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«¿Cuántas naciones ha bombardeado USA desde 2001?» (Infografía: Al Jazeera)
Yes. The Taliban was a faction (well, a couple of factions) of the Mujahideen that then fought a civil war against various other factions of the Mujahideen.
Genocidal? Taraki and Karmak were not perfect. They tried to change things too quickly, and angered many traditionalists and rural groups. But there's a bit of a difference between 'repressive' or 'harsh' and genocidal. It's the difference between, say, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Anyway, back to my criticism:
The US funded and armed a bunch of ultra-religious nutjobs to fight a government which, while far from perfect, had enacted reforms, protected the rights of women, and maintained a balance between the various tribes. It is not hard to predict what would result if that government collapsed, and, in fact, that is exactly what happened. Are all US military experts dumb? Or did they simply not care? Either way, they destroyed a country.
And then, of course, they repeated the same 'mistake' in Iraq, Libya and Syria. At this point, it is difficult to call it a mistake. Perhaps oil companies were involved.
Again, ignoring that the Taliban was formed largely by Pashtun religious students from Pakistan who were too young to have been involved in the Mujahideen.
Fucking lmao. Killing 10% of Afghanistan's population is just 'harsh'.
Did you forget that US aid to Afghanistan didn't even start until the Soviets invaded to prop up their puppet government, which had failed of its own accord, not 'maintained a balance between the various tribes'?
Fuck off, tankie.
Heard of this guy called Mullah Omar? Google that name.
Any evidence for this claim?
Again, evidence? The Afghan government was beating the terrorists even after the Soviets left, so on what basis had they 'failed'?