Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoRussia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban governmentwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·17 days ago? I thought the US was when Trump agreed to pull out and turn it over to them?
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoI don’t think that the official story was that they would turn it over to the Taliban. I think that it was that they would leave the local government to maintain their own security (knowing full well that they wouldn’t be able to).
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoYeah, the Afghani government, or I should say “government” folded up so fast it’s hard to remember the timeline. It may be we made the promise to the non-Taliban government which had the half-life of francium. (Yes, I looked that up.)
? I thought the US was when Trump agreed to pull out and turn it over to them?
I don’t think that the official story was that they would turn it over to the Taliban.
I think that it was that they would leave the local government to maintain their own security (knowing full well that they wouldn’t be able to).
Yeah, the Afghani government, or I should say “government” folded up so fast it’s hard to remember the timeline. It may be we made the promise to the non-Taliban government which had the half-life of francium. (Yes, I looked that up.)