remember how many of our soldiers and innocent Afghans died because of Pakistan's double dealing.
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  5. The real question is can Russia afford the sanctions they would face post war?
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  6. I am sorry to say this but if a majority of Afghans did not want the Taliban to return to power they had the weapons to fight them. They did not fight. Therefore the Taliban will determine their future. Freedom isn't free. So it ever was, so it ever shall be.
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  7. Inna Sovsun is a brave woman. I wish her and her country the best.
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  8. "Broken the chains of slavery." Tell that to the women of Afghanistan. Who today see their prospects for education and work diminished by the Taliban with the help of Pakistan.
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  9. It's only temporary ladies (although 'temporary' to the Taliban is a millennium.)
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  10. Not only were none of the government appointees women, there were no other ethnic groups represented. So much for inclusion.
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  11. The United States should have trained the Afghan women as soldiers--maybe then someone would have actually fought the Taliban.
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  12. At least there are some Afghans who are willing to fight the Taliban.
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  13. The Taliban don't care about the Shia. ISIS-K will only become a real threat if they begin targeting Taliban assets.
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  14. It amazes me no end that my country continued to treat Pakistan as an ally when they were helping kill our soldiers in Afghanistan.
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  15. If they are protesting the Taliban in Kandahar, their former heartland, then they are really in trouble.
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  16. "Ukraine is about to launch an attack." And cows are going to fly out of Zelensky's bunghole. Too ridiculous.
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  17.  iTs Messiah  We better not be. I don’t want anothercent of my tax dollars going to the country who helped kill our soldiers and those of our international partners.
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  18. "Russia will stage massive Nuclear drills." Because thats the kind of thing you do to deescalate a crisis. This is worse than the Cold War. At least back then Soviet leaders knew the costs of war, because they had lived through one.
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  19.  @KB-pk8cn  For all their celebrations of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan—the Pakistani’s have failed to preceive where all their double dealing will lead in the end. Because there is no more infidel power in the region to point fingers at and use as a whipping post for their own failures. And already Taliban style radicals are gunning to take down the Pakistani state itself. And I agree with you about Afghanistan. The analogy I would use is the Afghan state/security forces was like one of those inflatable balloon guys you see at car dealerships in the USA. Cut the power, the blower shuts down and the balloon guy instantly deflates. That was the signal sent when we decided to end our involvement in Afghanistan.
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  20. "Taking on the (Pakistan) Army has never ended well for anyone." Except the Indian Army.
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  21. Imran Khan said the Taliban had removed the shackles of oppression from Afghanistan--what a joke! Ask the women of Afghanistan of today about oppression and shackles.
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  22.  Raymond Lee  NO MORE US AID TO PAKISTAN!
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  23. I am sorry to say if you didn't want the Taliban back more of you should have fought them.
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  24. We gave that equipment to the Afghan Security Forces to fight for their country. THEY ARE THE COWARDS WHO DROPPED THE WEAPONS AND SURRENDERED! I blame them!
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  25. Paired up with a worthless and cowardly army.
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  26. What he is actually saying: 'we are hopelessly out-numbered and surrounded, and we are not prepared to lose our lives, so we will surrender by saying we are prepared to negotiate.' Is it any wonder the Taliban won. They are intolerant, murderous thugs--but they are prepared to die for their cause.
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  27. Putin: "Just give me everything I want and we can solve this very easily. Well until I want even more next time."
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  28. "Russia claims it does not owe any explanation to any nation in the west as to what it does on it's own territory or the territory of it's allies." But Russia then claims that any exercises carried out by the west on the territory of it's allies is provocative and escalatory. HYPOCRITES!
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  29. That protest will unfortunately yield nothing for women's rights in Afghanistan--which has decades of darkness under the Taliban ahead.
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  30. I agree. Ms. Sharma cuts through the noise and nails the essential point.
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  31. The Russians said they would not invade Ukraine, but it's clear they don't understand what the word 'invade' means.
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  32. India's all weather friend signs strategic agreements with China and invites the leader of it's worst enemy to Moscow. Thats some friend you got there.
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  33. Unfortunately that could be said of small groups in every faith, including Mr. Netanyahu’s religion.
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  34. Stay safe Anas.
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  35. Sanctions were never going to have any effect.
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  36. Best regards to the Ukrainian people.
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  37. The Taliban are too busy taking victory laps to actually govern in Afghanistan.
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  38. It's Finland's choice to make not India's.
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  39. India should be ashamed that they were silent about this atrocity in the UN today.
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  40. "Gives you an idea of India's strategic importance." Or maybe on the matter of Ukraine it gives you an idea of India's strategic irrelevance. Sitting on the fence, and creating false equivalence as to who is creating the dangerous situation in Ukraine, is not a mark of a great statesman.
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  41. India will never live down the shame of remaining silent in the face of Russia's atrocious attack!
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  42.  @dilligafwoftam985  So a Bully is threatening to invade an innocent country to show another Bully how tough they are? Thats messed-up thinking.
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  43. The security situation is good because the Taliban and Haqqani group are no longer staging attacks. Duh.
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  44. Yeah like there is no oppression now under the Taliban or the last time they were in power. Why don't you go to Kabul and ask a young women if there is any oppression. Clown.
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  45. The US and NATO tried to talk reason to Putin. It's not their fault Putin didn't listen. He was going to do this regardless.
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  46. This conflict has given me a whole new view of India, and I don't like what I see.
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  47.  @_hunterz_  'We'? So you are Taliban? And 'Americans in Pakistan stuck in Kabul Airport' makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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  48. Very admirable and brave. Unfortunately if the storm of massed Russian artillery breaks over Ukraine, such ad hoc groups of civilian volunteers will not be sufficient to defend their country. I wish them good luck though.
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  49. This is the greatest outrage in the 21st Century!
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  50. @Zynex RavenOP I would love to see a war between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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  51. They don't. They have to get the power from Uzbekistan.
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  52. I am sorry the only international response will be disapproving statements and little else. The west is tired of it's involvement in the region. And Russia and China aren't going to condemn human rights violations.
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  53. 'In a cold world your friends keep you warm.' And India may not be an enemy of the United States, but they are not a close friend either. You just have to read the comments here to know that fact.
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  54. Trump gave them most of that equipment. And Trump signed the fucked-up peace deal with the Taliban. Do you think the Taliban would not have taken over if Trump was in office? If you do you are hopeless.
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  55. If you couldn't tell the Taliban were the ones not wearing masks.
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  56. Fuel isn't the problem. Spare parts and expert maintainers are the problem.
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  57. Oh nice. Living in a tent in a refugee camp in winter. Sounds like fun.
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  58. It should be properly called the 'over the rainbow' strategy. Because that is about how realistic it is actually. Like not very much.
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  59. What do we hear from India? Crickets.
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  60. The Afghan people did not fight the Taliban, they just let them walk in and take power. Therefore I have little sympathy for any complaints. Afghanistan is someone else's problem now.
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  61. And I thought we had all the knuckleheads down here in the USA.
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  62. The Afghan Air Force needed US contractors to maintain their aircraft. Good luck keeping them flying now. Except the Russian ones of course.
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  63. What a joke. Let's really focus on one maybe botched US drone strike. Meanwhile let's ignore the humanitarian disaster unfolding, effecting millions of Afghans, caused by the Taliban's incompetence.
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  64. True. There is more dignity going down fighting, then surrendering and being executed like a helpless victim.
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  65. Putin majored in Gaslighting in college.
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  66.  @DP_Singh.  Why not Trump? Let me count the reasons: he is a congenital lier, a toxic narcissist, a total incompetent, thoroughly corrupt, mean spirited, and he tried to stage the first coup in American history after he lost the election. Is that enough reasons for you?
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  67. And Pakistan lost every single war.
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  68. The pro-Taliban march is a joke. Just look at the security they had to provide for it. I bet those women really loved walking in the hot sun dressed all in black from head to toe.
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  69. Imran Khan the prince of clowns said the Taliban freed Afghanistan from the shackles of oppression. Yeah sure. Ask the young women of Afghanistan about where their oppression and shackles come from now.
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  70.  @_hunterz_  You defeated an Afghan Army that did not fight. But that was the easy part. Now good luck governing the place.
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  71. Rights? Rights are for those willing to fight for them. Sadly the Afghan Army did not in the end.
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  72. "Wait for things to get back to normal." Are you effing kidding me? It may get back to some kind of normal for those Indian students, but what about the people of Ukraine?
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  73. Wrong. America was naive and got stuck in a hopeless conflict. Pakistan was duplicitous and helped make sure America got stuck in a hopeless conflict.
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  74.  @goldenbrown3283  It was worse than that even. According to Hamid Gul the late former ISI chief, the Pakistani’s were transferring US aid to support the Taliban. In other words in a sense they were helping to kill our soldiers and undermine the mission using our own money against us.
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  75. @Zynex RavenOP On the other hand those religious fanatics in Pakistan could takeover the government and team-up with the Taliban. Then maybe the US/NATO could work with India to take-out the whole rotten bunch.
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  76. It does not matter if the proposal was bound to fail because of Russia's veto, it was a statement of principle against an injustice and atrocious act. And India showed it has no principles.
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  77.  @richburgh532  True.
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  78. When dealing with Pakistan always look for the fingers crossed behind the back.
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  79. Former KGB agent Vladimir Putin will choose option 4.
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  80. That may be true. But it will never happen, because that would risk World War III.
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  81.  @dhawalanand4013  China is welcome to it. Let it be their headache now. Maybe they will have to explain their treatment of the Uighurs first though.
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  82.  @Unknown-fj4gl  Oh we certainly made a shit ton of mistakes. But we left a fully armed Afghan Army, Air Force and Police Force behind us. Many times better equipped then the Taliban. And instead of standing and fighting they just gave up. Honestly our biggest mistake is believing the Afghan Security Forces would fight for their country once we had left. The Kurds fought (and Trump abandoned them). Even the South Vietnamese fought. The Afghan soldiers disgraced themselves.
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  83. I would love to see a war between the Taliban and Pakistan. Crazy and Crazier. Just let me pop some popcorn.
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  84. I am sorry the Afghans are suffering, but this is the Taliban's fault, let them solve it themselves.
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  85.  @syedafaqalishah7922  One point to you as he is a Tajik (the only one). Minus one point for you because he is Taliban. Where are the non-Taliban ministers?
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  86.  @asadkhan316  How do you know that? Have you asked all of the potential candidates from other ethnic groups? Have you asked all the women? I doubt it.
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  87. Just a coincidence comrade. Hehehe.
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  88. Don't worry your Russian friends will make sure the students are alright. I can't say that about the Ukrainian people.
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  89. You broke it, you bought it. It's on you Taliban/Pakistan. Fix it yourselves.
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  90. The only thing the United States should say to the Taliban is to tell them to go to hell.
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  91. Does India support what Russia is doing?
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  92.  @GrandmasterTigerfist  Pashtuns living in Pakistan would fight against the government. And Baloch and Sindi would join in also.
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  93. Karma has rebounded on Pakistan for their double dealing on Afghanistan. Enjoy.
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  94. I am sure burka dealers are doing great business.
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  95. Russia is India's all weather friend and so they say nothing in the face of this atrocity and humanitarian disaster caused by their ally. We in the west should mark that and remember it.
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  96. A superpower chose to lose. Stupidly.
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  97. Really. "Oh hey guys why are you fighting back and wrecking my economy." Duh.
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  98. I know a simple way to solve this problem: America should cut all ties with the terrorist sponsoring state of Pakistan.
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  99. Than you are definitely not a 'fine man.'
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  100.  @briansmith8542  If not a bot, than they are definitely a Russian stooge.
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  101.  @amazingamx1255  It’s never too late to recover our self respect. After all we got rid of Trump. And his election was one of our countries’ worst mistakes ever.
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  102.  @Jewish.Hotdog  You misunderstood me. I was referring to the Afghan security forces not the Taliban. The Taliban are intolerant fanatics, but they are not cowards.
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  103.  @matsuz100  What happened is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto directed the Pakistani intelligence services (ISI) to begin supporting hardline islamists in Afghanistan in the mid-1970's. Although their are perhaps other factors involved, the introduction of violent, radical islamists was the beginning of Afghanistan's descent into tragedy. Subsequently many players compounded the countries' woes by erroneous perceptions and poorly considered actions.
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  104. Fortunately we did not bequeath any really high tech weapons to the Afghan security forces, and much of what we did give them is hard to maintain without technical contractors.
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  105. Of course, they are not getting the accurate story from what is essentially state controlled media.
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  106. There is no doubt America botched the pullout of Afghanistan. But that is really irrelevant. Even had it been perfectly executed the resulting Taliban takeover would be the same. And for any who are too critical of America and NATO's withdrawal--look what we were up against. China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan were all backing the Taliban, the Haqqani Group and other insurgents. We were surrounded in a landlocked country. If we had partnered with India, who could help us access a route through Iran, maybe we could have stayed longer.
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  107.  @kodvavi150  The money that was frozen was mostly funding donated by the United States and the international coalition to the lawfully elected government of Afghanistan, not the terrorist Taliban thugs. The Taliban and their Pakistani, Chinese, Russian and Iranian backers were so happy to have US and western assistance in Afghanistan end, but that also means western monetary assistance. They broke it and now they bought it. I hope we use those funds to build nuclear weapons so the next time...well then there won't need to be a next time.
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  108. @B India and Indians. Oh by the way India's so-called forever friend Russia just made an alliance with China. Putin and Xi were laughing about it in Beijing.
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  109.  Pavan Reddy  Biden is a good man, but he is old and stupid.
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  110. Brand new Taliban same as before.
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  111.  @swetha7626  India was asked, not begged. If India wants to support Russia's war of aggression they should feel free to do so. It will be India's soul which will rot because of it.
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  112. For all those who are quick to criticize this tragic mistake--let me ask you this has ISIS or Al Qaeda or the Taliban or the Haqqani group ever apologized for killing innocent civilians in a terror attack? Of course not. Because they usually did it on purpose.
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  113.  @ajinkyapose1619  They still deny it to the world to appear to remain respectable, but in private they cheer and celebrate the success of their support to the Taliban.
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  114.  @azharsiddiqui9639  I appreciate your perspective. I just wish my country knew that 20 years ago. It would have saved a lot of trouble.
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  115. That was always their real plan. Talk of moderation was just to get things from other countries. Now they have their Islamic medieval paradise, and they can rot in it.
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  116.  Raymond Lee  Fine. As long as they don't allow Al Qaeda back into set up camp, they can do as they please. Though don't be surprised if their heaven on Earth becomes a hell.
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  117. If I was an Indian I would be preparing for war. You are living next door to an insane asylum. And reason and mutual respect won't work.
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  118. That's how they won. Interestingly in the 1980's we gave the Mujahideen Stinger missiles to help them against Soviet airpower. The way the Taliban assured themselves they would not be bothered by air attack, is go to the homes of the Afghan Air Force pilots and assassinate them and/or their families. These guys are thugs.
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  119.  @jimhayes8989  It is true that when we decided to pullout, all the contractors who were maintaining the equipment of the Afghan security forces were forced to leave as well. How Biden thought Afghans could stay in the fight is a good question. He probably didn't think. And so the door hit us in the ass on the way out.
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  120. Apparently a poll taken before the takeover reported that 85% of Afghans did not want the Taliban back in control. Well you don't stand up and fight. You get the Taliban back in control, whether you like it or not.
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  121.  azam nasrom  I don’t comprehend what you are trying to say.
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  122. No lets see how India survives Russia's and China's new bromance.
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  123. You broke it, you bought it.
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  124. A good summation of India's strategic interests, without giving a damn about the people of Ukraine.
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  125. "World is One." Is that a joke? This report alone attests to the fact that the world is not as one.
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  126. 'Seek regular ties with the US?' After calling us an 'Empire of Evil' and insulting us in your victory speech. NO! The United States owes you nothing! Not recognition or monetary aid.
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  127.  @louc.87  Well said.
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  128. India is country with no conscience.
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  129. Let's see what you have to say when the shooting starts.
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  130.  Mugen's channel  I am sorry but thats really far-fetched. The equipment was left behind primarily because the Afghan security forces dropped it whereever they were and ran away. How on earth was the US military supposed to go all over the country and retrieve all the abandoned weapons? The only place the US forces were at (Kabul Airport) they smashed all the equipment so the Taliban could not use it.
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  131. I don't think Pakistan is just going to handover a quarter or a third of their territory. Although it would serve them right if it happened.
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  132.  @aray1312  Correct.
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  133.  @goldenbrown3283  With all due respect the British do not run Pakistan today. The Army/ISI run Pakistan. More to the detriment of the Pakistani people and the Afghan people as well.
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  134.  @hikingviking859  I am a real life American. Believe it.
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  135.  @karsan6018  I deeply ashamed to admit it, but you are right.
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  136.  @harmony3138  Where and what are these offensive/abusive names and pictures you are referring to?
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  137.  @jmoney1410  I voted for Hillary in 2016 and Joe in 2020. The alternative was the worst person ever conceived. You would know that if you turned off Fox News for a day.
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  138. Way to go Blinken. One of America's so-called elite. Losing wars must be one of his specialties.
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  139. This is your good friend and ally China. Happy now?
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  140.  @WycliffStudios  Well said.
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  141.  @eduwino151  Yeah I agree.
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  142. Russia declaring the Taliban are no longer terrorists is really a joke.
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  143. You are so smug. Why does NATO not get involved militarily? Oh I don't know? How about not starting World War III.
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  144. I support Ukraine against Russia and their Indian allies.
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  145. Screw you Guterres--if you think it is so easy to fix Afghanistan you try it. The United States tried. It didn't work. Let someone else try it. And good luck.
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  146. If India looks past all the horrible things Putin has and is doing, then it is not a moral country.
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  147.  @mahedihasan7028  No. But obviously the Qatari’s do.
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  148.  @jajaja7394  Fed the snake? We were trying to defeat the snakes. But we stupidly allied with the snake breeder (Pakistan).
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  149. @daniel sas Your right. Never too late for justice.
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  150. India will pay for supporting that mad man and his illegal war. And before you start with the predictable 'oh but the USA blah blah blah'. Shove it.
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  151.  @cupoftea4787  Their national karma will suffer.
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  152.  @sebastianmelmoth685  "Oh but where is our all weather friend?" Allied with China.
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  153.  @shy0k  India may have the luxury of remaining neutral, we in the west do not. Best regards.
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  154. China should pay for this mess. After all it was their lapdog who helped bring this result about.
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  155. Take that money and help use it to resettle Afghan refugees around the world.
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  156.  @dilligafwoftam985  We will see.
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  157.  @abhimanusingh66  Great NATO joining ceremony? WTF are talking about?
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  158. @Game Play Hindi The US and NATO getting involved directly in combat in Ukraine would start World War III. Which would effect everyone on the globe.
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  159.  @moviemandiofficial  Golly who do you think you are? No let me guess. Whats the word for an Indian troll?
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  160.  @AmisCorolla  If the US put troops in Ukraine it would be World War III. Understand. And you say Estonia is concerned? Of course any neighbor of Russia should be concerned. But would the Estonians rather not be safeguarded by NATO? Of course not. Which destroys your whole argument.
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  161.  @abhimanusingh66  You seem a little aggitated? Maybe time for a cup of tea and calm down a bit. Just a suggestion.
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  162.  @AmisCorolla  Your delusional. Or maybe you forgot who attacked who in this war?
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  163.  @worldview730  True.
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  164.  @wlb7854  Where is here?
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  165.  @manikantatatvamasi7804  India is following their self-interest there as well. Because if Putin does invade, it's not just the Indian nationals who may be put in harm's way. India as one of Russia's friends will be placed in an extremely difficult position. And India knows the consequences if it abstains in the UN, and gives Russia another pass as it did in 2014.
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  166.  @poornimadubey3028  I am not a hawkish American. I did not support the inclusion of the Baltic states into NATO in 2004, even though they met all the criteria for admission. Every time NATO expands, it carries security obligations which could prove burdensome in the future. That said I do not believe Russia has the right to crush the smaller, weaker states around it to it's will. And one more thing becomes clear in reading the comments here. American and India are not and should not become security partners in any sense. India's close ties with Russia makes that impossible.
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  167.  @AK-pp3oh  And Pakistan's eager promotion of same.
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  168. The radicals take over the Taliban government. Who could have seen that coming? Just about anyone.
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  169.  @hassanhussain9515  The Taliban. Duh.
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  170. "Repelling external aggression." Is that a joke?
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  171.  @prasvasu4217  I have not forgotten. Biden forgot. And he disgraced my country with his weakness. Trump too. Because he made the rotten deal with Taliban in the first place.
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  172. Your hero Trump laid the ground work for the Afghanistan pull-out. He would have stood by and let Putin invade Ukraine. Nor would he oppose a Chinese take-over of Taiwan. Only cuks like you think he had magical powers to prevent all this shit.
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  173. Well to be fair if you were living in that hell hole you might also be a drug addict.
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  174. I understand why Indians are so concerned about the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. And the implications of what that means for their neighborhood. My question is why didn't they do more to help the elected Afghan government and international forces when they had a chance?
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  175. Taliban-lite--only half as repressive as before.
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  176. No books except perhaps a Quran.
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  177.  @KingArshadNadeem  I did want my government to help the Afghan people. And even though we made a lot of mistakes, I never got the impression that any of our sincere efforts were appreciated by the populous. So let someone else be responsible from now on, thousands of US and NATO lives and a trillion dollars is enough.
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  178. Seriously. I thought Afghanistan's drama shows were their nightly news broadcasts. I am mean who needs fictional drama living in that country?
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  179.  mulya fiki  I am American. I did not agree with President Biden over how he left Afghanistan. But I was shocked how few Afghans fought against the Taliban.
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  180.  @salvadorpaulin5838  When you are fighting for your homeland and family, the cause is much clearer and immediate.
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  181. Biden: "Hey guys I lost a war, so I can concentrate on the Pacific."
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  182. The TTP are now basing out of Afghanistan...jokes on you Pakistan.
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  183. Americans have put Afghanistan behind us for better or worse--the whole place could slide off the face of the Earth as far as I am concerned.
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  184. Hearing this I no longer want my country the United States to have anything to do with India. India is happy to support one of the most dangerous enemies of my country. We should immediately halt any arms sales to India as well, as they may transfer the technology to Russia without our permission. I am sorry to say this, the allies we chosen sometimes are wrong. But we are entering a very dangerous time, and we can only depend on our closest friends.
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  185.  @warrior9326  Maybe with the less complicated parts.
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  186. If Putin wanted a second Cold War he has just about succeeded in bringing it about.
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  187.  @mimojeune1109  'Beast' is right. or 'Monster' if you prefer.
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  188.  @Yashvant5569  Yes it is India's choice. Just as it is India's choice to stay mute in the face of an unprovoked, horrific war of aggression against a peaceful sovereign country. India's pocketbook will bulge, but it's soul will shrink.
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  189.  @swetha7626  Standing up and calling out an unprovoked war of aggression and human rights violations isn't about taking sides, it's about right versus wrong. India has chosen wrong by remaining silent. The world will not forget.
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  190. When is the free world going to wake up and realize we are in a war? We squabble about relatively minor things in democracies and take our eyes off the big things we all value and agree upon. Meanwhile the totalitarian world is on the march. They just scored a big victory in Afghanistan. America has made so many mistakes since September 11th, 2001. But we and our international partners have also done some good. Think of all the young girls and women who experienced the freedom to pursue an education and start careers in Afghanistan over the last 20 years. That all seems to be over now. But before the same things start happening in our own countries we better wake up and realize just how priceless our freedoms are. Then come together in common purpose.
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  191.  Raymond Lee  Thank you for saying that.
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  192.  @chilledoutfela  The aid also went for building more Pakistani nuclear bombs (which it was not intended to do).
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  193.  @channi58  We didn’t side against India. We needed Pakistan to access Afghanistan. We could not go through Iran. The inexplicable thing is why it took so long to understand that Pakistan was double dealing us and continuing to support the Taliban. And then when we understood what the Pakistani’s were actually doing, why we still supported them thereafter. I primarily blame our State Department and the CIA who believed we needed Pakistan to fight the war on terror. When the real irony was we were supporting a terrorist state.
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  194.  @channi58  Why? Al Qaeda was in Pakistan, and the CIA needed the help of the ISI (which weren’t very helpful) to get the terrorists. Our military failed until much later to build an alternative supply route through central asia, so that only left the routes through Pakistan. And our State Department is always so naively optimist about talking other countries into good behavior (which hardly ever works). Beyond that I don’t know? Maybe the Pakistani’s had some deep dark secret that would embarress the US if revealed.
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  195.  @jcwljs1246  Because they provide safe haven and support to terrorist groups.
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  196. Nothing.
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  197. An inclusive government? Right. An inclusive government of terrorists.
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  198. "They (America) wanted to dominate Europe, they wanted to humiliate the Soviet successor state, Russia." BULLSHIT!!!!! Mistakes and miscommunications happened to be sure. But you are making a bullshit conclusion based on no evidence.
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  199.  @richi2831  I certainly agree the way we left was poorly done. I also did not like the fact that the Afghan Government was not included in the negotiations. What makes me mad as an American is we are getting all the blame, while the failure of the Afghan soldiers and police to resist is swept under the rug.
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  200.  @afghannews785  You heard the reporter say we gave your country 28 billion dollars of arms. Thats $28,000,000,000! Not to mention 2,400 American lives and many other’s lives. Over trillion dollars that could have been better spent. Yes I blame your soldiers!
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  201.  @abelabrahom207  No India has shown it does not care about injustice caused by it's friends.
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  202.  @nancikinser2007  I don’t believe you are in a position to judge my sincerity.
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  203. Anas Mallick is a champ.
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  204.  @vijayr9379  Let’s hope it stays that way.
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  205.  @sameerkhan3757  Oh thats brilliant. Pakistan uses nuclear weapons against Afghanistan. And the fallout blows east all over Pakistan.
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  206. A true axis of evil.
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  207.  iTs Messiah  No we are not perfect. You just have to look at the scumbag that got elected in 2016 to know that fact. And we are friends with some oppressive countries like Saudi Arabia. But even we are not friends with countries that invade and annex parts of other sovereign nations (Crimea). Or countries who use banned chemical weapons on their political opponents and journalists in foreign lands. Or countries which blatantly interfere in other nation’s fair elections. If those are the kind of friends India prefers, than I would prefer we not be friends with India.
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  208.  iTs Messiah  Great. Let’s not be friends. Who needs friends like you.
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  209. 'Taliban makes demands on the UN.' Or what then? Once terrorist always a terrorist.
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  210.  Ruvane Friebus  Your ability to spell is hopeless.
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  211.  Ruvane Friebus  Then your ability to make a joke is hopeless.
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  212.  Ruvane Friebus  I don’t care. Adios.
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  213.  @audience7264  Thats damn straight!
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  214.  @mimis.5139  I understand. That is I guess acceptable for the Modi government. But I read comments and I am amazed at the shear number of pro-Russian messages from people with Indian names. Some could be trolls, but still. And should we not see at least one or two public demonstrations of support for the besieged people of Ukraine?
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  215.  @shy0k  Look if you are going down ‘it’s all the US and NATO’s fault’ scenario we need to terminate this conversion. Good day or evening.
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  216.  @MrAusAlex  Ukraine was nowhere near NATO membership. And what do you think the situation will be when Russia takes over Ukraine—Russian forces will be right on the border with NATO forces. Dumbass.
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  217.  @chrisronald2856  Something to consider: if Russia takes all of Ukraine, and then stations forces there. Those forces will directly confront NATO countries of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. No joke.
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  218.  @chrisronald2856  ‘Also Russia won’t take the whole Ukraine.’ Like you would know that. Wind and smoke.
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  219.  @rukshandezoysa6171  Many do reject the Taliban, but unfortunately not enough to fight them effectively.
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  220.  @awakeyawa2753  Right they have hydro. I forgot. Thanks.
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  221.  @realmofsoul13  I hope so.
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  222.  @LS-ql4wp  Unfortunately true.
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  223.  @realmofsoul13  I wish we had and denounced the terrorist state of Pakistan.
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  224.  @interstellargod6959  Who said it should be?
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  225.  @AmisCorolla  Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia are safe because they are members of NATO.
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  226.  @abhimanusingh66  India is on the side of war criminal Putin. Thats a good look.
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  227.  @Aashu299  No moron because that would cause World War III.
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  228. Wow! What a surprise? After all this is the same group which assassinated, bombed and threatened their way back to power. And you expect anything different?
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  229. Broker with terrorists? More like cooperate with terrorists.
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  230. Our mistake was being represented by an idiot like Khalilzad. The Taliban were never going to compromise, they wanted it all their own way. And now they have it.
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  231.  @sai-zs1yd  Well said.
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  232.  @janpierzchala2004  You know nothing about me.
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  233. India has shown it's true stripes here. A blatant and unjustified invasion of a free country. And India says nothing!
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  234. This is what you get when you export terrorism to other countries.
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  235.  @poornimadubey3028  The United States never committed to Russia not to expand NATO. But there is no chance of Ukraine joining NATO anytime soon or ever. So if Russia invades Ukraine, it will be an unprovoked act of aggression.
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  236.  @01tj007  I will remember that as China and it's partners (which as of two days ago includes Russia) engulfs India. Adios.
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  237.  @poornimadubey3028  If India does not object to a more powerful nation unjustifiably invading a less powerful neighbor without provocation. Then why should anyone object to China helping itself to more of northern India? Bon appetit Beijing.
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  238.  @poornimadubey3028  Zelensky is saying that to reassure his countrymen, while behind closed doors he is begging for every bit of US and western support he can get, because he knows how dire the situation actually has become. And gee I wonder who set this whole situation in motion? Oh right it was your good friend Vladimir Putin. And get over your post-colonial syndrome. The United States did not colonize India. And frankly after speaking with you I am overjoyed we are not in an alliance with India.
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  239.  @poornimadubey3028  LIAR. The United States did not "form the Taliban". The United States supported the Mujaheddin in the Afghan-Soviet War. You remember that conflict don't you? Where your Soviet friends tried to takeover Afghanistan. The Taliban coalesced from militant religious students living in Pakistan and supported by the Pakistani intelligence services. They then pushed the Mujaheddin warlords out of power in Kabul and most the rest of the country. The US did not support or recognize the Taliban because they give sanctuary and support to our enemies Al Qaeda. Who then attacked us. I was in Washington DC on 9/11. I saw the Pentagon burning. So don't make up another lie about that. You are a real piece of work pal. Also a piece of something else...
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  240.  @poornimadubey3028  You should be put on a watch list and not under any circumstances be allowed to travel to the United States.
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  241.  @poornimadubey3028  You are fruitcake that has been left in the sun.
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  242.  @poornimadubey3028  So now you think you are going to be the Prime Minister of India one day? Well I guess a fruitcake can dream.
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  243.  @poornimadubey3028  I don’t take direction from you.
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  244. @S g Russia signed the same treaty pledging to protect Ukraine, and they are now attacking the country. Zelensky is desparate. But the US and NATO is doing all it can, without getting directly involved in combat with Russian forces, which could lead to World War III. So what is India doing? Nothing. Criticizing from the sidelines. Really impressive...not.
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  245. Looks like winter has already arrived.
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  246.  @rtasvadam1776  Anything that comes after 'according to Imran Khan' is worthless information.
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  247. @Chris Viking Good point.
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  248. Oh yeah that will happen under Putin...not.
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  249.  @EpicXPG  We share one globe...but it is divided. We are one humanity...but divided against each other.
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  250.  @EpicXPG  I was saying that in the sense expressed by John Lennon in the song "Imagine."
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  251. I hope the Taliban and ISIS-K destroy one another. They are both rotten.
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  252. Well I guess thats progress?
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  253. The Taliban won. The only reason they have to compromise on their former harsh rule is to get international recognition and aid. I am sorry I don't want my country providing funds to the Taliban, because we have no idea how they will use the money.
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  254. @Buddha Lover Ravi You may be right.
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  255. Agreed. Lets forget the place ever existed.
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  256.  @ankushsharma4234  We should have, but two wrongs don't make a right.
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  257.  @MitchellSantner1  “Hindi Kissinger” - another cheap south asian knockoff.
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  258.  @rezmatic7763  And it was also not worth answering either.
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  259.  @_hunterz_  Uh huh.
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  260. If the Pakistan government is taken over by terrorists they will only have themselves to blame.
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  261. "Security is good now." Yeah because the Taliban and Haqqani Group aren't blowing shit up anymore. What a joke.
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  262. No. They have angled armor to deflect mine/IED blasts. They are not amphibious.
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  263. Give humanitarian aid money only to NGO's--not one dime to those terrorists.
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  264.  @fijianz1  Good let them invest in that worthless rock pile.
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  265.  @BlueBird-cj6xh  Tell that to all the Afghan civilians they and the Haqqani’s blew-up.
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  266.  @raven-dl3xo  I don’t doubt it. The ISI has been pulling the strings the whole time. And don’t forget the 76 beautiful virgins waiting to greet those deluded Talibs.
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  267.  @poorang900  Unfortunately true. America and allies were just tired and didn’t see the point any more. I don’t blame Massoud he was trapped in the mountains with the winter coming soon.
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  268. Oh I wish we were still providing air support. Maybe the Panjsheri's could have held out. I hate the fucking Taliban.
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  269.  @jitendratiwari6886  I wish our leaders had made the same conclusion. Trying to do conventional counter-insurgency in Afghanistan is hopeless. But not all Afghans wanted Sharia law, although they have it now whether they like it or not.
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  270.  @murugavelveerasamy6317  Thats true. I never got the impression there was much gratitude for the good things we did and the sacrifices we made, despite some of our mistakes. And walling that bit of real estate and it's seething population off from the rest of the world seems to be a solution, but unfortunately like a puss filled cavity, the toxins always somehow leak out.
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  271. Putin crossed the red line for the United States when he interfered with our election in 2016.
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  272. 'Several suicide bombings.' MORE LIKE THOUSANDS OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS. And now they say they are against terrorism. What a joke.
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  273.  @lordstinson8095  Not now. I am not talking about fighting now. It would be pointlessly suicidal to resist the Taliban by force at the moment.
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  274.  @ankushsharma4234  You are out of your mind.
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  275. Is there an echo in here?
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  276. Why does the Army need to take over, they already run everything with a puppet Prime Minister.
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  277.  @leannesmith5818  I hope it's China.
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  278. All India is going to get from the Taliban is more terrorist attacks.
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  279.  @imtiazkhan377  Gobarbakhts? Translate please.
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  280.  @vinaybhat7670  Keep your Sha-ria to yourselves.
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  281.  @Malik_are_Kings  Yeah whatever.
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  282.  @Malik_are_Kings  No.
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  283.  @Malik_are_Kings  Peace out.
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  284.  @Malik_are_Kings  That means I don’t wish to continue this conversation.
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  285. The dumbest thing he has done. Biden's poll numbers started their decent from the point he decided to honor Trump's stupid deal with the Taliban.
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  286.  @vutomi9874  Well technically it was US equipment given to the hapless Afghan Government. But I get the point.
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  287.  @vutomi9874  If we are talking aircraft, there were Afghan pilots, but the aircraft were primarily maintained by contractors. If we are talking armored vehicles and small arms, those were completely in the hands of the Afghan Army and National Police. They did capture some MRAP’s that our forces left behind at the airport.
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  288.  @borneandayak6725  You know nothing.
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  289. The Taliban knows how to terrorize, but little else.
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  290. FU.
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  291. The Taliban are a terrorist group. And now you think they will act against similar terrorist groups? Good luck.
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  292. And that effing clown Karzai is calling on Afghans who fled the country to come back. If thats you...DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!
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  293. Terrorist bites terrorist.
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  294. The one positive that would come from a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, is the free world will finally see China for the global menace it represents.
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  295. The Taliban are not a normal country and should be treated as terrorists until and unless they prove otherwise.
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  296. The countries who should pay are the supporters of the Taliban--China, Russia, Iran and most of all Pakistan.
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  297.  @ismailk9458  I am not an Indian. And you can’t use one wrong to justify another one.
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  298.  @saleemmohammad8986  The Pope is a religious figure not a government minister.
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  299. David is only armed with a peashooter in this instance.
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  300.  @markellis6101  Ah...yeah I know. Thing is David had a sling. And what historians and weapons researchers have found was that the ancient sling, handled by an expert, was super deadly. If the Ukrainians had nuclear weapons (=a sling) this situation would not be occurring right now.
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  301. You mean hyper-inflation. We already have inflation thanks to Covid.
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  302. Pakistan is a terrorist state and should be treated as one.
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  303.  @RADHAKRISHNA-bz7db  Attack with what?
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  304.  @livingdead233  Might suggest you GFYWIA.
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  305.  @dipanshugupta6997  Right. Like everyone forgot the Holocaust.
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  306.  @dipanshugupta6997  Is India slaughtering or controlling anyone? How about the Kashmiris who don't want to be part of India?
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  307. Just so long as it's not Trump.
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  308. Terrorizing the Taliban. Good. I have no problem with it.
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  309.  @MAYANKkumar-sm4gh  I beg to differ. ISIS claimed to be a government when they proclaimed the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq in 2014. And now the Taliban and Haqqani Groups are running Afghanistan. Lets see just how forthcoming they will be, both about all their past killings and the ones they will undoubtably conduct in the future.
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  310.  @cvk4488  Oh really? How about Putin and his government saying 'we will never invade Ukraine.' And then invading Ukraine.
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  311. It’s not tactical target practice so much as spiritual target practice. Which is one in the same for these hateful yahoos.
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  312.  @proudexmuslim2354  Wrong. You better look harder into your crystal ball.
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  313.  @DP_Singh.  Excuse me...but my Momma told me not to talk to trolls.
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  314.  @DP_Singh.  You aren't even American why do care?
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  315.  @abhishekrana7986  Could you be more specific?
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  316.  @mayanksingh1345  Me too.
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  317.  Kiku Prasana  Thank you. I am happy.
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  318.  @anishmaitra5934  Yes. One of the very few right things he did. But it does not make up for all the enormous number of wrong things he did.
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  319.  @anishmaitra5934  Except for his handling of Afghanistan, good old Joe has done ok by me.
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  320.  @direwolf7491  Sanctions?
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  321.  @radhakrishnamohanty3807  It’s wasn’t 80 billion, but I understand your point.
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  322.  @RealisiticEdgeMod  Very true.
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  323.  @Shehzadkhan-ut5hg  You are delusional. We left because trying to create a stable, moderate republic in Afghanistan was unbelievably difficult. If we were obstinate we could have stayed for as long as we liked, with our air power we could have smashed every serious Taliban offensive they undertook. And you have the wrong flag there Bozo.
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  324.  @anant1985  All of south asia can FRO, including India (Russia's BBF).
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  325.  @fatemad4012  I don't understand your question?
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  326. The real question is if Russia invades Ukraine will India approve?
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  327.  @josaphcj7199  WION is an India based News Channel.
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  328. Terrorists will be the only foreigners visiting Afghanistan from now on.
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  329. There is no 'Republic' in Afghanistan any more--republics require their citizens to fight to keep it--and unfortunately Afghans did not. So well to Terroristan.
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  330. China, Russia, Iran and above all Pakistan all contributed to the Taliban's takeover--they helped break Afghanistan, so they should pay for it now.
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  331. Well that rules out at least half the nations on earth.
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  332. 'LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP ON AFGHANISTAN.' That is what we were supposed to have after 9/11. How many more daggers in the back are we supposed to take from Pakistan? I SAY NO MORE!!!
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  333. The Taliban in the final reckoning are just bullies and thugs. In the United States our bullies and thugs are called MAGA. And their goals are very similar just minus the Islamic religion..
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  334. China and the Taliban deserve one another. May they both rot in hell.
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  335.  @cyrosubod2317  We are all in combat.
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  336.  @2PMisTimeless  The secular/educated classes in Pakistan won’t be happy if the Pakistani version of the Taliban takeover their country.
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  337.  @sadanand7105  There is only one permanent solution to these problems, and maybe one day my country will become so pissed off that we will reach for it.
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  338.  @Unknown-fj4gl  The Taliban hosted Al Qaeda, who attacked us. I was in Washington DC on September 11th, 2001. I saw what happened at the Pentagon. The next attack that comes from Afghanistan I hope we use nuclear weapons so no one can live in that fucked-up country for 10,000 years!
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  339.  @sadanand7105  Not my call bro.
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  340.  @sabyasachibandyopadhyay8558  Maybe we should take our cue from Metallica and next time ‘kill em’ all.’
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  341.  @JimEast123  We should have left right after we got Bin Laden at Tora Bora. But General Franks screwed that up. And Bush et al got obsessed with Iraq. And nobody thought through what staying in Afghanistan would mean.
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  342.  @sabyasachibandyopadhyay8558  We forgot a limited war is usually a losing proposition, next time I hope it’s total war.
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  343.  @sabyasachibandyopadhyay8558  Yes I agree. Well said.
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