Origins of the Taliban

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  • @CaspianReport
    @CaspianReport  2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    For even more context, watch our latest report on 'How Afghanistan became a failed state': th-cam.com/video/_jsvmQR19TE/w-d-xo.html

    • @stoatmuldoon3131
      @stoatmuldoon3131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the algorithm is already re-recommending this to me hahaha

    • @ablockboorg1467
      @ablockboorg1467 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow

    • @splifstar85
      @splifstar85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The amount of facts in this video - little to none..
      The amount of propaganda - overwhelming 🤦‍♂️

    • @savageantelope3306
      @savageantelope3306 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      just watched it yesterday and now going to this

    • @samvadokossatz9153
      @samvadokossatz9153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what does 911 have to do with taliban? one has to be more than naiv to believe the official story

  • @af8828
    @af8828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7250

    America: supplies Mujahideen w stingers so they can shoot down Russian gunships
    Taliban 20 years later: uno reverse card

    • @thewingedhussar4188
      @thewingedhussar4188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      lol perhaps, but the US has proven to be a nation much harder to get rid of.
      Plus the Taliban are having a hard time to getting people to follow along with their beliefs.
      Though granted i have gaps in my knowledge.

    • @artman7780
      @artman7780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      @TheWinged Hussar Yeah, we saw that in Vietnam. Not to mention US had a stalemate in Korea. For Syria right now, the US is an insignificant player compared to Russia, Iran and Turkey. It’s just staying there for the good oil.

    • @cyrusthegreat4784
      @cyrusthegreat4784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@artman7780 isn't that a good strategy move ? That was the whole idea of splitting the area after the fall of the ottomans , keep the Arabs fighting against each other so they can never rise against us , do you think the USA care at all what's going on there , the USA there for two reason oil and Israel thats it and just liked you said they getting that oil without fighting . Great move to be honest .

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@cyrusthegreat4784 Would've been better to just let them have the lands they were promised, since the people that took over were ACTUAL hardliners rather than the more reasonable and secular leaders that would've been easier to negotiate with.
      Sykes Picot was one of the dumbest things our species has done, still dealing with the consequences to this day :/

    • @twokool4skool129
      @twokool4skool129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@artman7780 I'd rather they die fighting terrorists than Americans. And we don't need their oil. The US is a net oil and natural gas exporter thanks to fracking. We're just making sure their oil wells don't fall to terrorists who use them to fund their operations.

  • @Khaled.Bahaaeldin
    @Khaled.Bahaaeldin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2253

    "Whomever raises a viper, it will turn around to bite him" An Egyptian proverb.

    • @denizmetint.462
      @denizmetint.462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      And it always turned out to be true.

    • @Amghannam
      @Amghannam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What's the proverb? How do you even say viper in Egyptian? As opposed to just regular snake?

    • @ntluck1592
      @ntluck1592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@Amghannam Snake in arabic is "Thu'ban" while Viper is "Afa'a". Also Constrictor is "Hayya"

    • @Amghannam
      @Amghannam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ntluck1592 Ahh really? I thought they all meant 'snake'.

    • @sebastianminney4696
      @sebastianminney4696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Truth

  • @spr1ngcactu5
    @spr1ngcactu5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    Imagine being an American soldier with a few months to years of training and every enemy you face has only known warfare since they were a fetus

    • @dripcapone5197
      @dripcapone5197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @Capitalist Warrior 😂 sounds like saying that is a coping mechanism for you

    • @kgizzle92
      @kgizzle92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That wasn’t even the first time that happened…it happened in Vietnam…officers were leading men against NVA and Vietcong that had defeated the Japanese and French

    • @BasedPureblood
      @BasedPureblood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Capitalist Warrior then Allah wins in the end lmao.

    • @empiregeof
      @empiregeof 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Capitalist Warrior Thats why they couldn't defeat the Taliban, right? It was "too easy" You're really taking that COPIUM like you're a heroine addict arent you

    • @Bigbadred
      @Bigbadred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@empiregeof i see what you did there

  • @nilsmeta641
    @nilsmeta641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I've always wondered where the Talibans came from and why the fought... it's insane how we never hear about the origins of them on the news, as one could imagine it being quite essential to be able to get the entire picture of the situation

    • @victormacdougall6395
      @victormacdougall6395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Where they came from? They literally never left where they came from lmao. They were just living by their conservative values for thousands of years business as usual.

    • @Zaa-up4hg
      @Zaa-up4hg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There real Muslims and follow everything not like the fake ones we have in America they been here for so long

    • @jhonshephard921
      @jhonshephard921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@victormacdougall6395 did you not watch the actual video you are commenting on?

    • @victormacdougall6395
      @victormacdougall6395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jhon Shephard I did watch the actual video I commented on.

    • @scottdoesntmatter4409
      @scottdoesntmatter4409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Islam. Read the Quran. I did.

  • @MoizCOUK
    @MoizCOUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3504

    Afghanistan is graveyard of empires and Pakistan is providing funeral services

    • @fasih-ur-rehman9630
      @fasih-ur-rehman9630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      Pakistan arranged the peace between Yanks and Taliban . We didn't benefit from any of this . We only helped the Mujahideen along with CIA against Russian forces.

    • @noonecares793
      @noonecares793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +312

      @@fasih-ur-rehman9630 you got billions mate for pushing fundamentalism.

    • @muhammedali8456
      @muhammedali8456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@noonecares793 so tell me who was providing the funrel servises😂 ....america gave the money....it supported the afgans to get rid of russions and then move in themselfs ...thats called karma....

    • @partisanoffaith
      @partisanoffaith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Only Alexander conquered Afghanistan

    • @blacksheep6174
      @blacksheep6174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@noonecares793 Actually we had benefit...USSR wanted to get access to warmwaters we saw communism as antiIslamic and afghan government was Hostile, We helped the talibans cuz afghan post-muhajideen thugs and warlords occupied provinces Provoking movememts in pakistan unstability pedophilia et cetra...talibans are harsh intolerent medievel but not terrorists

  • @jamesaltonfilms
    @jamesaltonfilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1344

    "War can change men and in Afghanistan, it changed millions."

    • @asisibayuda9778
      @asisibayuda9778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How do Afghanistan men changed?

    • @villainsneverdie5160
      @villainsneverdie5160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Cornelius Kiplagat just visit once, you will be hunt by our mountains💪🏼🇦🇫

    • @villainsneverdie5160
      @villainsneverdie5160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ju mama facts

    • @noralavender3798
      @noralavender3798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@asisibayuda9778 well if you fight in a war and kill people for the first time and see blood and kill bad people your not the same person anymore some people go mentally insane when going to war

    • @Ali80076
      @Ali80076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      As a Pashtun myself let me tell you Pashtun male chauvinism is nothing new. My own great grandfather was fond of assembling a lashkar (militia) and raiding British India, then fought as a loyalist for King Amanullah back in 1920s along with Nadir Shah (then a general of Amanullah) after defeating the usurper Bachai Saqao Nadir Shah took the throne for himself and my great grandfather found himself in exile and as a fugitive in british india. So yeah afghans warring and betraying eachother is nothing new

  • @jaijojan1
    @jaijojan1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    History repeats again, sad for all these people so much suffering

    • @silentwatch7643
      @silentwatch7643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So Pakistani clerics crqted the Taliban
      The Holy book has been misinterpreted and this has resulted in mindless killing.

    • @Legend27999
      @Legend27999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man repeats history

    • @perfectsplit5515
      @perfectsplit5515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "They abandoned their Communist Afghan allies to the wolves."
      "The Mujahidin forces enclosed on Kabul and overthrew the Communist leadership."
      Replace the word, "Communist" with the expression, "America-backed"
      Replace the word, "Mujahidin" with the word, "Taliban",
      and you can see that we Americans followed in the Russians' footsteps. :(

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@silentwatch7643 they are more than that about religion things

    • @Grendelmonster8u
      @Grendelmonster8u 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@silentwatch7643 The Taliban are doing things Muhammad laid out n the Qur’an and Hadith. They extend these things to modern inventions that didn’t exist in Arabian culture. Clerics in Saudi Arabia did the same -complained about radio and TVs in the 1960s. The Taliban is even worse. When people say extreme that is only because the Taliban is following Muhammad and Islamic history such as Muhammad and his soldiers conquered tribes, destroyed statues (called idols), didn’t allow paintings, covered women, and so on. Entertainment too.
      What happens in madrassas is they totally immerse these kids into Islam and the fighting, hatred of non-Muslims which is all over the Qur’an…I’ve read it. Iran did this to boys when Iraq invaded them. Pretty much convinced boys to want to die for Allah.
      But even Wahhabist Saudi Arabia is now letting women not to have to wear the abaya but dressing respectfully, even allowing respectful music, especially ancient instruments and of course modern things. They still have some strict rules, some Qur’anic others cultural.
      It would be stupid if they followed the Qur’an’s allowing marrying cousins because we know that causes health problems and blindness.

  • @nobbystyles4807
    @nobbystyles4807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    thats one of the clearest explanations ive seen. 20 years ago i had a friend who worked for a charity near the swat valley and confirmed much of this.

  • @NLTops
    @NLTops 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2657

    Whenever I think I know a fair bit about a particular struggle, you come in with a video and prove me wrong.
    I always knew the Taliban's origin was in the Russian-Afghan conflict, and I knew the US' funding was involved.
    But man you added a lot of details I had no idea of. Great video as always Shirvan!

    • @mukkaar
      @mukkaar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      US pretty much supported anyone that was against USSR and vice versa.

    • @markawbolton
      @markawbolton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@mukkaar Regan made a virtue of it. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The path to hell is often paved with good intentions.

    • @cosmicwakes6443
      @cosmicwakes6443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @conan263 Wrong. The Soviets defended Afghanistan against bloodthirsty thugs.

    • @khan-cricket
      @khan-cricket 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@cosmicwakes6443 Wrong, Soviet go in only for communist government which failed to rule the country

  • @drdzdd
    @drdzdd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    5'00 : remember those kids, because one day, they will return.
    That's the whole story

    • @king_panda1387
      @king_panda1387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      sdo sdo as if the child of a Freedom Fighter will not follow his Father's footsteps.

    • @zubairkhankharooti3621
      @zubairkhankharooti3621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And i will return...

    • @TwistedAkimoto
      @TwistedAkimoto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Many of those kids are spread throughout the world living in suburbia running there own businesses with money spread out by the CIA and other american government departments. They dont want to return their country anymore. I know many of them in America

    • @wazirgull9345
      @wazirgull9345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was one of those kids but i never wanted to destroy my mother soil.
      And the guy in black suit called dr. Najibullah. I want u to watch his biogrphy

    • @wazirgull9345
      @wazirgull9345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TwistedAkimoto i am one of those kids i dnt know any of them who i live with or study with to be supported by cia or ather shit. Since age of 14 i work as a grown man and running my hard life. U can that stamp in your f... pocket

  • @bagaktv8984
    @bagaktv8984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    From what I could gather, its impossible to dislodge the Taliban without engaging in a sort of cultural genocide on the Afghans. It is who they are, a conservative, deeply religious patriarchy. You cannot be half-hearted against them, It is either all in, or just leave them be, no matter how disturbing that thought is.

    • @cheeminthao7819
      @cheeminthao7819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly how Genghis Khan was the only one to completely subjugate them

    • @victormacdougall6395
      @victormacdougall6395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      True, 80% of men in Afghanistan support the Taliban. That is their way of life. You just have to respect it. I think if America spent less time on its high horse and more time actually trying to help its people it would be far better off. Also Americans need to stop thinking so 2 dimensionally. Shit is not good vs evil.

    • @wwefanman1000
      @wwefanman1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@victormacdougall6395 it did or at least the us thought it did. but it seems like it was just screwed from the jump it was an impossible region to capture and hold with little to no inferstructure and roads and have been fighting for years and years so you would have to basically build up it's nation and go in at saying that we are gonna take a lose to build this country and pray we can get something out of it but that still could have failed. I'm not saying that they couldn't have done better but you were gonna have to play civilization on the hardest difficulty with little to no resources while dealing with a civil war

    • @rainmanhart2809
      @rainmanhart2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Andree De haan at least this guy is right.

    • @davidlanglois6055
      @davidlanglois6055 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, they are all rotten all of them

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    these 13 minutes have done a much better job than hours after hours of news and documentaries created by pundits.

  • @noamansattar
    @noamansattar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    "War can change men, and in Afghanistan it changed millions"
    Love this quote

  • @thelastoddman901
    @thelastoddman901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1828

    I feel sorry for the afghans. Soviets invaded them, America destroyed them, even bin Laden was Saudi not an afghan.

    • @reredongy
      @reredongy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Osama was hiding in the mountains of Tora Bora but soon fled to Pakistan that's why they invaded to find Osama but failed, so before you comment please do your research

    • @amromohamed3520
      @amromohamed3520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      @@K33MMOBILE I believe most of the highjakers were from Saudi Arabia

    • @sometimeslol5578
      @sometimeslol5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@K33MMOBILE Saudis did it and Cheney pointed finger to afganistan cause it didn't have any pull in the economy

    • @AbdulQadirghayour
      @AbdulQadirghayour 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      And pakistan looted them

    • @K33MMOBILE
      @K33MMOBILE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@AbdulQadirghayour US and Soviet looted them

  • @jimholland1592
    @jimholland1592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember all the things you talked about as I watched the news unfold. Very well put together 👍

  • @nemotaylor240
    @nemotaylor240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Outstanding video. Crisp, accurate, and excellent root cause analysis. Keep up the great work.

  • @66newsnetwork
    @66newsnetwork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    When events from 2002 are called history, an 18 year old starts to feel really old.

    • @christianjuarez7618
      @christianjuarez7618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I guarantee there’s an 18 year old in Afghanistan right now who’s gonna come home from his 6 month deployment, and be 1 year older than his peers.

    • @matthewl2036
      @matthewl2036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mujahideen was sometime around the 80's... supply weapon by usa... rocket launcher are alot cheaper than a russian attack helicoptor...they learn IED and get AK from close by funding by usa.. that why they got left when russian is gone.. they just feel used by usa to fight their war... hecne the 9-11.... sin of father..

    • @jpmnky
      @jpmnky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you were old enough to buy liquor in 2002 and realize that was 18 years ago, you feel old. Happens to any of us that live long enough.

    • @Slayer119988
      @Slayer119988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When you’re old enough to *remember* events from 2002 you feel old.

  • @AzoreanProud
    @AzoreanProud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    "A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies."
    - Aristotle

  • @karlijnlike4lane
    @karlijnlike4lane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    very, very well explained. can't wait to see more. would be great for current US high school students to learn of this history from before they were born that has led up to present-day regional & global politics.

    • @ep6600
      @ep6600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That will never happen. Because then people might actually start thinking

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ep6600 bruh
      -true-

    • @BasedPureblood
      @BasedPureblood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about not getting High School kids into Geopolitics? America has already screwed the world and itself with Geopolitics.

    • @perfectsplit5515
      @perfectsplit5515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds like a much better idea than Critical Race Theory.

    • @Thicc_Cheese_Dip
      @Thicc_Cheese_Dip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BasedPureblood not getting high school kids into geopolitics is exactly why America has screwed the world and itself with geopolitics.

  • @lindarichmond1197
    @lindarichmond1197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this summary! During this period and of course watch/read the news. Still, unable to put all the bits and parts of the evolution together. Very helpful.

  • @siddislikesgoogle
    @siddislikesgoogle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    I never realized how tragic their history has been, truly saddened by this tale. Well done on helping us understand.

    • @p41n0koki
      @p41n0koki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Read the book "a thousand splendid suns" by Khaleid Hosseini,It is a beautifull book explaining the reak history of Afghanistan in a ficticious story

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@p41n0koki I know it wasn’t for me but I really appreciate the recommendation, I am so interested in this region’s history.

    • @barbarossalivegaming
      @barbarossalivegaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      this video and the creater hate taliban thats why it,s so negative

    • @Thor-Orion
      @Thor-Orion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@barbarossalivegaming I mean, the Taliban aren’t really a stable government. I feel so bad for the civilians in the area, they’ve been through so much. First the Soviets, then the individual corrupt leaders of each area. Then the Taliban promised the people stability and so the people supported them only for the Taliban to turn around and start enforcing tons of new laws on the people who just want to live. I don’t think the Taliban is all as bad as the western governments want us to believe, but there are certainly sections of their government which are horribly corrupt and oppressive.

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I fully concur.
      I was well aware of the outlines of this generations-long catastrophe, but Shivan has once again analyzed and presented it in a way that deepened my insight.
      Thanks, man!

  • @OXxDarkxXO56
    @OXxDarkxXO56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    The timing of this video is too perfect.

    • @SpectacleAssault
      @SpectacleAssault 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why is that?

    • @OXxDarkxXO56
      @OXxDarkxXO56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@SpectacleAssault because of the recently announced peace deal between the US and the Taliban

    • @wahyuprasojo5148
      @wahyuprasojo5148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OXxDarkxXO56 yesterday, without Afghanistan gov i suppose

    • @Iamwolf134
      @Iamwolf134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Besides, we've given the Taliban enough of a pounding anyways. Hey, maybe we can offer the Taliban a trade deal further down the line

    • @johnnyaingel5753
      @johnnyaingel5753 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OXxDarkxXO56 TRUTH EXACTLY

  • @weakest17yrold
    @weakest17yrold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well put together video once again! Your videos always encourage me to do further reading the topics you present and it gives me a good overview to start with. I’ve absolutely been pounding the books on taliban recently and I’m still learning something new.

  • @shaunoleary8740
    @shaunoleary8740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this video and providing the background. Information like this is helpful for understanding the whole situation.

  • @jaipreetsingh6566
    @jaipreetsingh6566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1493

    How can u defeat an enemy that sees paradise when looking down at a barrel of a gun

    • @louisxiv736
      @louisxiv736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Yes you put them up for good

    • @jaipreetsingh6566
      @jaipreetsingh6566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      @@louisxiv736 send them to paradise

    • @docm7583
      @docm7583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@jaipreetsingh6566 exactly.

    • @Helloilikeaxalotols123
      @Helloilikeaxalotols123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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    • @simulify8726
      @simulify8726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Helloilikeaxalotols123 ISIS*

  • @MartinDeHill
    @MartinDeHill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    Hey algorithm, you should recommend this video

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Algorithm: no.

    • @Amghannam
      @Amghannam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ricojes But it did!

    • @faquitta
      @faquitta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Technically it's not an algorithm, it's a neural network

    • @t.t.2430
      @t.t.2430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I second this

    • @MrUlyseses
      @MrUlyseses 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I and the algorithm endorse this message

  • @FlyingAyam
    @FlyingAyam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When you invaded other country, the only thing you created is a monster creeping on your back.

  • @mariomenezes1153
    @mariomenezes1153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing documentary! Provides a clear high level understanding of what happened. Diagnosis: Adventurism by outside forces.

  • @FUBARGunpla
    @FUBARGunpla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    Funny how little the Americans learnt from Vietnam and the Russians when fighting these people, insurgent combat is usually an uphill battle

    • @spaceman3671
      @spaceman3671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      alex hernandez politically the US took a beating in Vietnam but death wise we fucking demolished north Vietnam

    • @abrupt9842
      @abrupt9842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It’s a huge challenge and you’re pretty much destined to lose because the people you’re fighting look just like normal civilians

    • @ceroew4239
      @ceroew4239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Gloryboy the US won but ultimately lost at home

    • @howtonotbasic1383
      @howtonotbasic1383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@abrupt9842 and the people ur fighting place traps ;-;

    • @abrupt9842
      @abrupt9842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      HowToNotBasic that’s the worst part about it I think. Bamboo sticks with poop smeared on them as Tiger traps and IEDs are horrible. You could be doing a patrol and one wrong step and you’re gone with nothing left of you but maybe your dog tag

  • @johnyricco1220
    @johnyricco1220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    We need an episode on Turkey’s relationship with Russia and Syria

    • @ahmadfrhan5265
      @ahmadfrhan5265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 operation peace shield started. down with Assad and Russians

    • @mrcocoloco7200
      @mrcocoloco7200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@ahmadfrhan5265 Yeah........Ah
      No!

    • @deadirony477
      @deadirony477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Eurdogan is a disgrace to humanity.

    • @sanasama2209
      @sanasama2209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Erdogan is a dog of Putin along with Assad. There you go about the relationship 🙄

    • @ivanvoronov3871
      @ivanvoronov3871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ahmadfrhan5265 you will lose. Conflict with Russia has always ended badly. The Kurds will side with Assad now and NATO will want no part with Turkey. The conflict will become a quagmire for turkish forces. Negation and co- operation with Russia as you did before was the best strategy

  • @CHOCOLATEAMIT
    @CHOCOLATEAMIT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well narrated 👌
    Images and video footage arranged by you deserves a thumbs up 👍

  • @kanruckkans7656
    @kanruckkans7656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent explanation. Clear, quick and concise. That must have taken a lot of work and research. Thank you.

  • @MrJakys1234566
    @MrJakys1234566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    To think that Afghanistan has been seeing conflict for around 40 years, shits crazy man

    • @lachlanwelsh5880
      @lachlanwelsh5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Crazy and sad.
      Afghanistan was a progressive, educated and positively developing nation before the Soviets went in.
      That was the start of the awful situation… and it has never been solved.
      Destroy the Taliban NOW.

    • @LebaneseBaron
      @LebaneseBaron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@lachlanwelsh5880 unfortunately, the Taliban won't be removed from Afghanistan only by force. The US/NATO tried to do that and failed, because guerrilla fighting went on, just like with the Soviets. The REAL weakness of the Taliban which can be exploited is their financing: Wahhabi Islam is backed by Saudi Arabia (oil money) and neighbouring Wahhabi Pashtuns, in Pakistan. If these two are toppled, the Taliban will be left alone.

    • @edwardhoulton8725
      @edwardhoulton8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Try 400 years

    • @sjaakkielzog314
      @sjaakkielzog314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game#/media/Bestand:Great_Game_cartoon_from_1878.jpg about Russia and England.

    • @zzerxes
      @zzerxes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Several millenia

  • @ANDYSCRICKET
    @ANDYSCRICKET 4 ปีที่แล้ว +672

    You cant defeat a nation that was raised in war and terror, the upcoming generation of fighters will be even more stronger and fierce!

    • @ANDYSCRICKET
      @ANDYSCRICKET 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @madone 05 yeah, they have nothing left to lose anymore

    • @aamirdar2546
      @aamirdar2546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ANDYSCRICKET exactly

    • @Bizzon666
      @Bizzon666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      So true! Also the new generation of hardened fighters hate us for occupying them. This whole war is militarily un-winnable, we are creating more terrorists than we are supressing.

    • @Bizzon666
      @Bizzon666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @King Waffi I am the white man from the culture that is occupying Afghanistan=/ But I respect their struggle against us. They also practically won by now, my country already stopped military operations there.

    • @rburk854
      @rburk854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well you can win, but you need to do it the Roman way, which is frowned upon these days.

  • @hypercarinvitational6731
    @hypercarinvitational6731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic clarity. Thank you for this. I wish more people could see it

  • @shitikishitiko
    @shitikishitiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ive learned alot from this video and this has given me alot of understanding of who the taliban are

    • @amazoidal
      @amazoidal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Proves that guerilla warfare is superior and air power doesn't mean anything.

  • @user_____M
    @user_____M 4 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    Ethnic cleansing, Mongol style. And yeah, the Nobel peace prize is a joke.

    • @satyamprakash7030
      @satyamprakash7030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It was a geopolitical assurence that yes ussr, USA liked your action. Keep it up.

    • @adamradziwill
      @adamradziwill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Muscovites ("russinas") are mongols juchi who have 0 connection to euro civilization of Kiev Rus´ , don't you know it ?

    • @adamradziwill
      @adamradziwill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Muscovites ("russinas") are mongols juchi who have 0 connection to euro civilization of Kiev Rus´ , don't you know it ?

    • @matthewyoung596
      @matthewyoung596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The Nobel organization has been irrelevant for decades

    • @victorpisarev7768
      @victorpisarev7768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@adamradziwill especially taken into consideration similar appearance and cultural proximity with Europeans. Yeah, Russians are Mongols))))

  • @thecpt6265
    @thecpt6265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    It's amazing how labels change when the enemies change, they were heroes fighting for freedom and the homeland when it was against the soviets, then they were called terrorist zealots when they fought the USA for the exact same reason.

    • @thecpt6265
      @thecpt6265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @Fleece Johnson oh you do? I thought both tried establishing puppet government that fall into their ideology and destroy the last pockets of resistance.

    • @everydayperson8372
      @everydayperson8372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@thecpt6265 They? these are two different Afghan groups with different ideologies. The same Afghans who fought the soviets are not the Taliban. Did you even watch the video?

    • @thecpt6265
      @thecpt6265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@everydayperson8372 I think you're missing the point entirely, it's not about who is what, it's about why they're fighting to begin with.

    • @sometimeslol5578
      @sometimeslol5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They were zealots because they utilised suicide bombers and stoned people to death lol

    • @sometimeslol5578
      @sometimeslol5578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also not the same group

  • @rickjames21
    @rickjames21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This has been very insightful. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @deadtreebark
    @deadtreebark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Everyone keeps bringing them new tech and weaponry for free lol, they have brand new pickups

    • @nkvdcomradeorion7336
      @nkvdcomradeorion7336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr, almost makes me want to join them just to get these trillions of $ worth of weapons left behind lol

  • @SamSam-ei3sq
    @SamSam-ei3sq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    As an Afghan, I couldn’t agree more to the explanation.

    • @CarlosReyes-lw7qi
      @CarlosReyes-lw7qi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Like I say my Afghan friend long live the influence of the northern alliance and most of all the influence of Ahmad Shah Massoud

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      then you know.. your land had been fighting for very long time... it just differnt country... it just life of middle kingdom.. as a guy with the same middle kingdom country.. it just life of endless fight...

    • @system7989
      @system7989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Some major bs was in the vidio .like
      Taliban Vs mujahideen .boi these two are the same people doing the same thing .

    • @elhamhemat572
      @elhamhemat572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@CarlosReyes-lw7qi fuck Ahmad shah Massoud, that mother fucker is the reason why the cities were destroyed.

    • @JK-eb4ck
      @JK-eb4ck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am so sorry my shity ass country (USA) ruined your country.

  • @madao7865
    @madao7865 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    *Fun fact:* Whenever you release a political video, somewhere, a TH-cam algorithm becomes sentient and cries.

    • @Spitamenes007
      @Spitamenes007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Madao crazy how the guy that the founder of algorithms is from the “modern” country of Afghanistan al khawarizmi as was Avicenna etc

  • @LukePalmer
    @LukePalmer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for creating this, it helps understand what is happening right now

  • @amanhaman8568
    @amanhaman8568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Something about your videos is very captivating. I didn't want it to end!

  • @donovanrussell7189
    @donovanrussell7189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    Afghanistan, the grave yard of Superpowers.

    • @aqadeerrana3660
      @aqadeerrana3660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      donovan russell Bro No one can win in Afghanistan
      This is the Place where no one can Win
      🇵🇰🇦🇫❤️

    • @IranDokht_BraveIranianWomen
      @IranDokht_BraveIranianWomen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Arabs conquered Afghanistan, Mongols conquered Afghanistan, Turks conquered Afghanistan, etc, etc. Afghans are a mix of Arabs, Turks and Mongols.

    • @r.s582
      @r.s582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      LOL

    • @r.s582
      @r.s582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Arabs conquered Afghanistan.

    • @r.s582
      @r.s582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mongols conquered Afghanistan.

  • @yussefthe3rd
    @yussefthe3rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    One of the best videos I've seen to explain the historical geopolitics of Afghanistan.

  • @shines7232
    @shines7232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This really excellent. Most imformative. I was searching for this insight I didnt even know. Glad I saw this. JazakAllah Khayr

    • @shines7232
      @shines7232 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Informative*
      Salam

  • @MrTodayistheday
    @MrTodayistheday 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best discussion of this topic ever produced. Thank you.

  • @matheen8574
    @matheen8574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1048

    A "toy bomb" that attractes innocent kids. That is just one of the lowest most evil and merciless thing a human could do.

    • @leko4420
      @leko4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Probably a lie.
      Like "babies on bayonets" in ww1. Or the famous Nayirah testimony, about Iraqi soldiers taking babies out of incubators and leave the babies to die. (check it out on TH-cam)
      Atrocity propaganda is the spreading of information about the crimes committed by an enemy, often includes or features deliberate fabrications or exaggerations. Such stories are invented in every war, very much.
      In the west thousands of such fake stories are made against the Soviet Union. For making them look and feel bad. Propaganda psyops are mostly about making a gut feeling.
      I like "CaspianReport", but it is very biased and often not very factual, and tends to follow NATO narratives. That is my impression anyway.

    • @AsterixYZ
      @AsterixYZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      I don't want to call it downright a lie, but Shirvan made a mistake of course. Those Soviet mines ПФМ-1 were almost the exact copy of American Blu-43/B "Dragontooth" used in Vietnam, and children were often picking them up, because of their unusual form, confusing them for a toy. But they were never intentionally designed to target children. So Shirwan simply didn't do his homework here.

    • @courage-3954
      @courage-3954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      A kid in Afghanistan is not innocent. A 7 year old will shoot you with an AK-47 without hesitation. A 15 year old kid will chop your head off and play soccer with it. There’s a reason why Soviets targeted kids. Do not demonize one side. Especially when you’ve never fought in a war.

    • @koraptd6085
      @koraptd6085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@courage-3954 I... I think, I need a break from the topic

    • @jirislavicek9954
      @jirislavicek9954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I loathe the Soviets and everything communist, we had their army "temporarily" dislocated in our country for 23 years as a "brotherhood help to normalize our socialist establishment ". In fact they were pure occupants, there was nothing temporary about it and they only f...ed off after the collapse of the USSR.
      But this idea of "baby mines" or "toy bombs" seems very far-fetched to me! What probably happened was that kids out of curiosity picked up mines, not intended for them, they were the only interesting objects in otherwise monotonous desert and got injured or killed. I absolutely can see myself picking up such thing as a child. American anti Soviet propaganda turned them into toy bombs.
      But that doesn't really change the immorality of such devices though.

  • @rubz1390
    @rubz1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +973

    A sad story, now the Taliban are on the verge of complete victory again. History repeats itself, just with different players.

    • @ofcr3237
      @ofcr3237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      So do you believe that after taking control of all Afghanistan provinces Taliban leaders will start fighting each other?

    • @rubz1390
      @rubz1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@ofcr3237 It's a possibility given the greed of men,but perhaps not. However what is similar is how quickly the Taliban overran the country after the US withdrew, just like how quickly the Mujahedeen took over afyer the USSR withdrew.

    • @ofcr3237
      @ofcr3237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rubz1390 As far as I am concerned U.S. foreign policy makers anticipate the fighting between Taliban fractions after conquering all urban areas and that is one of the reasons the leave the country

    • @natashagupta4691
      @natashagupta4691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🔴SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

    • @christopherjones5700
      @christopherjones5700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At least before the invasion, there was a "Northern Alliance"... now seems even worse.

  • @g.r.2985
    @g.r.2985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is such a well-explained and empathetic history lesson on the Afghan nation. Why wouldn’t they become the fighting people they have? We’ll done, Shirvan!

  • @deedickie
    @deedickie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your work to bring historical education available

  • @John_Jim
    @John_Jim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This is hands down the best explanation I've ever seen on this subject. Very impressive!

    • @DdrtAddh
      @DdrtAddh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely agree, Superb content!

  • @UpcycleElectronics
    @UpcycleElectronics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is an influential comment for the algorithm including keywords like amazing, interesting, educational, awesome, and captivating. More people should be watching this.
    Keep up the good work.
    -Jake

  • @maremaarten
    @maremaarten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shirvan, I really love you, you never disappoint.

  • @aiztarxxx
    @aiztarxxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    A fairly good analysis but the following are the weak points:
    1. To say Taliban are a version of Wahabism is incorrect and over simplistic. Wahabism is used to describe the movement sprang up in Saudi Arabia in the early part of 20th century and follow the Hanbali or Ahl ul Hadith or Salafi school if thought. The Taliban are followers of the Deobandi school if thought.
    2. Wahabis have a very different attitude towards monarchy or leadership, even if the leadership or monarchy is corrupt they will support it and tolerate as long as they don't go against fundamental injunctions of Islam but Taliban will not tolerate nor support such type of leaders.
    3. Taliban want to implement the Islamic system in totality but Wahabis don't mind if it is partial.

    • @toddberkely6791
      @toddberkely6791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      the taliban will moderate themselves once they realise how much money they can make selling mining rights

    • @cockiesun
      @cockiesun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great info, this should be higher. I didn't realise the Taliban were more fundamentalist than Wahabis. I don't know much about Wahabis, but when I was in Egypt ten years ago, people attributed bombings of mosques and Coptic churches to them.

    • @RFi731
      @RFi731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cockiesun yeah Wahhabis are mostly misinterpreted nowadays. As OP said, they are very loyal to the government and won't do anything that will destabilize the region.

    • @Anw4rr10r
      @Anw4rr10r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@toddberkely6791 Mining rights?

    • @nickgilla.
      @nickgilla. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Anw4rr10r th-cam.com/video/j9pOQioOEGg/w-d-xo.html

  • @saifchowdhury3581
    @saifchowdhury3581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    The USA only cared about Soviets not getting Afghanistan. So when that threat went away, they had no reason to bother with Afghan people anymore.

    • @mohamedelkayal2068
      @mohamedelkayal2068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      To them the war was over, for the radicals it was the beginning to something new. When they started to be a problem that's when they started getting attention.

    • @maddocpax788
      @maddocpax788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True. But from this video I realized that it would've taken a lot of bothering to contain the coming Taliban, and they were coming. We're not talking about building some schools and roads here; the necessary commitment was unfeasible without 9/11.

    • @fightttttt
      @fightttttt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well considering what Russia did with north korea and vietnam against us cant blame them.

  • @user-WH10
    @user-WH10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    My heart cries for Afghanistan. I am Pakistani pashtoon. When I look at sufferings of my brethren i cry out. We pashtoon are being butchered by the world and still we are the buffer zone for them. But we will raise. There is hope and hope of glory!

    • @silentsword8454
      @silentsword8454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a qustion do you consider ur self as pakistani but with afghan roots because of ur pashtun blood or? I just want to learn more avout pashtuns in pakistan

    • @faznaz7455
      @faznaz7455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      بلال احمد Well a lot of Afghans rightly dislike the Pakistani government and their intelligence service for committing huge atrocities and housing some terrorists. However, Afghans don’t have an issue with the people at all, just the corrupt and evil government.

    • @muhammedahmed851
      @muhammedahmed851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@faznaz7455 stop calling mujahedeen terrorists

    • @faznaz7455
      @faznaz7455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Muhammed Ahmed The taliban faction from the Mujahideen (anybody under the command of Gulbudeen Hekmatyar and Bin Laden) are terrorists.

    • @wavyy
      @wavyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@muhammedahmed851 The Taliban attack mosques and weddings. Nobody is a terrorist if they are no terrorists.

  • @deehazsnow3178
    @deehazsnow3178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and narration..didn't want it to end

  • @srabonx
    @srabonx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A complete story of Taliban. Thanks. I needed to know all of these.

  • @benw582
    @benw582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    My key takeaway from this: Hurt people hurt people. Such a simple concept yet seemingly so difficult to grasp for governments and insitutions all across the world.

    • @elektrotehnik94
      @elektrotehnik94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Unless they do psychotherapy and let go of the hurtful things others did to them :)
      That's why mental health is such an important thing... It concerns not only mental health but changes the quality of one's behaviour in a challenging situation. :)

    • @annoloki
      @annoloki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@elektrotehnik94 aka "pain that's not transformed is transmitted". The world is being run by the traumatised, power addiction is a pathology, the most socially costly yet socially ignored of all the forms addiction manifests, people who externalise their internal insecurities, it's never enough, no amount of controlling everything around the problem can address the problem, but they can't stop, there's too much pain in the empty feeling, pain they don't even recognise isn't simply a part of being human, healing is available, but how would they ever know? We haven't figured out that we should tell them, too confused by the "success" of their power attainment to recognise it as a symptom of a pain they don't actually want. Why be kind to a world that shows you no empathy for your pain?

    • @Jon-mh9lk
      @Jon-mh9lk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When will people like you realize that some people are simply born evil and that there is no way to change them?

    • @WebVideoTours
      @WebVideoTours 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Jon-mh9lk Perceiving the world in such stark terms betrays a lazy mind. As the previous speakers have indicated, most if not all phenomena, human or otherwise, can be explained by understanding their causes and conditions.

    • @Jon-mh9lk
      @Jon-mh9lk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WebVideoTours Yes, they can be understood because every human soul has an evil chamber.
      Sadly some people throw around with words like "psychological treatment" when they refuse to except that very evil part of their own soul as what it is.
      Humans are not only shaped by their conditions, they also shape their conditions.
      The condition of having unlimited sympathy for someone unwilling to change is actually classified as a psychological illness.

  • @nabeelahmedkhanofficial
    @nabeelahmedkhanofficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Taliban and US just signed Afghan Peace Agreement yesterday and i wish afghan people a peaceful and prosperous future from Pakistan.

    • @infidelheretic923
      @infidelheretic923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Nabeel Ahmed Khan
      I’m sure it’ll make great toilet paper.

    • @virding232
      @virding232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Lord Azreal Lais The wars in the Middle East are driven by the geopolitical interests of the Liberal-Capital world order, which is fundementally at odds with Islam. It has nothing to do with Right-wing Liberals who dislike Muslims in Europe.

    • @insearchofnemo
      @insearchofnemo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Lord Azreal Lais Afghanistan is not in the Middle East. And try another conspiracy theory.

    • @insearchofnemo
      @insearchofnemo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Says a Pakistani lol.

    • @padredemishijos12
      @padredemishijos12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Shirvan supports the continued US occupation of Afghanistan.

  • @tylerhorvath7086
    @tylerhorvath7086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent breakdown, thanks for the great vid man!

  • @maxaters
    @maxaters 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job, this is a very profound assessment!

  • @Imnothere59
    @Imnothere59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Holy shit! It was like the best episode of any legendary tv series
    Please make next episode

  • @alexandergrace5350
    @alexandergrace5350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    One of the best channels on TH-cam

    • @mashotoshaku
      @mashotoshaku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fancy seeing you here mate!

    • @mahammadisgandarli4397
      @mahammadisgandarli4397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      glad to see you here, I watch videos on your channel too :)

    • @elvolvasky69
      @elvolvasky69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is a high quality guy, glad to see you here alex

    • @raeese7250
      @raeese7250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just like him. You two talk to people properly and intelligently

    • @zuboy4272
      @zuboy4272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey wait , it's the guy who read all books about wahmen !

  • @QuietJust
    @QuietJust 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really well put together and informative.

  • @scottmonfort
    @scottmonfort 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great summary. I love the geographics that show the Afgan Country in the relation to surrounding mountains.

  • @Tavoous
    @Tavoous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I lived and worked in the region for almost 11 years (till Feb 2020) and have pretty good insight about the events there. This report was one of the best summaries I've seen about the birth of Taliban. Well done!

  • @polydueres
    @polydueres 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1029

    expertly done-now if you had only showed this to the American generals ten years ago!!!

    • @bratzpoepie254
      @bratzpoepie254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      It was told but they didn't listen...

    • @randomguyoninternetidk4014
      @randomguyoninternetidk4014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      *21 years ago

    • @FRISHR
      @FRISHR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      They would still ignore it and went to war for the oil as usual.

    • @phiacraft338
      @phiacraft338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@FRISHR what oil? Lmao nobody is getting oil from Afghanistan

    • @hobinrood710
      @hobinrood710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@FRISHR Please find a map. No oil anywhere close.
      Opium.
      Hasn't heroin and opiate use gone crazy?
      Not a coincidence.

  • @pablovargas1690
    @pablovargas1690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always!

  • @CnMinus1432
    @CnMinus1432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any known drawbacks with this video essay? It seems immaculately concise, factual and level-headed. I would like to recommend it to others especially in these times, thus I'm just giving it the sceptical once-over.
    Also, to the author, my salutations!

  • @muenchhausenmusic
    @muenchhausenmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Congratulations! This was a gripping video, and I learned a lot that I knew nothing about!

    • @natashagupta4691
      @natashagupta4691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🔶SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

  • @rr3dd
    @rr3dd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    What's interesting is that the "toy mine" design was directly copied from the BLU-43/B Dragontooth mines deployed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War.

    • @Bizzon666
      @Bizzon666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Thank you for pointing it out. Whole "toy mine" story is just propaganda. Both sides had those mines, and they were initially green because they were originally meant for European battlefield (with lot of green vegetation)

    • @janctrnacty1215
      @janctrnacty1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Bizzon666 yes, and bomb’s shape was determined by aerodynamics, not to made it to look like toy

    • @Bizzon666
      @Bizzon666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janctrnacty1215 Samozřejmě, tvar je daný funkcí. Ale západní propaganda tvrdila že jsou schválně barevné aby lákaly děti, místo pravdy že cokoliv maskované do lesa/pole bude v poušti/horách extrémně nápadné.

    • @Bizzon666
      @Bizzon666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Gaius Wyrden Whole "toy mine" story was a propaganda. They were green color because they were to be used in Europe with lot of vegetation, ans the design itself was copied US design.

    • @korneliusjansen542
      @korneliusjansen542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes, I like Shirvan and his videos, but this toy mine thing is almost certainly Anti-Soviet propaganda (and I am really, really not fond of the Soviet Union). Big blunder on his part.

  • @colinadams5419
    @colinadams5419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had this on my watch later forever thought now would be am appropriate time to watch

  • @JeremyThomas_Environmentarian
    @JeremyThomas_Environmentarian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Really great presentation that put into perspective something I, and it seems the Americans themselves, knew not enough about...

    • @epistte
      @epistte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I knew very little about the details and I love history and politics.

  • @nancymomlandrealfans1680
    @nancymomlandrealfans1680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    I never knew Pakistan was playing so decisively

    • @nuranarrowood5808
      @nuranarrowood5808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @ Business since OSAMA Pakistan hidden him in old building

    • @rohanbasak
      @rohanbasak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      They are still playing this game in kashmir, alluring young bloods in the name of Islam , and infiltrating militants .

    • @p_akistani1687
      @p_akistani1687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he only talking about pakistan.

    • @p_akistani1687
      @p_akistani1687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@rohanbasak yea shut up. its the samee situation as palestine thanks to ur nazi leader modi.

    • @darthashpie3370
      @darthashpie3370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@p_akistani1687 Muslims invaded Jammu and Kashmir like Jews in Palestine

  • @Rebasepoiss
    @Rebasepoiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    While doing my conscription service our instructors told a "cool" story about the Russian infrantry mines used in Afghanistan. Basically the Russians just plowed them all over the place from airplanes and even they didn't exactly know where the mines were. This is not ideal if you have your own men on the ground as well... As a "protective measure", Russian soldiers started using sneakers instead of army boots because this way only your foot flew off if you stepped on a mine and not half of your leg (as military boots are quite high and laced rather tightly, the boot basically tore the whole lower half of the leg with it).

    • @arminius6506
      @arminius6506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Objective was to destroy the whole urban population of Afghanistan and force people to flee into Soviet controlled urban areas or neighboring countries.

    • @meme-ni9ch
      @meme-ni9ch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@arminius6506 right, as the video says

    • @netyimeni169
      @netyimeni169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Soviet PFM-1 mine is almost exact copy of american BLU-43 mine. You can check why americans designed BLU-43 in this shape on wikipedia and for what purpose (cause there is not that much information on PFM-1 wikiperdia page).
      For shape - "...was designed with a shape that would cause it to spiral down to the ground, removing the need for a parachute. " - nothing to do with kids.
      For purpose - "...being preferred by the military because they could be used to deny access to large areas to foot traffic." - nothing to do with destroying whole popultaion.
      Their usage in Vietnam war was classified but same mines in Afghanistan claimed USSR absolute evil well done US.

    • @loysanpera
      @loysanpera 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@netyimeni169 You can use AT mines to destoy 4 story building. You can destoy tanks with granades. It's not the design. It's the ingenuity.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's a war crime, civilians are the VAST MAJORITY of mine causalities and children are the most effected group..

  • @Nitraex
    @Nitraex ปีที่แล้ว

    This is by far your best video, truly heartbreaking.

  • @ellol8647
    @ellol8647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, this aged like fine wine.

  • @ibrahimalsaadi8256
    @ibrahimalsaadi8256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is one of the most interesting TH-cam channels. Shirvan is very educated and always has a balanced opinion. Thank you for the hard work

    • @ASLUHLUHCE
      @ASLUHLUHCE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's 'Shirvan'

  • @sjogzor
    @sjogzor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great report! It feels like I just watched a whole multi hour documentary in 16 minutes.
    Hopefully, this will be an evergreen of the channel, and serve as a great overview/introduction to the subject for millions of people!
    And perfectly timed with US/Taliban agreement, of course.
    Much love!

  • @7heRequiem
    @7heRequiem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome content, this is the first time I've seen the human aspect of it and the toll it took on them since the Soviet Invasion. Most stuff we read just talks about numbers, how groups formed and terrorism. It's pretty tragic especially for the people caught in between all these wars that's been lasted for a whole generation

  • @GG-ef7ig
    @GG-ef7ig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible detail brother!

  • @direct.skc.2
    @direct.skc.2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Time for a 2nd part: The Return of the Taliban!

    • @natashagupta4691
      @natashagupta4691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🟧SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

    • @pastuh
      @pastuh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      12:55

    • @lenonel3286
      @lenonel3286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Electric Boogaloo

    • @dohaatheexplorer
      @dohaatheexplorer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am also making a brief history of afghans and taliban

    • @veevendetta3448
      @veevendetta3448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      World Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Taliban
      Coming 2022, LucasFilm.

  • @achbanilacran2061
    @achbanilacran2061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As always, just great content! Thanks Shirvan!

  • @ebubechiibegbula5968
    @ebubechiibegbula5968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you caspian report, Concise and objective as always

  • @glenfordburrell2133
    @glenfordburrell2133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fantastic analysis.

  • @AnthonyEllis_Au
    @AnthonyEllis_Au 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I was watching the development of the Taliban situation in the late 1990s. My wall was covered in newspaper clippings. I kept wondering why nobody was doing anything. I was in high school then. 1994-2000.
    It all caught up with us.

    • @SoaringSuccubus
      @SoaringSuccubus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's interesting. What got you into that?

    • @Goreuncle
      @Goreuncle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you also have newspaper clippings about Saudi Arabia denying all sorts of rights to women (including the right to vote)?
      Did you keep wondering why NATO members sold (and still sell) weapons, warships, fighter jets, etc. to the Saudi regime?
      It's funny how the utterly corrupt and two faced western governments make a big fuss about the Talibans and "terrorism", while letting the Saudis get away with murder (literally) 🤦‍♂️
      What about Israel? Another can of worms, right there.
      The Talibans don't worry me half as much as Saudi Arabia and Israel, tbh.

    • @AnthonyEllis_Au
      @AnthonyEllis_Au 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SoaringSuccubus - Naivety and the mistaken belief that I could one day change the world.

  • @samcavanagh7993
    @samcavanagh7993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of your best videos Shirvan! I feel genuinely educated and I learned a lot of stuff that I had no idea about before. Thank you for producing this valuable content.

  • @joeynice123
    @joeynice123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect to the research. Great content 👌👏

  • @antaxiczombie
    @antaxiczombie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. The most informed ive ever been about the Taliban. Thanks for the hard work

  • @playgroundheroes899
    @playgroundheroes899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This was wonderfully done. You’re an artist. Thank you for covering this.

  • @tejbirsingh5661
    @tejbirsingh5661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I learned a lot from this video that i did not know before, thank you

  • @pkleisler
    @pkleisler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really great summary!

  • @leeg4564
    @leeg4564 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video! Thank you for the insight 👌

  • @nordbjorn3283
    @nordbjorn3283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Watching it now, in 2021 when Taliban are taking over Afghan again... Man, it certainly gets some new meaning

  • @b.w.22
    @b.w.22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This was incredibly informative. I knew that the ISI had its hand in the Afghan affairs of the 90’s, but I didn’t understand the origins of the Taliban or even what the word meant. People say that the US never learns, but I think maybe nobody ever learns: The ISI helped to create this movement and it’s fighters, then are surprised to find that those righteous guns might be trained on them.

    • @nikolatasev4948
      @nikolatasev4948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ISI played itself, now even their rank and file is radicalized. There is no gracious exit now for anyone, no gentle way to calm down.
      Pakistan did some pretty evil stuff, to the Hindus on its territory, then a full on genocide in Bangladesh topped with killing all educated people they could find - doctors, teachers, etc. And *then* they decided to go full on Islamism and export extremism abroad.
      I don't see how it end well for anyone involved in the next 50 years.

    • @AbhayPeshin
      @AbhayPeshin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nikolatasev4948 succinct summary of the situation! 👍

    • @AbhayPeshin
      @AbhayPeshin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nikolatasev4948 Indian?

    • @nikolatasev4948
      @nikolatasev4948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AbhayPeshin Nope. Bulgarian. I just read history.

    • @AbhayPeshin
      @AbhayPeshin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nikolatasev4948 if you may oblige me, what do you think India should do?

  • @samarthsingh8735
    @samarthsingh8735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a video! Thanks for sharing!