If you want to watch a huge hour-long documentary exclusively covering how the Taliban were able to reconquer Afghanistan in only 3 months in 2021, I uploaded a whole video covering that in my Modern Conflicts series on Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-the-return-of-the-taliban This video would 100% be age-restricted and demonetized on TH-cam, so it can literally only exist on Nebula. Viewing it there is also the absolute best way to help support this channel. Thanks!
this video you made is bullshit,,,,,opium production money was send to afgan politicians and usa ,,opium fields potected by us solders,,,,,,,,,,,stoneing women to death you didnt mention men also for what crime public sex,,,,,,,,,,your only trying to spread propaganda as a hand of western media,,,,,,,,,its normal for a minion to make this type of biased videos,,,,,,,,,,people cant aford cloths ,,,yeah that was stupid ,,,,poor people exited even before taliban,,,when usa was bombing and killing millions of people in iraq libya syria afganistan vieatnam somalia no one talks about their barbaric ways of destroying human civilization.........welcome to western media............by the way western minion is actively comiting a genocide and no body cares if afgan women and children starve to death thanks to usa sanctions.....which is a crime against humanity
Gettin real tired of nebula creators just simply saying they can't upload a video because it won't work on here and then put it behind a pay wall. I've used nebula before and won't be getting a new subscription again.
We can't forget that at least 2 generations of Afghanis have known only war. Kids, their parents, and even their grandparents have never known peace. I feel like that definitely influences their foreign policy
@@khlaps nope It was before Since Afghanistan got separated from Persia ( Iran ) When Afghanistan was part of Iran Persians were the majority in the country half of the population of Afghanistan or Persian speakers but they are Haraties tajiks and hazards Aymaqs are making about half of the population There is no major ethnicity in this country pashtuns are only about 35% population tajiks with 30 % There will be no future for Afghanistan unless get separated !
Afghanistan being called graveyard of empires is western cope. For most of history, afghanistan has been the playground for Indians, persians, turks, grecos, etc etc
@@saeeddookat2330 That was before there was even an Afghan identity. It was just land mate. That's like saying the US has never been conquered but it was under native rule for thousands of years. Stop always trying to put your low standard country on a pedestal to feel proud. Loser
@@reubennelson4086 None of them except for the Mongols have been able to conquer the land for the last 2000 years. Stop with the c0pe especially mentioning India 😂🫵
olha... depois que a galera do talib4n tomou o país em 2021, nunca mais houve guerras lá (quem vai se meter com aqueles caras?) e de uns tempos para cá, eles tem adentrado na política, um exemplo, é o projeto de um canal que irrigará boa parte do país, abastecendo milhões de pessoas, gerando empregos e irrigando plantações, desenvolvendo assim, a agricultura. O "governo" afegão dialogou com o governo do Turcomenistão para a liberação do desvio do principal rio da Ásia central.
@@senmors4826 Not really. The land that now is Afghanistan has been at war most of the time it has been inhabited, like LITERALLY everywhere else. The idea that wars aren't a constant is very, very new. From the mid to late 20th century. Yours is a very western-centric and skewed view of it. Certainly, the West has made things worse, but it's not like the place has always been a paradise either.
It really annoys me when they say the US left behind that equipment as we left....the equipment was left for the Afghan Army that folded. You have to have equipment to have a chance at being a military, and thus we gave them equipment.
That just makes the ignorance of those in charge even worse lol. Totally clueless about the politics and the peoples of the region. Despite being there for how long? Idiots.
Extremists are puritans, the more you are convinced that your ideology is 100% correct the less you can stand any deviation, it’s the same reason communists would rather fight with other communists who only agree 99% with them rather than anyone else
No one in Pakistan was surprised. The ISI (Pakistan's intelligence service) knew that the Afghan Taliban would provide a stronghold for the TTP. Guess who benefits from the attacks on Pakistan by the TTP? The Pakistani Army, who uses the terror-attacks to force Pakistani civilians to have no choice but to side with their Army.
Nobody is shocked in Pakistan btw. People already knew about them. Taliban were just supported by a faction of Pakistan's deep state aka the "establishment", both military & civilian. Even they also knew that supporting Taliban is a big gamble which could be disastrous if failed. Since 2022, the Pakistani military has gone through complete revamp on their Taliban policy. For past two years, the military has **conducted** witch-hunt of many pro-Taliban officers and politicians including former prime minister Imran Khan who was the biggest supporter of the Taliban. One of the biggest reasons for his strained relations with the Army is the Taliban policy especially on TTP (Pakistani faction of Afghan Taliban). He wanted to resettle them even if they were involved in some heinous crimes like murder & terrorism while the military wanted to completely destroy them or at least push them to Afghanistan so that they couldn't attack Pakistan from inside. Pakistan's involvement in Afghanistan is not a new phenonmenon. Pakistan had always been supporting multiple groups/factions within Afghanistan since the mid-1970's, especially after the Saur revolution of 1974 in Afghanistan when communists took over the country by ousting the then King of Afghanistan whom Pakistan had good ties with plus that kingdom era was quite stable in Afghanistan. The new communist regime was extremely anti-Pakistan for many reasons. 1st they laid claims over Pakistani territory and 2nd Pakistan was in the US-led anti-communist block during the Cold war. Due to multiple Afghan incursions into Pakistan and Afghan communist's alliance with India forced Pakistan to pursue it's 'Strategic Depth' policy. Pakistan had always wanted to exert its influence in Afghanistan through supporting different factions in that country. During Soviet-Afghan war (1979-89) or Afghan Jihad era, Pakistan supported 'Afghan Mujahideen', a loose collection of multiple Afghan Islamist groups that were fighting against the communists at that time. Then during the Afghan Civil war (1992-96), Pakistan supported multiple groups back and forth like Jamiat e Islami (mostly Tajik-dominated Sunnis), Hizb e Islami (Pashtun-dominated Sunnis), Hizb e Wahdat (Shia-dominated Hazaras) and even Maoist groups. Pakistan even tried to make peace among all those 7 groups through 'Peshawar Accord'. This group was called "Peshawar 7". Iran created it's own peace accord with own groups that it was backing at that time and they were called "Tehran 8". Iran's increasing involvement in Afghanistan due to the fragile civil war scenario really triggered Pakistan as the Pakistani establishment wanted Afghanistan to be completely within Pakistan's sphere-of-influence not under India, Iran or Russia. But there was no single pro-Pakistan group powerful enough to control all of Afghanistan. They were all fighting together plus they were also fighting with Iran-backed groups as well. Taliban just happened to be the most successful among all of them. Taliban were actually pretty unknown within the military establishment of Pakistan up until the mid-90's. That's why they were supporting them during the US-occupation years against the US-backed Afghan government which Pakistan perceived as anti-Pakistan & pro-India government in Afghanistan. Even today right now, they are openly supporting the NRF (National Resistance Force), an anti-Taliban opposition in Afghanistan led by Ahmed Massoud. This shows that Pakistan will continue to back any group in Afghanistan until they achieve their "Strategic Depth" goals in Afghanistan by completely subduing that country into Pakistan's sphere-of-influence.
Yeah, but also.... It absolutely is money that's sloshing around in the economy, allowing people to pay for services and goods. So once that dries up, that's a massive hit to demand. Leading to crazy inflation... So it's still absolutely valid to include/mention, even if you feel like it misrepresents what things used to be like :)
@@eyelessclowned agree, GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country, calculated as the sum of consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports (exports minus imports).
That part about the Pakistani Taliban melted my brain... "Pakistan's Intelligence granted aid to the Afghan Taliban, giving them sanctuary in Pakistan to support attacks in Afghanistan, hoping the Afghan Taliban, after assuming power in Afghanistan, would clamp down on the Pakistani Taliban, to end the Taliban movement's in Pakistan, and then cooperate with Pakistan against their archnemesis India. " 🤯
This youtuber is dumb. They did that because most of these Taliban leaders were Pakistani nationals. Mostly pashtuns. During the cold war CIA paid ISI billions to train and arm them. Along with Saudia and china. They were even hailed as heros. But after 9/11 they USA invaded Afghanistan to kill those same people who were hailed as heros by Thier own former presidents. Al Qaeda attacked them. Taliban did nothing to them but they still killed them anyway because they wanted a piece of land near china iran and Russia.
Taliban is a word that means "students". If it helps you understand: think of Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban as two rival groups/gangs that use similar org names but have different teams and goals.
I hate to tell you but the entire world was shocked the afghan republic lasted 3 hours after US troops began their withdrawal. Nobody with eyes on the nation thought it would last.
The US grunts knew, but the generals and officers didn’t want to admit it. There’s many accounts of troops telling their officers it’s bad but it was rejected
But that's exactly what they are doing. Groups like ises and other global terror groups are eliminated. The women education and economic progress are the only negatives with Tlban.
@bickyboo7789 what do you mean by progressive? The progressive women of Afghanistan are 10x more conservative than the southern Bible belt Christian women, they are believing Muslims. But, the Taliban stand on women rights to work and education is non Islamic. So all women and men who are not Taliban, want women free to education and work, even many Taliban high ranking officials don't agree with women work and education ban.
When the Iron Curtain fell Afghanistan had 10M citizens. When US invaded they had 20M. When US left they had 40M. Afghanistan adds almost 1.5M people to it's population every year. In a country with around 31% literacy rate in a mountainous, arid climate.They are heading for the greatest humanitarian disaster in history.
they are tribal and basically a backwards culture that isn't' really compatible with industrialized society. The population boom just means 2 things. 1. They're gonna try and flood the west 2. they're gonna just do mundane things like goat herding and subsistence farming.
The Kansas Army National Guard used to send agricultural advisors to Afghanistan to try and convince the farmers to switch over to saffron, which would have been better in the long term. But it never stuck.
@@cerber8420Because it's an extremely valuable spice that can be traded legally all over the world. Why would you call something ridiculous without first educating yourself about it though?
Is anyone really surprised? We had a huge chunk of the population here in America refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccination because a handful of talking heads convinced them it was all a massive conspiracy. And, unlike most of the Afghan population, these people were educated.
Opium can also be used for pharmaceuticals. It was an option for income. (But opium can also be grown elsewhere, and is to a degree, in part due a desire for a stable and respected source.)
Let me tell you how it works Reconditional vehicles produced in china are 1. Modified and exported to other countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh 2. Very bad quality and very old ones being exported to poor countries like western africa and Afghanistan Those vehicles are later modified to be armored as per demand by the Afghans
Its mindblowing that 48 minutes youtube video have taught me more than 20+ years of all traditional media broadcasting 24/7. Incredible job, thank you.
My brother in law guarded those poppy fields during his last tour. The us government allowed them to continue operating and we protected it. It's the reason he didn't re-enlist
to be fair, western tourists are treated pretty well in Afghanistan right now, it boosts their economy, doesn’t mean its 100% safe though outside of major cities lol
It was began in the 1960s, when Afghansitan was about the most liberal muslim country of the world, where hippies could hang out and need not worry about anything. Then the US started to meddle in Afghani affairs, like taking over the interior politics - remember Dr. Timothy Leary getting arrested at the Kabul airport? This was the US - the USSR saw this and they thought, we must do something about it... .
@@joshb1137nah. George Lucas wrote it, he didn't say it. Stop trying to act smarter than you are Edit: and to add to this, Dooku never said this. So neither of them ever said this
You think that's bad? When the Soviet's were in Afghanistan the Americans and CIA trained and armed Mujahedeen fighters against the Soviets. After the Soviets fled there was a civil war in Afghanistan and the Taliban emerged...and there just so happened to be a lot of ex-Mujahedeen fighters in the Taliban. And a few years later the US ends up fighting the Taliban. So the US ended up fighting some of the same people they fucking armed and trained.
The US military authorities really dropped the ball on that one. All the munitions and equipment should have been destroyed or rendered useless prior to the withdrawal. Thanks to American incompetence the Taliban are now the best equipped terrorists in history.
@@MoralHazard-g1e Afghanistan Taliban is puppet government of Pakistan intelligence agency isi and Pakistan army is puppet of America so you are right
Wait--you're saying the British messed things up in a foreign country because they understood absolutely nothing about the peoples and cultures there? And the USSR inflicted gigantic environmental damage because they understood absolutely nothing about the importance of the environment? I'm stunned, I tell you, stunned! 🧐
British colony undermined a lotta countries with the potential to total wars by cultural and ethnic groups. China-India, India-Pakistan, Iran-Pakistan, Burma, Iraq, Iran-Iraq and so forth. The colony just straightly cut one ethnic groups into separate countries.
@@Kassandra-p6g if it was left to the British, Pakistan and India would be one country. The division between India and Pakistan is something Indians fought for
@tendies9248 definately the multi millennium old religion that defined the regions culture and not colonial powers carving them up. Had never happened before in Africa, centra Asia, eastern Asia, or se Asia... never.
And the military industrial complex was created by finding enemies and conflict thus making profit indirectly for many politicians. The population in many nations love to divide themselves via religion & culture and gun makers thanks the universe for that!
Given how long Afghanistan has been at war, the numbers of Afghans who have died, been maimed or have fled the country, I’m surprised the country STILL hasn’t run out of able bodied men of military age.
Well when your women only exist to make sons and then said sons are all raised to be fighting men willing to die for the cause, a village with hundred women needs 12 years and they’ve got a company that’s a 100 strong.
In spite of any misgivings I personally have about the entire midle east (and that side of the world overall), I do respect their people's resilience to harsh weather and living conditions.
Not so much. The terrorists attack US countries opponents, Russia and Iran, one day venezuela or syria. So this chanel is not a russian or chineses propaganda and lies.
@@victoremman4639just saying. It's 2024, everyone is censored and for some, even worse. It's highly likely at this point that we'll have some even more terrible regular occurrences than we regularly have now. Not looking forward to seeing things over the next decade.
Case in point, every country seems to have their own somewhat unique reserves. USA, Russia, SA? Oil. China? Grain. Canada? Maple syrup. Of course, you can have multiple reserves of items (the USA also have massive reserves of grain and cheese).
Because people shouldn't fear weapons of this world the real enemies is the government your next life will be in paradise if your a believer in yeshua repent and be baptized Shalom
As an Afghan, I should say wow at the level your research 👏 Hope you can include Hazaras in your next video, as we make about 10% of the population and have historically been subjugated by extremist groups like ISIS and Taliban. The world could alternatively support us to hold them in shock? 🤷🏻♂️. Even though we are not interested in further conflict and destruction of our country, we are undoubtedly motivated to fight ISIS. They have been targeting our community for a decade now by target killings and suicide attacks! We have a potential here like Gurkhas. We live 2000-3500 m asl. Also, the respective ethnic group, Pashtuns don’t make up 52% of the population, even though they are the largest ethnic group here. Waiting for your next video! 👍🏼
Your small hazara tribe not even 10 % may be 5 % there are other tribes either, Pashtun tribe is the strongest tribe in the world and yet they are more then 52% now respectfully learn Pashtun language, only Qandahar known 3600 years ago and when it start it’s almost more then 5000 - 6000 thousands years ago, ISIS K Mean ISIS khurasani which don’t belong to Pashtun tribe it belong to your tribe and tajik tribe which they are growing in Tajikistan and whatever happened in the Russia, now let me tell you this about the fact in the past about hazara which what they did with women’s and pregnant women’s and innocent people of head while pouring hot oil do you like your history what you have done in the past it’s karma which return, also 48 foreign countries and all tribe of Afghanistan didn’t even defeat Taliban or Pashtun tribe.
Bro, Finally i found afghan, can i ask some questions, please? About government and Taliban, in order to know the actual truth, My first question is Do you support Taliban? Do afghans support Taliban? Do you guys like them or hate? Did they give progress to Afghanistan?
@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725 depend on the mindset of the person, for progress there’s thousand pages in English Pashto Dari just write on your translator, street construction or Kabul construction, artificial river anything just write it will come.
@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725Of course we don’t support Taliban. Taliban are a terrorist organization who have been killing innocent people, including children and women, for three decades. Currently, Taliban banned women from getting education, working, even going to parks, so no sane person will support such a barbaric group
With modern technology, but yes we are going back to the age of Technofeudalistic Capitalism in 1st World Countries, Islamic Jihadist Caliphate, and World Alliences in a Cold War between two economic giants
Afghan scientists of the Islamic golden age: 1. Al-Biruni (973-1048): Born in Khwarazm (present-day Uzbekistan, but historically part of Greater Khorasan, which included parts of modern Afghanistan), Al-Biruni was a polymath who made substantial contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and geography. He is known for his works on the accurate determination of the earth's radius and his extensive studies on India¹⁴. 2. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037): Although born in Bukhara (also part of Greater Khorasan), Avicenna spent a significant part of his life in the region. He is one of the most famous physicians, philosophers, and scientists of the Islamic Golden Age. His works, especially "The Canon of Medicine," were used as standard medical texts in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries¹². 3. Abu Rayhan al-Balkhi (850-934): Also known as Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Balkhi, he was a pioneer in mental health, medical psychology, and cognitive therapy. His works laid the foundation for understanding the relationship between mental and physical health¹.
Everyone please checkout the work of renowned economist Michael Hudson. You can find videos of his interviews and speeches all over TH-cam. He will explain how the financial system employed in the world today REALLY works.
it was naive and arrogant for westerners to think that afghans would welcome them as liberators and become a democracy. but it was extremely dumb for afghans to not take that option.
I'm not so sure, if China has its way and convinces India to let Pakistan join BRICS, it will be the worst nightmare for Afghanistan, one thing it is fighting the british, the soviets and the US one at a time but fighting with half of Eurasia, at the same time, it is madness.
@@miasuarez856 And how exactly is China going to convince India of that? India is contending with both China and Pakistan. China is purposely building up their border with India while also strengthening ties to Pakistan. India is distinctly not incentivized to play ball. So India wouldn't do much about Afghanistan either. They aren't directly impacted, but Pakistan is in a major way. Because of their own Muslim population, China must also be concerned about Afghanistan while ISIS-K is a direct threat to the planned Chinese railway going through the area. Afghanistan is a useful distraction for China against both.
China? China doesn’t know how to fight wars - particularly overseas. They have no experience of this whatsoever - practically in their entire history. China is historically a very inward looking country, backwards as well
It didn’t play out as planned, but that is what happened. ISIS are among a long list of insurgents. By definition they are not really a threat to America. They only attacked the US because we were supporting the new Afghan government. The same is happening in the Middle East and Africa as the US leaves.
Hmm I wonder why that is... could it have been the US and allies has destabilized most of the middle east? No, it couldn't be that, it's just cavemen being cavemen. L take indeed
You forgot the biggest one, the factionalism in Taliban. They’re tribal and currently there are two major factions, the Qandaharis and the Haqqanis (north). They both want more control over the group and country.
@@Afghan_Waziristani Pashtuns have always been the ones who brought afghanistan down since they've been the rulers for 3 centuries. All the wars begin with them and their tribalism.
Remember 80000 light infantry caused the population to surrender or run. Ukrainians saw the second strongest army in the world stream over their borders and decided to kill them. Just a little thing to mention if people ask why the west is supporting Ukraine and pretending Afghanistan doesn't exits
I believe when they had a king (early 1900s) and even when they had a military junta it was a pretty almost modern, progressive place The key was that they left the rural areas alone The early communists were too extreme, enacted great leap forward type stuff, and inspired religious fanatics to rise up (and somewhat irrelgious warlords) which never went away. The initial communist government was so extreme provoking such a backlash, the Soviets actually invaded to install a moderate in power
I haven't even watched a minute of the video, but just seeing the title makes me think like: "you know, Afghanistan has ALWAYS been at war with everyone"
@@BizarreDiesel I was speak in general most "content creators" on TH-cam are using AI voice, chatgpt and likely the scripts are taken from others works, and often the person behind making the video doesn't correct, so a lot of times when you listen to those videos you can see a pattern it repeat or are inaccurate or gives some wrong facts. I haven't watched the other videos of this channel tho. Lol
There definitely is a different. But the Afghan Taliban wintered in Pakistan. The USA could never squeeze the Taliban as long as everything was coming from Pakistan.
The US actually restored the drug production. The Taliban were the ones who destroyed it, by 95%. The remaining 5% was held by the Warlords that the US would put back into power as the "Afghan Republic". Which is why it's economy "grew". And then it fell when the Taliban took over, because they had put an end to all the drug production and ordered the farmers to produce food instead of narcotics.
One more piece of information that I feel is quite important: China and Pakistan are close allies. China values Pakistan as an ally more than it values Afghanistan. So the Taliban's goal of bringing down Pakistan seems set to draw China into the conflict if they ever start making significant progress. And if they dont start making significant progress anytime soon, they're likely to face an insurgency from a new, more extreme Pashtun nationalist faction that thinks they're too moderate on foreign policy. Oh, and one more thing: If by the time the water conflict with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan flares up, the war in Ukraine is over and Russia isnt shattered, it's likely that Russia will get involved in order to secure its grip on Central Asia, which is the only region in the world where it still has major influence, and which supplies its economy with cheap raw materials and cheap migrant labor. And on top of that, a successful war against Afghanistan would be seen as a chance at revenge for the humiliation of the Soviet-Afghan War, and a chance to improve national morale and increase aupport for the leadership after the defeat and humiliation in Ukraine. Oh, and there's another thing: The fascist leadership in Turkey is very big on transnational brotherhood between Turks, and turkic Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among these close brotherly nations, whereas the iranian Pashtuns are very much not. So it's not out of the question for Turkey to try throwing its weight around as a major regional power player by militarily supporting Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the water conflict.
If Afghanistan fought of the western powers, it's solely duo Pakistan itself. Lindus (India) hates this, so it's trying to defame everything with it propaganda in order bring down Pakistan too with their lies.
We pashtuns won't go any further than combining Afghanistan and pakistan into one nation. So far the argument pakistani pashtuns had for not being part of Afghanistan was that Afghans are too un-Islamic. They don't have that argument anymore lol, though the Pakistani army is very strong and we can't do much until they exist. But support for an Islamic regime is growing in pakistan, in the next 100 years, an Islamic emirate is inevitable and will happen, and pashtuns will do it, absolute pashtun theocracy from amu River to Punjab and sindh. So I don't understand why you'd think we will start another separatist movement when we own the country. Nationalistic immature people still call for a greater Afghanistan, which includes parts of Pakistan but not all of it, This is very unlikely to happen.
You need to understand the value of pashtunwali and how important one's tribe is. Pashtuns in Afghanistan, while mostly against the extreme rule of taliban will still support it over any of the resistance movements, simply because at the end of the day taliban are pashtun and fight for pashtun interests with Islam on top. Same will happen in pakistan if taliban somehow get a hold of it.
@@maseehwardak6055 A big islamic theocracy encompassing the whole region is not something that can realistically happen. What people with this dream fail to realize is that different people have different visions of what exactly the laws will be and who will have the power to enforce those laws. The more extremist a political movement becomes, the more fragmented it gets into tiny groups with relatively small differences but who believe all the other groups are traitors to the cause who must be eliminated. As an extremist far-leftist, I have a pretty good understanding of that problem. A bunch of islamist movements might temporarily band together at some point, and they might claim to be united by the teachings of the Quran, but there are no actual gods in the real world who can show up to lay down the law, so the leadership of every group will always have its own interpretation of what god's word is. You can see this already with every other attempt to make an islamic theocracy. Particularly relevant is the case of the immediate aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in all the groups that had banded together to defend islamic traditions from secular socialism, immediately turning on each other as each tried to enforce its own vision of society.
@@SovietReunionYT I must say you have an interesting point of view. But the civil war that came after the soviet withdrawal was not because of religion, it was because of greed. Each of the warlords were extremely corrupt people that wanted to steal everything. This is also the root cause of why the American government failed, it was built on those corrupt warlords. Nobody really believed in the government because of that to the point where majority of the people including a lot of my friends and family refused to participate in elections. We did participate and we voted for Ashraf Ghani because he wasn't one of those warlords. I've lived in Kabul, my father lived during the civil war and was almost killed in it when he got hit by one of the rockets fired by gulbadin hekmatyar (one of the warlords). So we hate each and every single one of those "freedom fighters" that fought the communists for the sake of Islam but then destroyed Afghanistan. they got dr. Najib out of power for their own greed. And the Taliban was formed shortly after that. The Taliban have brought stability to Afghanistan, which most people have been eager for since the 70s. Pashtuns are united unlike other ethnicities which means Pashtuns will not let the Taliban regime crumble, they would rather try to make it less extreme over time unless someone else invades Afghanistan again which is very very unlikely. The Taliban are currently mostly made of Pashtun villagers and shepherds who got tired of the civil wars and decided to take matters into their own hands without any knowledge of the modern world, this is why they are trying to implement their village laws onto the country, but i believe the future generations will be much better and more knowledgeable. I will again guarantee you that the regime will stay for at least 30 more years. Even I as a one of the more secular Pashtuns would rather stand with the Taliban than any of the other factions. Unless there is a real chance of a working democracy that doesn't involve NRF then I'm all in for it, but it wont work. Oh and one more thing is that if the Taliban remove the ridiculous restrictions on women, 90% of the Afghan population will absolutely support it. At the end of the day Afghans are not like Iranians, we do value our religion and traditions highly and we are extremely conservative, so a proper theocracy will be easily implementable in the country, west Pakistan is the same but it might be difficult to implement it on east of Indus river.
This reminds me of how the Persian Empire tried to crush ancient Greece, failing because they where so far away, and then for the Greeks to just flip the table and conquer the ancient superpower
they never were successful in the first place. just a puppet put in place by force, and could only be there when their opponents have a gun barrel pointed at them
Afghan government 😂 bro usa was still there for 15 days after taliban took over they could move so many things but not 6 billion worth of weaponry well since I can explain it let's say that it was a plan usa didn't left the weaponry they gave it up
@@Cruelrevolterthat sounds more like you’re just shitting on the U.S. more than acknowledging what a failed government post-9/11 Afghanistan had. Their military crippled almost immediately
Someone needs to meticulously go back and make a scorecard of all of this guy's predictions, or "im not saying this will happen, but it totally may happen" videos and see how much stock we should truly put in to his word.
It's the result of hyperbolic language used to get views. "Everyone will go to war with Afghanistan. (Disclaimer: Maybe. Probably not)" is a lot more interesting than "Hey so like Afghanistan kinda sucks and its neighbors don't like it."
The INCOMPETENT WAY we withdraw from Afghanistan (not that we withdrew) is 100% DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR: 1) Russia's invasion of Ukraine 2) China's near constant bullying of The Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, etc.... 3) Iran's restarting of its Nuclear Weapon program a) Iran unleashing the Houthis on shipping lanes b) Iran unleashing both Hamas and Hezbollah to start a war with Israel c) Turkey stabbing NATO in the back and siding with Russia 4) The rise of BRICs and the imminent collapse of the petrodollar as the world's reserve currency 5) the start of WW3
Hi! Your videos are best watched when they're fresh and include current news. Would you mind adding a date to your titles? With TH-cam no longer displaying dates in search results, finding up-to-date content requires clicking through several videos. This
Boy, I thought just for a second when Taliban banned opium that they found redemption, but you saying it was just the first step in switching to meth production.
Honestly I’d rather the world have a higher supply of heroin than fentanyl. The farmers deserve the ability to make money irregardless of what the Taliban perceives as more lucrative to *them and only them*. Don’t forget where all that fetty comes from 🇨🇳🇲🇽
The opium production in Afghanistan skyrocketed during the US occupation after record low production in the late 1990s. Our soldiers protected many poppy fields and routes. Embarrassing.
It's kinda hard to win a "hearts & minds" effort if you're going around burning everybody's main source of income. The occupation was a fragile balance between tearing out the nation's old systems and building up the new ones, whilst still actively fighting a dangerous enemy, all while trying to avoid provoking the deeply traditionalist local population.
"Heroin is not compatible with Islam, and niggas know that but grow that poppy seed anyway cause that food drop parachute does not come every day." -Immortal Technique, The Third World
Its weird to think that Afghanistan used to be one of the more stable countries in that region when it was a monarchy, I've said it once and I'll say it again, the biggest mistake the US made aside from getting involved in Afghanistan in general, was not reestablishing the monarchy a idea which was floated but failed due to pressure from both the US and Northern Alliance sides, the last Afghan monarch Zahir was still alive in 2001 eventually dying in 07 and his son literally just died this month, both of whom lived in the US prior to the invasion and instead opting for a republic in a already highly unstable country. The monarchy could have provided a stable figurehead for the Afghans to rally around and a consistent head of state for the US to interact with, it would have likewise provided less tribal infighting that the elections brought about, in which each ethnic group wanted one of their own in office and could have eliminated the need for elections in general until the nation was more stable. Not to mention the monarchy could appoint competent cabinet personnel or remove them on whim should they prove ineffective and replace them with somebody better without the need to wait for a election to do so, additionally with the monarch being of Pashtun descent it would have given the Taliban far less ethnic ammunition to use to build their numbers, something which they did to great effect against the republic due to many officials in that government being former Northern Alliance members, many of which came from Tajik and Uzbek descent.
It wasnt a mistake to initially invade it. But once Al Qaeda had been routed, it was a mistake to maintain occupation. Karzai was just ridiculously corrupt. Pakistan/ISI were flooding the zone with insurgents who had safe haven in Pak tribal areas (and the US did nothing to counteract it and even paid Pakistan for the border access!!) Meanwhile, Afghans narced on fellow Afghans to settle old scores or secure their fiefdoms, not rout Taliban. It was more doomed than Vietnam. Oh, but, Im _sure_ America wont make that mistake again! (They'll make a different one.)
Sometimes, democracy is not the best answer, and I say that as fiercely democratic person. Afghanistan is just not suited. They need a monarchy, who says a king can’t serve his people?
@@PongLenis-zw8kv Indeed we are of the same position, myself being the furthest thing from a monarchist and yet advocating for it in this use case due to it being the most logical route for long term stability. Plus like you said "who says a king can’t serve his people?" of which I would like to add, who says further down the line a king can't divest some of his authority to his people either and form a constitutional monarchy?
The British, and many others throughout history, managed to colonize vast territories. And occupy them for long times with minimal cost. They did a lot of things like what you suggest. Instead of studying and learning and from history, the Americans blatantly ignored it and thought they knew better.
@@ProtomanButCallMeBluesThese players play with Republic's Colors and use republic's flag as their flag. This can be a hope for the people. As a bacon. Although it's not much, it's something that those underprivileged people can celebrate and something they can unite under.
1. It's Afghans. Afghanis is plural of their currency. 2. Afghanistan"s current Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi spoke with AFG cricket team's captain Rashid Khan and congratulated the team on making it to the semi-finals after beating Australia and Bangladesh and Khan thanked the Foreign Minister for the govt's (i.e. IEA) consistent support. The conversation is available on YT for everyone to watch.@@yurie2388
"Nebula - We Our Us" ... Thanks for taking a stand in the first sentence of Nebula's description ... it saves me quite a bit of time ... and 300 bucks.
I read in an old book that Ephedra plants are naturally occuring in the south western US, native Americans knew of it and in the 1800s some Mormons would use it in tea instead of coffee. Its native to most of the northern hemispheres arid regions, it evolved 125 million years ago and got around.
It's so sad. My heart goes out to all the innocent peace-loving people who want nothing more than to live their lives with their families. I pray for peace.
Lol it was conquered by Persians, Greek, Indians, Arabs, Britishers, Mongols, Soviets, Kushans, Americans. It was literally under rule of others for his 90 percent of history
I worked in Afghanistan in 2009 to 2010 and speaking to a US lt Col one day I said to him that the one thing the Taliban had was Time... He called me up in 2021 and said to me How true my words were
In 2010 I remember watching a video on the importance of fresh water and the problems it might cause in the future; I believe it was called "Blue Gold". If this video is interesting to you, I think you'd find that still quite relevant and terrifying. Also, the video on this subject by History of Everything Podcast is incredibly similar in content and language, almost word for word in many parts as well as flow of the subjects covered. Very well could just be the fact it's the same subject, or that he watched this as a reference, but he didn't site it if so. Not accusing anyone of anything, and it probably isn't an issue, but they're too similar not to mention it. Thank you for all of the wonderful, insightful, interesting content!
Imagine the Taliban having to combat insurgencies. Imagine a group that thinks the Taliban is unfit to rule because it's too moderate. What a crazy world.
Did you miss the part where the Biden administration pulled out in a far too quick, uncoordinated manner, leaving behind $7 billion worth of weaponry for a terrorist organization to attack us and others with? Did you miss the part where the Biden administration didn't establish a plan to secure this weaponry before withdrawal, or didn't establish a plan to at least destroy it in place, so as to limit its usability in warfare against us and others?? Typical lefty, non-critical thinking, braindead comment
@ButConsiderThis yeah but wasn't there a reason? like bringing it all back would have costed more than the equipments? it's not like Biden makes those decisions, probably the Army or the Air Force does that
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If you want to watch a huge hour-long documentary exclusively covering how the Taliban were able to reconquer Afghanistan in only 3 months in 2021, I uploaded a whole video covering that in my Modern Conflicts series on Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-the-return-of-the-taliban
This video would 100% be age-restricted and demonetized on TH-cam, so it can literally only exist on Nebula. Viewing it there is also the absolute best way to help support this channel. Thanks!
Reallife lore talk about how skibin toilet change our world,And the war crime it has committed
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this video you made is bullshit,,,,,opium production money was send to afgan politicians and usa ,,opium fields potected by us solders,,,,,,,,,,,stoneing women to death you didnt mention men also for what crime public sex,,,,,,,,,,your only trying to spread propaganda as a hand of western media,,,,,,,,,its normal for a minion to make this type of biased videos,,,,,,,,,,people cant aford cloths ,,,yeah that was stupid ,,,,poor people exited even before taliban,,,when usa was bombing and killing millions of people in iraq libya syria afganistan vieatnam somalia no one talks about their barbaric ways of destroying human civilization.........welcome to western media............by the way western minion is actively comiting a genocide and no body cares if afgan women and children starve to death thanks to usa sanctions.....which is a crime against humanity
The sheer number of arrows in the thumbnail means war is more than guaranteed
Gettin real tired of nebula creators just simply saying they can't upload a video because it won't work on here and then put it behind a pay wall. I've used nebula before and won't be getting a new subscription again.
We can't forget that at least 2 generations of Afghanis have known only war. Kids, their parents, and even their grandparents have never known peace. I feel like that definitely influences their foreign policy
All started by mighty Russia 🇷🇺
Tribalism Inc. 🔥
They chose Taliban, so it is their own fault.
@@khlaps nope
It was before
Since Afghanistan got separated from Persia ( Iran )
When Afghanistan was part of Iran Persians were the majority in the country half of the population of Afghanistan or Persian speakers but they are Haraties tajiks and hazards Aymaqs are making about half of the population
There is no major ethnicity in this country pashtuns are only about 35% population tajiks with 30 %
There will be no future for Afghanistan unless get separated !
@@jeckjeck3119 what choice did they have even the u.s couldnt beat them lol
This video further reinforces that the ONLY winner in the region is Toyota.
@Booz2020goofy-ahhss Japan emoji
😂😂😂
And arms dealers
Kalashnikov enters the conversation.
Nissan
99% percent of empires **QUIT** right before they finally conquer afghanistan for real this time bro
For 1700 years were part of Iranian empires ( Persians parthians Seljuk Turks Safavids afshar dynasty) and so on !
Afghanistan being called graveyard of empires is western cope. For most of history, afghanistan has been the playground for Indians, persians, turks, grecos, etc etc
@@saeeddookat2330 That was before there was even an Afghan identity. It was just land mate.
That's like saying the US has never been conquered but it was under native rule for thousands of years.
Stop always trying to put your low standard country on a pedestal to feel proud.
Loser
@@reubennelson4086 None of them except for the Mongols have been able to conquer the land for the last 2000 years.
Stop with the c0pe especially mentioning India 😂🫵
@@reubennelson4086Really the problem is it is the "nation-building" not-quite-annexation system that doesn't work.
I feel better informed than ever but will have to watch again because of the sheer amount of information. Thank you for this.
Perfectly understandable. I go to war with my neighbors all the time when they get their leaves on my lawn
thumbnail is crazy😂
You mean your mom and dad's house.
Lmao all those likes too yall be the one’s neighbors hate the most buncha cry babies.
I doubt your neighbors are shipping heroin through your property.
It is called a Jihad and it's elegantly cultural.
I love that we fought an insurgency for 20 years and now the Taliban is going to fight an insurgency for the next 20 years
How you estimated 20 for them?
@@komododragon410 just a guess
Ruling Afghanistan is just one giant game of King of the Hill
@@copperpennies45 based on what?
Yeah that is great.
When is Afghanistan not at war?
😭 so real
olha... depois que a galera do talib4n tomou o país em 2021, nunca mais houve guerras lá (quem vai se meter com aqueles caras?) e de uns tempos para cá, eles tem adentrado na política, um exemplo, é o projeto de um canal que irrigará boa parte do país, abastecendo milhões de pessoas, gerando empregos e irrigando plantações, desenvolvendo assim, a agricultura. O "governo" afegão dialogou com o governo do Turcomenistão para a liberação do desvio do principal rio da Ásia central.
When West didnt interfere.
@@senmors4826 Not really. The land that now is Afghanistan has been at war most of the time it has been inhabited, like LITERALLY everywhere else. The idea that wars aren't a constant is very, very new. From the mid to late 20th century. Yours is a very western-centric and skewed view of it. Certainly, the West has made things worse, but it's not like the place has always been a paradise either.
You mean like now?😂 Our for the last few years since Trump removed all forces@@senmors4826
It really annoys me when they say the US left behind that equipment as we left....the equipment was left for the Afghan Army that folded. You have to have equipment to have a chance at being a military, and thus we gave them equipment.
I never thought about that. Good point
JB had the same thought process during Vietnam. Fortunately, no one listened.
That just makes the ignorance of those in charge even worse lol. Totally clueless about the politics and the peoples of the region. Despite being there for how long? Idiots.
ما افغانها تجهیزات شمارو نمیخواهیم خداروشکر که رفتید
@@fdsfyyyyand now you afghans have woman that don’t want to stay and people that will try to leave the second they get enough money and freedom
Pakistan: we'll support the Taliban so that they'll deal with the Taliban.
*Taliban grows stronger*
Pakistan: *surprised Pikachu*
Extremists are puritans, the more you are convinced that your ideology is 100% correct the less you can stand any deviation, it’s the same reason communists would rather fight with other communists who only agree 99% with them rather than anyone else
It's just power play
Bro you know nothing, go research.
No one in Pakistan was surprised. The ISI (Pakistan's intelligence service) knew that the Afghan Taliban would provide a stronghold for the TTP. Guess who benefits from the attacks on Pakistan by the TTP? The Pakistani Army, who uses the terror-attacks to force Pakistani civilians to have no choice but to side with their Army.
Nobody is shocked in Pakistan btw. People already knew about them. Taliban were just supported by a faction of Pakistan's deep state aka the "establishment", both military & civilian. Even they also knew that supporting Taliban is a big gamble which could be disastrous if failed. Since 2022, the Pakistani military has gone through complete revamp on their Taliban policy. For past two years, the military has **conducted** witch-hunt of many pro-Taliban officers and politicians including former prime minister Imran Khan who was the biggest supporter of the Taliban. One of the biggest reasons for his strained relations with the Army is the Taliban policy especially on TTP (Pakistani faction of Afghan Taliban). He wanted to resettle them even if they were involved in some heinous crimes like murder & terrorism while the military wanted to completely destroy them or at least push them to Afghanistan so that they couldn't attack Pakistan from inside.
Pakistan's involvement in Afghanistan is not a new phenonmenon. Pakistan had always been supporting multiple groups/factions within Afghanistan since the mid-1970's, especially after the Saur revolution of 1974 in Afghanistan when communists took over the country by ousting the then King of Afghanistan whom Pakistan had good ties with plus that kingdom era was quite stable in Afghanistan.
The new communist regime was extremely anti-Pakistan for many reasons. 1st they laid claims over Pakistani territory and 2nd Pakistan was in the US-led anti-communist block during the Cold war. Due to multiple Afghan incursions into Pakistan and Afghan communist's alliance with India forced Pakistan to pursue it's 'Strategic Depth' policy. Pakistan had always wanted to exert its influence in Afghanistan through supporting different factions in that country. During Soviet-Afghan war (1979-89) or Afghan Jihad era, Pakistan supported 'Afghan Mujahideen', a loose collection of multiple Afghan Islamist groups that were fighting against the communists at that time. Then during the Afghan Civil war (1992-96), Pakistan supported multiple groups back and forth like Jamiat e Islami (mostly Tajik-dominated Sunnis), Hizb e Islami (Pashtun-dominated Sunnis), Hizb e Wahdat (Shia-dominated Hazaras) and even Maoist groups. Pakistan even tried to make peace among all those 7 groups through 'Peshawar Accord'. This group was called "Peshawar 7". Iran created it's own peace accord with own groups that it was backing at that time and they were called "Tehran 8".
Iran's increasing involvement in Afghanistan due to the fragile civil war scenario really triggered Pakistan as the Pakistani establishment wanted Afghanistan to be completely within Pakistan's sphere-of-influence not under India, Iran or Russia. But there was no single pro-Pakistan group powerful enough to control all of Afghanistan. They were all fighting together plus they were also fighting with Iran-backed groups as well. Taliban just happened to be the most successful among all of them. Taliban were actually pretty unknown within the military establishment of Pakistan up until the mid-90's.
That's why they were supporting them during the US-occupation years against the US-backed Afghan government which Pakistan perceived as anti-Pakistan & pro-India government in Afghanistan. Even today right now, they are openly supporting the NRF (National Resistance Force), an anti-Taliban opposition in Afghanistan led by Ahmed Massoud. This shows that Pakistan will continue to back any group in Afghanistan until they achieve their "Strategic Depth" goals in Afghanistan by completely subduing that country into Pakistan's sphere-of-influence.
Foreign aid should not really be considered part of GDP. By its very definition it isn’t the result of domestic production.
gdp isn't composed solely of production.
Yeah, but also....
It absolutely is money that's sloshing around in the economy, allowing people to pay for services and goods.
So once that dries up, that's a massive hit to demand.
Leading to crazy inflation...
So it's still absolutely valid to include/mention, even if you feel like it misrepresents what things used to be like :)
@@eyelessclowned agree, GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country, calculated as the sum of consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports (exports minus imports).
GDP also includes consumption.
@@MrNicoJac Lower GDP generally leads to Deflation and Higher GDP to Inflation. If people don't have money, the price of goods/services go down.
That part about the Pakistani Taliban melted my brain... "Pakistan's Intelligence granted aid to the Afghan Taliban, giving them sanctuary in Pakistan to support attacks in Afghanistan, hoping the Afghan Taliban, after assuming power in Afghanistan, would clamp down on the Pakistani Taliban, to end the Taliban movement's in Pakistan, and then cooperate with Pakistan against their archnemesis India. " 🤯
True. That’s why China is also very interested in Afghan region. It will be a big trouble for Nepal and India
This youtuber is dumb. They did that because most of these Taliban leaders were Pakistani nationals. Mostly pashtuns. During the cold war CIA paid ISI billions to train and arm them. Along with Saudia and china. They were even hailed as heros. But after 9/11 they USA invaded Afghanistan to kill those same people who were hailed as heros by Thier own former presidents. Al Qaeda attacked them. Taliban did nothing to them but they still killed them anyway because they wanted a piece of land near china iran and Russia.
yup lol Pakistan helped create the Taiban, now after a bunch of bombings, they've become sworn enemies.
Pakistan: I used stones to destroy the stones(it failed)
Taliban is a word that means "students". If it helps you understand: think of Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban as two rival groups/gangs that use similar org names but have different teams and goals.
There is always someone even more crazy... imagine the Taliban being the moderates...
Yes, the Taliban are moderate, the extremists are the Vatican, and the decadents are the Americans
The Taliban are moderate centrists
I hate to tell you but the entire world was shocked the afghan republic lasted 3 hours after US troops began their withdrawal. Nobody with eyes on the nation thought it would last.
The US grunts knew, but the generals and officers didn’t want to admit it. There’s many accounts of troops telling their officers it’s bad but it was rejected
It was a NATO operation not just Americans there
Another show that NETO cant do diddle squat
@@garythecyclingnerd6219 I’ll blame Congress on that one. The military did a fine job of getting in, politics made it impossible to get out
@@timkincade9763 true, but most of nato was smart enough to gtfo as soon as they could
“Nobody can conquer Afghanistan”
“But what if we all tried at once”😂
Nobody falls if everyone falls, checkmate Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is hardly 150yr old. Literally everyone conquered Afghanistan
Mongols took it
Only Problem with that is whos is gunna have claim on the land and its precious oils? Oblivious not everyone at once😂😂
It actually would probably be more easily governed if split into pieces by demographics
Middle East: *about to plunge to conflict*
Toyota: STONKS!!! 📈📈📈
Not Middle East but nice
🤣🤣🤣
33:33 and Calvin Klein
@@hamzaakbari8906afghanistan is part of middle east
Now it's europe
This is by far the best documentary I've seen on the region.
The idea of Taliban running counter insurgency operations is absolutely hilarious
What does that even mean?
But that's exactly what they are doing. Groups like ises and other global terror groups are eliminated.
The women education and economic progress are the only negatives with Tlban.
Palpatine: ironic
@@roshanburgai3902 from what I've heard the cities are slowly becoming more progressive when it comes to women's rights.
@bickyboo7789 what do you mean by progressive? The progressive women of Afghanistan are 10x more conservative than the southern Bible belt Christian women, they are believing Muslims.
But, the Taliban stand on women rights to work and education is non Islamic. So all women and men who are not Taliban, want women free to education and work, even many Taliban high ranking officials don't agree with women work and education ban.
When the Iron Curtain fell Afghanistan had 10M citizens.
When US invaded they had 20M.
When US left they had 40M.
Afghanistan adds almost 1.5M people to it's population every year. In a country with around 31% literacy rate in a mountainous, arid climate.They are heading for the greatest humanitarian disaster in history.
When women have no rights, the birth rate goes up because they’re treated as nothing but broodmares. It’s vile.
Famine is coming
Oh look, a bill gates genocide supporter...
Hope their food supply is secure
they are tribal and basically a backwards culture that isn't' really compatible with industrialized society. The population boom just means 2 things. 1. They're gonna try and flood the west 2. they're gonna just do mundane things like goat herding and subsistence farming.
So since they produce meth, Imagine Breaking bad in Afghanistan, “Ibrahim we need to COOK!”
😂
They are actually opium producers
Better call Mohamed 😂😂
Much like the meme vids of Walt saying “Jesse we need to go to the mosque jesse, we need to pray to Allah”
It’s fucking hilarious 😂😂
😂😂😂
"Afghanistan. The country where armies go to die ".
That's a myth.
@@CaesarRenascimade up by a reporter
The Kansas Army National Guard used to send agricultural advisors to Afghanistan to try and convince the farmers to switch over to saffron, which would have been better in the long term. But it never stuck.
Why grow SAFFRON? This is ridiculous
@@cerber8420 Because it is an expensive spice that ca also be used in medicine and it thrives in Afghanistan.
@@cerber8420Because it's an extremely valuable spice that can be traded legally all over the world. Why would you call something ridiculous without first educating yourself about it though?
Learned something about my home state...... how weird
Is anyone really surprised? We had a huge chunk of the population here in America refusing to take a COVID-19 vaccination because a handful of talking heads convinced them it was all a massive conspiracy. And, unlike most of the Afghan population, these people were educated.
Other countries have naturally fertile soil for growing food.
Afghan soil: "Oh Yeah! DRUGS!"
All plants have drugs in them you absolute oaf. A drug is a chemical.
The Taliban ban those flowers that were used for heroin, most dealers now just use fentanyl. Which can just be made than grow.
Opium can also be used for pharmaceuticals. It was an option for income. (But opium can also be grown elsewhere, and is to a degree, in part due a desire for a stable and respected source.)
Yeah and all grown by westerners, the afghans put an end to the Opium industry as soon as they came to power.
cash crops
Toyota is supplying all sides with “armoured vehicles” 😂
Aye.. gotta make that scrilla... 🤌
Toyota is the real villain
Hilux... Hilux never changes.
I would call pickup trucks “armored”
Let me tell you how it works
Reconditional vehicles produced in china are
1. Modified and exported to other countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh
2. Very bad quality and very old ones being exported to poor countries like western africa and Afghanistan
Those vehicles are later modified to be armored as per demand by the Afghans
Its mindblowing that 48 minutes youtube video have taught me more than 20+ years of all traditional media broadcasting 24/7. Incredible job, thank you.
My brother in law guarded those poppy fields during his last tour. The us government allowed them to continue operating and we protected it. It's the reason he didn't re-enlist
Could be true but no actual evidence other than a friend of a friend did this
@@75216garrison There's plenty of pictures of US troops guarding opium fields
Thank your brother for me. Today I was able to stop crying because I took a doctor prescibed pill made with opium.
@@chocolateclaire pharmaceuticals are different that an Islamist terrorist operated heroine trade.
@75216garrison You do realize that is where most pain medication comes from right...?
Jesse, get in, we’re going to Afganistan
He is not Heisenberg anymore. He is now warlord Hussainberg.
This vid gets it wrong. Pashtuns are 34-42% of afg, ethnic Persian Tajiks and Hazaras are 45-50%
Jesse is also an ethnic Tajik Persian, heisenberg the infdl is pashtun
27:06 and 41:06 these maps contradict eachother
@@Techtalk2030 what do you want me to do about it
So you're saying I should cancel my vacation to Afghanistan?
No man, this is all bullshit propaganda
to be fair, western tourists are treated pretty well in Afghanistan right now, it boosts their economy, doesn’t mean its 100% safe though outside of major cities lol
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are good choices instead (but stay away from Turkmenistan)
Nah go to Turkmenistan instead.
nope, take popcorns and gopros
This was super informative, thanks.
Short version: This is a slightly complicated situation.
one word: propaganda
SNAFU for Afghanistan.
@@akissot1402 Two words: low intelligence.
@@akissot1402 Lol sure, whatever you say, Ahmed
Biased video...
It's a trip to think that in the '70s, Afghanistan was a pretty sizable tourist destination.
Most of those 'tourists' were body packing hash oil home.
Yeah, but thanks to a little corporate coup that's over
It was began in the 1960s, when Afghansitan was about the most liberal muslim country of the world, where hippies could hang out and need not worry about anything. Then the US started to meddle in Afghani affairs, like taking over the interior politics - remember Dr. Timothy Leary getting arrested at the Kabul airport? This was the US - the USSR saw this and they thought, we must do something about it... .
@@klauskarpfen9039 liberal muslim is as muslim as Ice Ice
"You are finding that maintaining control is much more difficult than seizing it."
- Count Dooku
Dorku*
It's actually a George Lucas quote since he wrote the fictional dialogue.
lol
Khorasan is also from starwars
@@joshb1137nah. George Lucas wrote it, he didn't say it. Stop trying to act smarter than you are
Edit: and to add to this, Dooku never said this. So neither of them ever said this
Excellent review of multi complicated issues. Thank you
Imagine fighting a war for 21 years, then handing the same enemy 8 billion dollars worth of weapons and equipment and then leaving.
Imagine then that they took those weapons and used them not against you but against other enemies of the USA in the region.
You think that's bad? When the Soviet's were in Afghanistan the Americans and CIA trained and armed Mujahedeen fighters against the Soviets. After the Soviets fled there was a civil war in Afghanistan and the Taliban emerged...and there just so happened to be a lot of ex-Mujahedeen fighters in the Taliban. And a few years later the US ends up fighting the Taliban. So the US ended up fighting some of the same people they fucking armed and trained.
The US military authorities really dropped the ball on that one. All the munitions and equipment should have been destroyed or rendered useless prior to the withdrawal. Thanks to American incompetence the Taliban are now the best equipped terrorists in history.
Same thing happened in vietnam
@@MoralHazard-g1e Afghanistan Taliban is puppet government of Pakistan intelligence agency isi and Pakistan army is puppet of America so you are right
Wait--you're saying the British messed things up in a foreign country because they understood absolutely nothing about the peoples and cultures there? And the USSR inflicted gigantic environmental damage because they understood absolutely nothing about the importance of the environment? I'm stunned, I tell you, stunned! 🧐
British colony undermined a lotta countries with the potential to total wars by cultural and ethnic groups. China-India, India-Pakistan, Iran-Pakistan, Burma, Iraq, Iran-Iraq and so forth. The colony just straightly cut one ethnic groups into separate countries.
@@Kassandra-p6g if it was left to the British, Pakistan and India would be one country.
The division between India and Pakistan is something Indians fought for
You can't blame the British it was over 150 years ago. The problem with that country is islam
@tendies9248 definately the multi millennium old religion that defined the regions culture and not colonial powers carving them up.
Had never happened before in Africa, centra Asia, eastern Asia, or se Asia... never.
And the military industrial complex was created by finding enemies and conflict thus making profit indirectly for many politicians. The population in many nations love to divide themselves via religion & culture and gun makers thanks the universe for that!
Given how long Afghanistan has been at war, the numbers of Afghans who have died, been maimed or have fled the country, I’m surprised the country STILL hasn’t run out of able bodied men of military age.
They flood into Pakistan and Iran where they get free food and keep having 10 children.
Well when your women only exist to make sons and then said sons are all raised to be fighting men willing to die for the cause, a village with hundred women needs 12 years and they’ve got a company that’s a 100 strong.
No shortage of volunteers or patriots
@HighlanderNorith1 if Russia wins in Ukraine, Ukraine and Ukrainians won't exist
They were fighting guerrilla warfare, not an all out war. Unlike ww2
In spite of any misgivings I personally have about the entire midle east (and that side of the world overall), I do respect their people's resilience to harsh weather and living conditions.
Have you been to Alaska?
When “in the future there’s only war” is a country.
In the Grimdark of the middle east in any millennium There is only war
The Taliban are far closer to the Imperium than most other countries on earth.
That's *"the grim darkness* of the far future" to you, guardsman!
you mean the united stats yeah?
@@kyle_marx8699No, he doesn't. You should read the title of the video
It's quite poetic that after sheltering terrorists, Pakistan is reaping what it sowed, and now those same terrorists are a big problem for them.
God's judgement.✝
@@MiguelDLewislol god doesn’t exist. ALL religions are equally rtarded
Who’s terrorist?
Pakistani Talibans and Afghan talibans are totally different like Al qaeda and isis
Pakistani Talibans and Afghan talibans are totally different like Al qaeda and isis
Taliban having to deal with terrorists is hilarious.
Not so much. The terrorists attack US countries opponents, Russia and Iran, one day venezuela or syria. So this chanel is not a russian or chineses propaganda and lies.
Like usa calling others terrorist
USA doesn't torture their women the big difference.... you also have freedom to do many things including speak against the leaders..
@@adriennem3168 Talibans don't invade country and bomb them, nor each year. And my previous coms disappear.... free speech...
@@victoremman4639just saying. It's 2024, everyone is censored and for some, even worse. It's highly likely at this point that we'll have some even more terrible regular occurrences than we regularly have now. Not looking forward to seeing things over the next decade.
Excellent documentary. I learnt a lot from your video
U.S.: "you've got access to weapons that you shouldn't, prepare to be invaded."
Also the U.S.: "is it cool if I just leave this here?-"
I'm pretty sure I saw the rifle I was issued in a Taliban stockpile photo. I'd need to see the serial number to be sure though
We didnt enter Afghan because of WMD. That was Iraq
@@heavilyarmedhippie75Unless you etched something unique into it, there’s no way you’re recognizing your own personally-issued mass-produced rifle.
@@burtknighten4438We entered Iraq for Halliburton and Blackwater.
@@Tavat actually, there was. A lightning bolt shaped scratch in the butt plate.
"Strategic reserve of opium" - I never thought that you could have strategic reserves of drugs until today
You can have strategic reserves of anything valuable.
@@josephp.1919 You can also have strategic reserves of the unvaluable. Source: My bag of bags, box of boxes and coil of cables.
Case in point, every country seems to have their own somewhat unique reserves. USA, Russia, SA? Oil. China? Grain. Canada? Maple syrup. Of course, you can have multiple reserves of items (the USA also have massive reserves of grain and cheese).
to be honest strategic reserves of pharmaceutics seems pretty normal for military forces.
just ask the british how they got their tea back then
Ephedra does not produce 'natural methamphetamine', it produces ephedrine, which is then used in the synthesis of methamphetamine.
Biochemistry is clearly not our dear video producers' strength. Haha.
Just like how carrot doesn't actually contain any amount of vitamin A. They only contain pro vitamin A, that your body needed to produce vitamin A.
Yeah if only the clue was in the plant's name or something
Walter white, its that you bro?
🤓
"How can you defeat an enemy who looks into the barrel of your gun and sees Paradise?"
Because people shouldn't fear weapons of this world the real enemies is the government your next life will be in paradise if your a believer in yeshua repent and be baptized Shalom
Ah yes another indoctrinated simpleton @KorahLeeann-fk7mb
@@vardekpetrovic9716
did your family members know that you are made?
what nonsense are you talking about 😂🤣
absolutely nonsense bro
I'm a Muslim and don't ever try to cook again@@vardekpetrovic9716
By giving them the peradise they want.
Avarage real life lore video: “Why Canada is in war with Australia”
You know Pakistan and Iran have both had deadly boarder clashes with Afghanistan recently?
Yeah exactly 😂😂😂
the guy legit has video "Why North Korea is preparing to attack Ukraine next"
@@park1776 you didn't get the meaning get a little bit mature
@@EthanAdamMousawi you don't seem mature enough to make me, grow up
As an Afghan, I should say wow at the level your research 👏
Hope you can include Hazaras in your next video, as we make about 10% of the population and have historically been subjugated by extremist groups like ISIS and Taliban. The world could alternatively support us to hold them in shock? 🤷🏻♂️. Even though we are not interested in further conflict and destruction of our country, we are undoubtedly motivated to fight ISIS. They have been targeting our community for a decade now by target killings and suicide attacks! We have a potential here like Gurkhas. We live 2000-3500 m asl.
Also, the respective ethnic group, Pashtuns don’t make up 52% of the population, even though they are the largest ethnic group here.
Waiting for your next video! 👍🏼
Your small hazara tribe not even 10 % may be 5 % there are other tribes either, Pashtun tribe is the strongest tribe in the world and yet they are more then 52% now respectfully learn Pashtun language, only Qandahar known 3600 years ago and when it start it’s almost more then 5000 - 6000 thousands years ago, ISIS K Mean ISIS khurasani which don’t belong to Pashtun tribe it belong to your tribe and tajik tribe which they are growing in Tajikistan and whatever happened in the Russia, now let me tell you this about the fact in the past about hazara which what they did with women’s and pregnant women’s and innocent people of head while pouring hot oil do you like your history what you have done in the past it’s karma which return, also 48 foreign countries and all tribe of Afghanistan didn’t even defeat Taliban or Pashtun tribe.
Bro, Finally i found afghan, can i ask some questions, please? About government and Taliban, in order to know the actual truth,
My first question is Do you support Taliban? Do afghans support Taliban? Do you guys like them or hate? Did they give progress to Afghanistan?
@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725 depend on the mindset of the person, for progress there’s thousand pages in English Pashto Dari just write on your translator, street construction or Kabul construction, artificial river anything just write it will come.
@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725basically if your hazara you hate all of them,
If your Tajik it depends
If your Pashtun you love the taliban
@@pubgmobileclashroyale4725Of course we don’t support Taliban. Taliban are a terrorist organization who have been killing innocent people, including children and women, for three decades. Currently, Taliban banned women from getting education, working, even going to parks, so no sane person will support such a barbaric group
An entire country has time travelled 300 years to the past .
With modern technology, but yes we are going back to the age of Technofeudalistic Capitalism in 1st World Countries, Islamic Jihadist Caliphate, and World Alliences in a Cold War between two economic giants
1,500 years to the past.
@@gavinlucas22 That makes Greece 3000 years backwards
No, its simply being starved by the top dog's chessboard
Afghan scientists of the Islamic golden age:
1. Al-Biruni (973-1048): Born in Khwarazm (present-day Uzbekistan, but historically part of Greater Khorasan, which included parts of modern Afghanistan), Al-Biruni was a polymath who made substantial contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and geography. He is known for his works on the accurate determination of the earth's radius and his extensive studies on India¹⁴.
2. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037): Although born in Bukhara (also part of Greater Khorasan), Avicenna spent a significant part of his life in the region. He is one of the most famous physicians, philosophers, and scientists of the Islamic Golden Age. His works, especially "The Canon of Medicine," were used as standard medical texts in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries¹².
3. Abu Rayhan al-Balkhi (850-934): Also known as Ahmad ibn Sahl al-Balkhi, he was a pioneer in mental health, medical psychology, and cognitive therapy. His works laid the foundation for understanding the relationship between mental and physical health¹.
RealLifeLore video be like:
Why Switzerland is attacking North Korea
Reason 1: bitcoin mining.
(there are red arrows so its true)
Have you hear of a Czechoslovakian unit who fought Soviet Union navy in a lake in Mongolia?
Weird stuff did happen.
Everyone please checkout the work of renowned economist Michael Hudson. You can find videos of his interviews and speeches all over TH-cam. He will explain how the financial system employed in the world today REALLY works.
@niktonic5379 Someone even made a polandball comics about it. xD
TLDR: don't spawn in Afghanistan. Worst starting location ever.
Don't spawn as female in Afghanistan 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
🤣🤣🤣tell me about it, still reeling from that spawn
i have a counterpoint, india
But the loot is dope aff and everwhere, especialy if you can sneak into the military bases.
nah north korea is worse
Looks like a total war player
Total war player would also be fighting 3-4 civil wars due to bad management
Their run is actually going fairly well then
Total War: Modern War
Difficulty: -Hard- Afghanistan
it was naive and arrogant for westerners to think that afghans would welcome them as liberators and become a democracy.
but it was extremely dumb for afghans to not take that option.
It's not their fault a literal terrorist organization took over
The government they placed was corrupt and didn’t use the money they got, instead took it for themselves.
Thumbnail: AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING ALL COUNTRIES
Afghanistan: Ah hell nah, we ain't fighting China!
China: Good Choice.
Tell the Chinese Afghanis are authentic Chinese medicine and they will clean it up in 10 years
I'm not so sure, if China has its way and convinces India to let Pakistan join BRICS, it will be the worst nightmare for Afghanistan, one thing it is fighting the british, the soviets and the US one at a time but fighting with half of Eurasia, at the same time, it is madness.
@@miasuarez856 And how exactly is China going to convince India of that?
India is contending with both China and Pakistan. China is purposely building up their border with India while also strengthening ties to Pakistan. India is distinctly not incentivized to play ball.
So India wouldn't do much about Afghanistan either. They aren't directly impacted, but Pakistan is in a major way. Because of their own Muslim population, China must also be concerned about Afghanistan while ISIS-K is a direct threat to the planned Chinese railway going through the area. Afghanistan is a useful distraction for China against both.
China? China doesn’t know how to fight wars - particularly overseas. They have no experience of this whatsoever - practically in their entire history. China is historically a very inward looking country, backwards as well
@@miasuarez856brics is not a military alliance😂
So... the USA played 5-D chess in the Middle East, and now the Taliban is fighting Isis. Good play, good play.
It didn’t play out as planned, but that is what happened. ISIS are among a long list of insurgents. By definition they are not really a threat to America. They only attacked the US because we were supporting the new Afghan government. The same is happening in the Middle East and Africa as the US leaves.
An Isis created by Americans to keep them busy
27:06 and 41:06 these maps contradict eachother
Pashtuns are 34-40% not 52%
Awesome
Ah yes, Afghanistan being Afghanistan
L take
@@shipperturtle w take best take I've ever heard in my 97 years of living
@@JokerPePe420lets hope it doesnt become 98
Hmm I wonder why that is... could it have been the US and allies has destabilized most of the middle east? No, it couldn't be that, it's just cavemen being cavemen. L take indeed
@@JokerPePe420 I love living in 2100
The casualty numbers on those attacks went up magnitudes compared to historical events
Here before the thumbnail and title change!!!!
Real ‼️‼️‼️‼️
Title: Why Afganistan is Headed to War with ALL its neighbors
Thumbnail: Map of Afghanistan with arrows to all neighbors saying WAR
Why would it change
Me too
What did it look before the change, you know???
"Former Aral sea". That hit hard.
Dammit. I need to buy a new globe now.
@magicblanket2414 buy next year after the Ukrainian update hits
There's still water there, but most of it dried up and turned into their own lakes, so now it's the aral Lakes (or seas)
You forgot the biggest one, the factionalism in Taliban. They’re tribal and currently there are two major factions, the Qandaharis and the Haqqanis (north). They both want more control over the group and country.
Lol. There is nothing like that .
@@Afghan_Waziristani Pashtuns have always been the ones who brought afghanistan down since they've been the rulers for 3 centuries. All the wars begin with them and their tribalism.
Fantastic overview, thank you.
There's always around 80,000 Taliban. For the last 20 years there's been 80,000. Why done that number never change?
The West is too pussyfied to take them out.
Remember 80000 light infantry caused the population to surrender or run.
Ukrainians saw the second strongest army in the world stream over their borders and decided to kill them.
Just a little thing to mention if people ask why the west is supporting Ukraine and pretending Afghanistan doesn't exits
bcz they never wanted more than they needed. but if they needed 5 million than would have had them.
That’s all that Pakistan could afford to arm.
Taliban is democracy. You get attractive pay, foodstamps, then Retirement, Vacation to Disneyland , be Freelancers, Social influencers
The Graveyard of Empires just can’t imagine life without conflict in some sort.
It's not really a graveyard of empires. This instability is a modern phenomenon.
I passed through Afghanistan in November 1978. Lovely people. They have suffered war since.
What did you do? :D
Me too.
Men walking down the streets hand in hand.
Not a woman in sight.
Everyone was lovely in 1973. Except the French. They've always been god awful.
I believe when they had a king (early 1900s) and even when they had a military junta it was a pretty almost modern, progressive place
The key was that they left the rural areas alone
The early communists were too extreme, enacted great leap forward type stuff, and inspired religious fanatics to rise up (and somewhat irrelgious warlords) which never went away. The initial communist government was so extreme provoking such a backlash, the Soviets actually invaded to install a moderate in power
Have they? When?
I haven't even watched a minute of the video, but just seeing the title makes me think like: "you know, Afghanistan has ALWAYS been at war with everyone"
You said the words Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban so much in this video it bamboozled my brain.
Lol most videos are using AI is my guess
@@carlosvasquez2196 You really think he uses AI to make these videos lol?
@@BizarreDiesel I was speak in general most "content creators" on TH-cam are using AI voice, chatgpt and likely the scripts are taken from others works, and often the person behind making the video doesn't correct, so a lot of times when you listen to those videos you can see a pattern it repeat or are inaccurate or gives some wrong facts. I haven't watched the other videos of this channel tho. Lol
@@carlosvasquez2196 idk, this channel has been making these type of videos for several years now
There definitely is a different. But the Afghan Taliban wintered in Pakistan.
The USA could never squeeze the Taliban as long as everything was coming from Pakistan.
Empire: "We are going to conquer Afghanistan and stop all the drug production there"
Empire: "Oh fuck wait"
Empire: *dies*
from overdose
Stop, you mean increase?
The US actually restored the drug production. The Taliban were the ones who destroyed it, by 95%. The remaining 5% was held by the Warlords that the US would put back into power as the "Afghan Republic". Which is why it's economy "grew". And then it fell when the Taliban took over, because they had put an end to all the drug production and ordered the farmers to produce food instead of narcotics.
The Taliban banned opium production, the US encouraged and profited from it.
@@daveysgb Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 2000% after Western invasion
One more piece of information that I feel is quite important:
China and Pakistan are close allies. China values Pakistan as an ally more than it values Afghanistan. So the Taliban's goal of bringing down Pakistan seems set to draw China into the conflict if they ever start making significant progress.
And if they dont start making significant progress anytime soon, they're likely to face an insurgency from a new, more extreme Pashtun nationalist faction that thinks they're too moderate on foreign policy.
Oh, and one more thing: If by the time the water conflict with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan flares up, the war in Ukraine is over and Russia isnt shattered, it's likely that Russia will get involved in order to secure its grip on Central Asia, which is the only region in the world where it still has major influence, and which supplies its economy with cheap raw materials and cheap migrant labor.
And on top of that, a successful war against Afghanistan would be seen as a chance at revenge for the humiliation of the Soviet-Afghan War, and a chance to improve national morale and increase aupport for the leadership after the defeat and humiliation in Ukraine.
Oh, and there's another thing: The fascist leadership in Turkey is very big on transnational brotherhood between Turks, and turkic Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among these close brotherly nations, whereas the iranian Pashtuns are very much not. So it's not out of the question for Turkey to try throwing its weight around as a major regional power player by militarily supporting Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the water conflict.
If Afghanistan fought of the western powers, it's solely duo Pakistan itself. Lindus (India) hates this, so it's trying to defame everything with it propaganda in order bring down Pakistan too with their lies.
We pashtuns won't go any further than combining Afghanistan and pakistan into one nation.
So far the argument pakistani pashtuns had for not being part of Afghanistan was that Afghans are too un-Islamic.
They don't have that argument anymore lol, though the Pakistani army is very strong and we can't do much until they exist. But support for an Islamic regime is growing in pakistan, in the next 100 years, an Islamic emirate is inevitable and will happen, and pashtuns will do it, absolute pashtun theocracy from amu River to Punjab and sindh. So I don't understand why you'd think we will start another separatist movement when we own the country. Nationalistic immature people still call for a greater Afghanistan, which includes parts of Pakistan but not all of it, This is very unlikely to happen.
You need to understand the value of pashtunwali and how important one's tribe is.
Pashtuns in Afghanistan, while mostly against the extreme rule of taliban will still support it over any of the resistance movements, simply because at the end of the day taliban are pashtun and fight for pashtun interests with Islam on top. Same will happen in pakistan if taliban somehow get a hold of it.
@@maseehwardak6055 A big islamic theocracy encompassing the whole region is not something that can realistically happen.
What people with this dream fail to realize is that different people have different visions of what exactly the laws will be and who will have the power to enforce those laws. The more extremist a political movement becomes, the more fragmented it gets into tiny groups with relatively small differences but who believe all the other groups are traitors to the cause who must be eliminated.
As an extremist far-leftist, I have a pretty good understanding of that problem.
A bunch of islamist movements might temporarily band together at some point, and they might claim to be united by the teachings of the Quran, but there are no actual gods in the real world who can show up to lay down the law, so the leadership of every group will always have its own interpretation of what god's word is.
You can see this already with every other attempt to make an islamic theocracy. Particularly relevant is the case of the immediate aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in all the groups that had banded together to defend islamic traditions from secular socialism, immediately turning on each other as each tried to enforce its own vision of society.
@@SovietReunionYT I must say you have an interesting point of view. But the civil war that came after the soviet withdrawal was not because of religion, it was because of greed. Each of the warlords were extremely corrupt people that wanted to steal everything. This is also the root cause of why the American government failed, it was built on those corrupt warlords. Nobody really believed in the government because of that to the point where majority of the people including a lot of my friends and family refused to participate in elections. We did participate and we voted for Ashraf Ghani because he wasn't one of those warlords. I've lived in Kabul, my father lived during the civil war and was almost killed in it when he got hit by one of the rockets fired by gulbadin hekmatyar (one of the warlords).
So we hate each and every single one of those "freedom fighters" that fought the communists for the sake of Islam but then destroyed Afghanistan. they got dr. Najib out of power for their own greed. And the Taliban was formed shortly after that.
The Taliban have brought stability to Afghanistan, which most people have been eager for since the 70s. Pashtuns are united unlike other ethnicities which means Pashtuns will not let the Taliban regime crumble, they would rather try to make it less extreme over time unless someone else invades Afghanistan again which is very very unlikely. The Taliban are currently mostly made of Pashtun villagers and shepherds who got tired of the civil wars and decided to take matters into their own hands without any knowledge of the modern world, this is why they are trying to implement their village laws onto the country, but i believe the future generations will be much better and more knowledgeable. I will again guarantee you that the regime will stay for at least 30 more years. Even I as a one of the more secular Pashtuns would rather stand with the Taliban than any of the other factions.
Unless there is a real chance of a working democracy that doesn't involve NRF then I'm all in for it, but it wont work. Oh and one more thing is that if the Taliban remove the ridiculous restrictions on women, 90% of the Afghan population will absolutely support it. At the end of the day Afghans are not like Iranians, we do value our religion and traditions highly and we are extremely conservative, so a proper theocracy will be easily implementable in the country, west Pakistan is the same but it might be difficult to implement it on east of Indus river.
I being a Pakistani realize that Afghanistan's economy is growing faster than ours. here inflastion rate is higher than afghans
This reminds me of how the Persian Empire tried to crush ancient Greece, failing because they where so far away, and then for the Greeks to just flip the table and conquer the ancient superpower
All that equipment wasn't just "left behind", it was in the hands of the Afghan government which failed.
they never were successful in the first place. just a puppet put in place by force, and could only be there when their opponents have a gun barrel pointed at them
it was never successful. just a puppet put there by force
People seem to forget that
Afghan government 😂 bro usa was still there for 15 days after taliban took over they could move so many things but not 6 billion worth of weaponry well since I can explain it let's say that it was a plan usa didn't left the weaponry they gave it up
@@Cruelrevolterthat sounds more like you’re just shitting on the U.S. more than acknowledging what a failed government post-9/11 Afghanistan had. Their military crippled almost immediately
Me and the boys messing around in civ 6
Bonus points to RealLifeLore for using the Civ6 cotton icon.
A bunch of muslim countries and for no reason at all Edo period Japan creating Samurai units pops up
This is fascinating!
Someone needs to meticulously go back and make a scorecard of all of this guy's predictions, or "im not saying this will happen, but it totally may happen" videos and see how much stock we should truly put in to his word.
As in he's always wrong or right?
@@johndenver6769 I think he's saying he doesn't know and would be interested to find out. This channel has huge reach, so it's worth asking.
It's the result of hyperbolic language used to get views. "Everyone will go to war with Afghanistan. (Disclaimer: Maybe. Probably not)" is a lot more interesting than "Hey so like Afghanistan kinda sucks and its neighbors don't like it."
there are no predictions in video, just analysis and some potential outcomes speculations. do you watch or just read the headline ?
@@gst9325 i just read the comments, and after reading yours and others, decided not to watch
I thought there were a lot of expert opinions suggesting the withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a disaster in the manner it transpired...
The INCOMPETENT WAY we withdraw from Afghanistan (not that we withdrew) is 100% DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR:
1) Russia's invasion of Ukraine
2) China's near constant bullying of The Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, etc....
3) Iran's restarting of its Nuclear Weapon program
a) Iran unleashing the Houthis on shipping lanes
b) Iran unleashing both Hamas and Hezbollah to start a war with Israel
c) Turkey stabbing NATO in the back and siding with Russia
4) The rise of BRICs and the imminent collapse of the petrodollar as the world's reserve currency
5) the start of WW3
And before that they said it was a bad idea to go in.
Yes but trump did it anyways
14:38 this is a certified "you dare use my own spells against me Potter" moment
Hi! Your videos are best watched when they're fresh and include current news. Would you mind adding a date to your titles? With TH-cam no longer displaying dates in search results, finding up-to-date content requires clicking through several videos. This
Boy, I thought just for a second when Taliban banned opium that they found redemption, but you saying it was just the first step in switching to meth production.
They're trying the same playbook the British used in the 1800s, which is probably why China next door decided to work with them instead
Honestly, this was a bad idea. The people are starving and the Taliban banned farmers' only income without offering an alternative.
Honestly I’d rather the world have a higher supply of heroin than fentanyl. The farmers deserve the ability to make money irregardless of what the Taliban perceives as more lucrative to *them and only them*. Don’t forget where all that fetty comes from 🇨🇳🇲🇽
Why would terrorists do anything redeeming ?
It's called capitalism.
Toyota watching this and drooling over how much sales are about to go down. 😂😂
The opium production in Afghanistan skyrocketed during the US occupation after record low production in the late 1990s. Our soldiers protected many poppy fields and routes. Embarrassing.
It's kinda hard to win a "hearts & minds" effort if you're going around burning everybody's main source of income. The occupation was a fragile balance between tearing out the nation's old systems and building up the new ones, whilst still actively fighting a dangerous enemy, all while trying to avoid provoking the deeply traditionalist local population.
"Heroin is not compatible with Islam, and niggas know that but grow that poppy seed anyway cause that food drop parachute does not come every day."
-Immortal Technique, The Third World
Just like always, the CIA shows up and the drugs are going to flow.
@@BaronVonMott Production dropped during the year of taliban rule before the USA invasion.. They only needed to maintain the ban
@juisss Taliban reversed the ban after USA invasion.
Very informative program.
Its weird to think that Afghanistan used to be one of the more stable countries in that region when it was a monarchy, I've said it once and I'll say it again, the biggest mistake the US made aside from getting involved in Afghanistan in general, was not reestablishing the monarchy a idea which was floated but failed due to pressure from both the US and Northern Alliance sides, the last Afghan monarch Zahir was still alive in 2001 eventually dying in 07 and his son literally just died this month, both of whom lived in the US prior to the invasion and instead opting for a republic in a already highly unstable country.
The monarchy could have provided a stable figurehead for the Afghans to rally around and a consistent head of state for the US to interact with, it would have likewise provided less tribal infighting that the elections brought about, in which each ethnic group wanted one of their own in office and could have eliminated the need for elections in general until the nation was more stable.
Not to mention the monarchy could appoint competent cabinet personnel or remove them on whim should they prove ineffective and replace them with somebody better without the need to wait for a election to do so, additionally with the monarch being of Pashtun descent it would have given the Taliban far less ethnic ammunition to use to build their numbers, something which they did to great effect against the republic due to many officials in that government being former Northern Alliance members, many of which came from Tajik and Uzbek descent.
It wasnt a mistake to initially invade it. But once Al Qaeda had been routed, it was a mistake to maintain occupation. Karzai was just ridiculously corrupt. Pakistan/ISI were flooding the zone with insurgents who had safe haven in Pak tribal areas (and the US did nothing to counteract it and even paid Pakistan for the border access!!) Meanwhile, Afghans narced on fellow Afghans to settle old scores or secure their fiefdoms, not rout Taliban. It was more doomed than Vietnam. Oh, but, Im _sure_ America wont make that mistake again! (They'll make a different one.)
Some people need to be ruled by monarchs. They can't handle the responsibility of a democracy
Sometimes, democracy is not the best answer, and I say that as fiercely democratic person.
Afghanistan is just not suited. They need a monarchy, who says a king can’t serve his people?
@@PongLenis-zw8kv Indeed we are of the same position, myself being the furthest thing from a monarchist and yet advocating for it in this use case due to it being the most logical route for long term stability. Plus like you said "who says a king can’t serve his people?" of which I would like to add, who says further down the line a king can't divest some of his authority to his people either and form a constitutional monarchy?
The British, and many others throughout history, managed to colonize vast territories. And occupy them for long times with minimal cost. They did a lot of things like what you suggest. Instead of studying and learning and from history, the Americans blatantly ignored it and thought they knew better.
Middle East: No one is more f&cked up than us
Afghanistan: Hold my beer
Anything but beer, man. That will get u executed. U can say, hold my nose candy 😂
@@frustationoverloaded5976 Or hold my hashish works too
Afghanistan just beat Australia in cricket at the World Cup. They are now recognized as a mid strength player in world cricket.
The fun part is that those are ex-pat Afghanis to a large degree. Not really liking the Talibans.
so a bunch of Indians recognize Afghanistan for something. Wow. What a step up.
@@ProtomanButCallMeBluesThese players play with Republic's Colors and use republic's flag as their flag. This can be a hope for the people. As a bacon. Although it's not much, it's something that those underprivileged people can celebrate and something they can unite under.
1. It's Afghans. Afghanis is plural of their currency. 2. Afghanistan"s current Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi spoke with AFG cricket team's captain Rashid Khan and congratulated the team on making it to the semi-finals after beating Australia and Bangladesh and Khan thanked the Foreign Minister for the govt's (i.e. IEA) consistent support. The conversation is available on YT for everyone to watch.@@yurie2388
@@harsha8964bacon!? Is it halal though?
"Nebula - We Our Us" ... Thanks for taking a stand in the first sentence of Nebula's description ... it saves me quite a bit of time ... and 300 bucks.
Me sitting in India watching my neighborhood becoming even more dangerous and unstable with each passing day.
Same bro. We must be prepared for everything
As if india doesn’t have a hand in causing this instability. Lol
@@asha8443 i am pretty sure india never invaded afghanistan or helped in the creation of a terrorist outfit
I read in an old book that Ephedra plants are naturally occuring in the south western US, native Americans knew of it and in the 1800s some Mormons would use it in tea instead of coffee. Its native to most of the northern hemispheres arid regions, it evolved 125 million years ago and got around.
We don't talk about mother nature's meth bush.
at what age does Santa Claus bring you an AK47 if you're born in Afghanistan?
9 or 10 ...because they weren't depending on soft cowards to defend a 2nd amendment
Probably the same age as in the US. ✌🏼
@@brina6680 🤭
At the age US Kid gets a Glock
Thanks to USA you will now get m4
Wow. How messed up. Thanks for sharing.
It's so sad. My heart goes out to all the innocent peace-loving people who want nothing more than to live their lives with their families. I pray for peace.
I pray we just leave each other alone.
Did you know that the chance of an empire losing to Afghanistan is higher than the chance of a person winning the lottery?
Undefeated against big empires
How stupid are you?
Mongols succesfully conquered them. the whole myth about "graveyar of empires" is based on recent events. in history they were beaten several times
Lol it was conquered by Persians, Greek, Indians, Arabs, Britishers, Mongols, Soviets, Kushans, Americans. It was literally under rule of others for his 90 percent of history
you meant higher than the chance of a person not winning the lottery
I love these videos but if all RLL title predictions come true we'll have 278 wars in the next 10 years
NATO's wet dream 😂. And RLL will get commissions too for starting them
That looks about the size of it.
End of world. Run to Jesus. He loves you.
I worked in Afghanistan in 2009 to 2010 and speaking to a US lt Col one day I said to him that the one thing the Taliban had was Time... He called me up in 2021 and said to me How true my words were
In 2010 I remember watching a video on the importance of fresh water and the problems it might cause in the future; I believe it was called "Blue Gold". If this video is interesting to you, I think you'd find that still quite relevant and terrifying.
Also, the video on this subject by History of Everything Podcast is incredibly similar in content and language, almost word for word in many parts as well as flow of the subjects covered. Very well could just be the fact it's the same subject, or that he watched this as a reference, but he didn't site it if so. Not accusing anyone of anything, and it probably isn't an issue, but they're too similar not to mention it.
Thank you for all of the wonderful, insightful, interesting content!
Imagine the Taliban having to combat insurgencies.
Imagine a group that thinks the Taliban is unfit to rule because it's too moderate.
What a crazy world.
@ButConsiderThis dont try and pin it on islam.
if islam and muslims really were like that you would be fighting in a war right now
@@fsl3969We pin it heavily on Islam. That's been the modus operandi since inception. It's radical by design.
@@FromValkyrie Christainity used to be the same in the Middle Ages
@@maas1208 Where are the Bible passages showing Jesus teaching whatever you think Christianity was in the middle ages. Show us quickly.
@@FromValkyrie Where are the Quran Passages where Islam preached Violence?
If they ever start a state musical group
it ought to be called a Tali-band.
Booooo
Is this 2012?
lmaooo
Going to be hard to watch with the telly ban
Thank your cia for that.
I'm always amazed at how many people live in this region.
I think you meant "lived," as in past tense. Many more killed once US withdrawal and that many fled.
@JosephWallace-xo8sg Actually way less killed after the US withdrawal. It always amazes me how brainwashed westerners are.
@@JosephWallace-xo8sgnot true. More ppl were being killed in average daily during the American war
Great analysis. Thanks.
after 6:22 i started thinking that the whole video is actually a commercial of poppy flowers lol
It is
The Taliban really outlasted two super powers.
no they didn't
They his in caves and the super powers couldn't waste more money on that godforsaken land.
@@thegodofthegods1084
CHAD cavemens smoked European illegal soper pooper daddy twice 🗿🥱🥱🥱.
They just left….. that place is lost cause….
Pretty easy to do when neither power wanted to confront Pakistan for sheltering them.
Americans: we want our military out of Afghanistan
Biden: *pulls out*
*approval immediately plummets*
Did you miss the part where the Biden administration pulled out in a far too quick, uncoordinated manner, leaving behind $7 billion worth of weaponry for a terrorist organization to attack us and others with? Did you miss the part where the Biden administration didn't establish a plan to secure this weaponry before withdrawal, or didn't establish a plan to at least destroy it in place, so as to limit its usability in warfare against us and others?? Typical lefty, non-critical thinking, braindead comment
@ButConsiderThis yeah but wasn't there a reason? like bringing it all back would have costed more than the equipments?
it's not like Biden makes those decisions, probably the Army or the Air Force does that
@ButConsiderThis youtube has become so terrible it sometimes removes replies for no reason, I explained the reason but it removed it
@ButConsiderThisTrump ruined the peace negotiations and left behind a mess for Biden
Trump is who ordered the pull out of Afghanistan. But it didn't take place until the Biden admin took over.