mwguy@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAfghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby'www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down11
arrow-up1103arrow-down1external-linkAfghanistan: 'Tea is sometimes all I have to give my hungry baby'www.bbc.co.ukmwguy@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareDarkGamer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·10 months agoThe Taliban are the worst, It was a real shame that afghanis caved so quickly to them.
minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoSadly, the Taliban isn’t even the worst. They’re now fighting insurgents from ISIS-K, which is an even more violent and oppressive terrorist group.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoFunny how it can always get worse. Not ha-ha funny, though.
minus-square██████████@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·10 months agoi am always extremely sus of any Afghan person i meet. No offense but i know what they had to do to survive
minus-squareFeminalPanda@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoWould you say the same about poor people living in the hood?
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoAfghanistan simply did not have the national consciousness necessary for Afghans to come together in opposition to the Taliban, which was united on ideological/religious grounds.
minus-squareDarkGamer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoWhich is a shame because they seemed like they were on a trajectory to become a modern country in the 70’s. Today, they are positively mediaeval. It seems like religion has ruined the region.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoSadly, much more complex than religion. But yes, it’s terrible how much potential has been wasted and how many lives ruined.
The Taliban are the worst, It was a real shame that afghanis caved so quickly to them.
Sadly, the Taliban isn’t even the worst. They’re now fighting insurgents from ISIS-K, which is an even more violent and oppressive terrorist group.
Funny how it can always get worse. Not ha-ha funny, though.
i am always extremely sus of any Afghan person i meet. No offense but i know what they had to do to survive
Would you say the same about poor people living in the hood?
Afghanistan simply did not have the national consciousness necessary for Afghans to come together in opposition to the Taliban, which was united on ideological/religious grounds.
Which is a shame because they seemed like they were on a trajectory to become a modern country in the 70’s. Today, they are positively mediaeval. It seems like religion has ruined the region.
Sadly, much more complex than religion. But yes, it’s terrible how much potential has been wasted and how many lives ruined.