Taliban agree to let Afghans leave Afghanistan after US withdrawal deadline

[littlemissmartypants]

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#BREAKING Taliban agree to let Afghans leave Afghanistan after US withdrawal deadline of August 31: German envoy https://t.co/RNJR68lgFd


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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/taliban-agree-to-let-afghans-leave-after-august-31-german-envoy-2518636


Berlin: The Taliban will continue to allow Afghans who have the right documents to leave Afghanistan after the United States' withdrawal deadline on August 31, Germany's ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday.
Markus Potzel said on Twitter he had met with Taliban deputy chief negotiator Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who had "assured me that Afghans with legal documents will continue to have the opportunity to travel on commercial flights after 31 August".



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[David__77]

1. Smart. Very smart.

Smarter still to actually implement that which I think may be difficult.

[Ray Bruns]

17. Don't be fooled. Once the foreign press leaves

or is kicked out, the bloodbath begins. Tigers do not change their stripes.

[Budi]

2. Of course they did. Cuz they just needed to show their mighty might.

President Biden refused to commit to their bullshit posturing.
That, & they have no funds cuz US, Germany, & Finland hold the billion$ & froze access to it.

[onetexan]

26. +1 -K&R

[ashredux]

3. My guess....Money talks to the Taliban just like everyone else....

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Yup

We still have a lot of pull with the purse strings. We will get the Americans who want to leave out by next week. Some Afghan allies who want to leave are going to be left behind, we will continue to negotiate their leaving after our troops have left. How compliant the Taliban is will determine how good of a change they have to maintain a functioning government.

We also have high value prisoners to exchange.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. The likelihood of drone strikes tends to focus the mind

You know that was swirling around in their minds.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. That thought crossed my mind, too. nt

[EYESORE 9001]

12. You fear a drone strike?

What on earth did you do?

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Or would you prefer these?

[elleng]

5. The whole world is watching!

[PoliticAverse]

6. "who have the right documents" - "sorry but those are the documents from the old government...

you must have the new official Taliban government documents."

[cbabe]

23. This. Plus reports

taliban are ripping up people's papers at checkpoints.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. YaY! Biden is boss!

[C Moon]

20. Watch the media ignore this part.

[Budi]

27. K & R watching & waiting for a teeny mention. Maybe?

[MrModerate]

8. The Taliban shouldn't want these people in their country anyway...

They are clearly tainted with westernism and don't want to be ruled by Sharia law.

Better to let them go: otherwise you'll have to kill them all, and their families.

Not good for civilian morale, especially if you're trying to knit a fragmented nation together.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. They need them to run the country

Everything they are doing seems to indicate that the Taliban actually wants to control a functioning government, they realize their control won't be long if it isn't functioning.

So they want government workers and skilled people to stay. Going to be a tight rope for both sides.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. What are they going to do?

Force them to "run the country" at gunpoint?


The Taliban have caught a tiger by the tail, if you ask me.

[Ray Bruns]

15. They are going to eliminate them.

[Johnny2X2X]

16. People want to work

They're already telling them to go to work.

How they handle women is going to be interesting, they've indicated they want them to work, but right now have said stay home because the rank and file members of the Taliban aren't all on board with that yet. And that's the trick, the Taliban aren't going to have control over some regions whose warlords might have different ideas.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. They aren't going to have control over their trigger happy troops either.

I don't even think "troops" is the correct terminology for the rag tag bunch we are seeing right now.

Maybe they are saving the "good stuff" for a special occasion, like you would chocolate or wine or a fancy new dress.

[Budi]

28. "They aren't going to have control over their trigger happy troops either."

Yup. This ⬆️

With the Afghan people gone & the billion$ now in untouchable accts outside Taliban control, what is left?
A big plot of dirt & far bigger, meaner Powers than the mealey-mouthed Taliban, just waiting for their share of the Afghanistan pie.

[Ray Bruns]

22. I fear a gunpoint is going to be the last thing these people see.

[Ray Bruns]

21. They didn't need them before

What makes you think they will need them now?

[littlemissmartypants]

24. Exactly.

Reminds me of the saying...

Failure to plan on your part, doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.

I am wondering how realistic the Tban is about what it will take to run a country. I don't see any binders full of policy and instructions. I doubt that they have any coherent plans for anything.

It's like suddenly the junior high student government is in charge of the gun cabinet.

[Ray Bruns]

14. Yea, Yea, Yea, heard this before.

And I love you and the check is in the mail. Well, you know the rest.

[Lonestarblue]

25. I'll believe it when it happens.

The Taliban seem to be clever with their wording. Women and girls will have freedom and rights under shariah law (but the Taliban makes up the law according to their extremist views). The Taliban will allow Afghans with the “right documents” to leave Afghanistan—but they get to decide whether documents are right. I truly hope I’m wrong, and this Taliban is not as vicious as the one 20 years ago.

[EndlessWire]

36. It doesn't bode well any way you cut it.

They think we are really stupid and will believe whatever we are told. If they want women to work, it's because they need slaves. They didn't suddenly become ultra hip, modern businessmen. They understand cash, however, and some probably changed hands. I'll believe it when I see it, too.

[Mr.Bill]

29. They've never lied to us before,

right?

[KS Toronado]

30. "Afghans who have the right documents "

Is that American $100 dollar bills?

[Deminpenn]

31. Taliban has 9.5B reasons to do this

nt

[littlemissmartypants]

33. And maybe even $3trillion more than that

Snip...
Afghanistan is believed to be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world. The value of these resources has been roughly estimated between $1-3 trillion.

Afghanistan has vast reserves of gold, platinum, silver, copper, iron, chromite, lithium, uranium, and aluminium. The country’s high-quality emeralds, rubies, sapphires, turquoise, and lapis lazuli have long charmed the gemstone market. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), through its extensive scientific research of minerals, concluded that Afghanistan may hold 60 million metric tons of copper, 2.2 billion tons of iron ore, 1.4 million tons of rare earth elements (REEs) such as lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and veins of aluminium, gold, silver, zinc, mercury, and lithium. According to Pentagon officials, their initial analysis at one location in Ghazni province showed the potential for lithium deposits as large as those of Bolivia, which has the world’s largest known lithium reserves. The USGS estimates the Khanneshin deposits in Helmand province will yield 1.1.-1.4 million metric tons of REEs. Some reports estimate Afghanistan REE resources are among the largest on earth. snip...

https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/afghanistans-mineral-resources-are-a-lost-opportunity-and-a-threat/

Reference thread...

The Riches of Afghanistan

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215741006

[ananda]

32. They can't afford the upkeep.

...

[dalton99a]

34. Hungry people tend to riot

With the current food and cash shortages, it is possible that the Taliban will use this opportunity to get rid of 'excess' people - send them to the West

[cstanleytech]

35. Surrreeeee they will. nt