Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan 2021: Impact on India

[The Shrike]

Possible, an ambush on a highly dense coloumn of Talibunnies can lead to heavy casualties.

Possible but i'll takes it with salt unless there are videos, which they should gladly be sharing for Psy-Ops against Taliban. 300 dead would mean 30-50 technicals destroyed or damaged and hundreds wounded, plus they have also calmed that one of the TB governor who was leading their forces was captured which is something that would come out if it is actually true.

 

[The Shrike]

I think Talibanis never had to defend any area against USA as they never had government office etc to protect.they were more of gurilla forces. Now with kabul and other big cities under control they have to use a big chunk of forces to defend them and they are running out of steam in offence against a resistance which is fluid and using their own tactics of ambush at place and time of their choice. Moving in convoy formation also shows their military acumen and strategy.

IMO running an insurgency campaign against the TB forces will be a lot easier that what the TB had to do against the Afghan government. Unfortunately for them there is very little apatite for external countries to support them, especially with airpower - those technical convoys were perfect targets for air interdiction. Also having a few drones buzzing around Kabul 24x7, hellfiring any TB leadership out in the open would have been ideal.

 

[doreamon]

If they blew the salang tunnel ... talibs cant get re enforcement from outside

 

[FalconSlayers]

Panjshir is like a vacuum cleaner, Talibunnies are getting sucked into it, and the rest of Afghanistan is getting clean as to compensate for the killed terrorists Talibs will send their fighters from other places to Panjshir creating a breeding ground for more resistance movements, and it’s always easier for Northern Alliance to fight Talibs as USA’s intention was never to fight but to prolong this mess, I mean you can’t sanitise a country from terrorists in 20 years when the Talibs can in a few days?

 

[Detective Pennington]

Panjshir is like a vacuum cleaner, Talibunnies are getting sucked into it, and the rest of Afghanistan is getting clean as to compensate for the killed terrorists Talibs will send their fighters from other places to Panjshir creating a breeding ground for more resistance movements, and it’s always easier for Northern Alliance to fight Talibs as USA’s intention was never to fight but to prolong this mess, I mean you can’t sanitise a country from terrorists in 20 years when the Talibs can in a few days?

I think there are a few factors at play here. One is that NA isn’t held back by human rights and ROE BS. Also they are the ones fighting guerilla tactics now.

 

[The Shrike]

Will try and do a map tomorrow if possible, here is one more source.

Clashes seemingly are taking place on #Panjshir border and north of Salang Pass, near Do Sakh in southern #Baghlan where #Taliban troops are making pressure towards Khenjan from #Parwan direction. Andarbians tried to blew up the bridge

 

[ezsasa]

46 of Afghan airforce inventory have managed to go to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
46 out of 167 is not a bad number.
but without russians okaying their maintenance, they will be useless.
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An image, taken yesterday, Aug. 16, 2021, of Termez from Planet Labs shows the sudden appearance of at least 22 small fixed-wing planes and 26 helicopters. The resolution of the imagery means we can't say for sure that all of these aircraft came fled from Afghanistan. However, what we can see fits almost perfectly with an official statement from the government of Uzbekistan that 46 aircraft, 22 fixed-wing types and 24 helicopters, coming out of Afghanistan had been "forced" to land.

Whatever the exact breakdown is, if the total figure, 46, is accurate, this would be a significant number of the Afghan military's total available airframe as of the end of July, according to the Office of the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, an American government watchdog created by Congress in 2008. SIGAR's 52nd quarterly report, which it released on July 29, said that there were 167 Afghan Air Force aircraft "Usable / In-Country," with another 44 airfames technically in inventory. In addition to the aforementioned fixed-wing types and helicopters, the Afghan Air Force also had four C-130H Hercules airlifters, the fate of which is uncertain.

Dozens Of U.S.-Bought Afghan Air Force Aircraft Are Now Orphaned At An Uzbek Airfield

Afghan pilots fled the country in the face of the advancing Taliban over the weekend. Now the fate of the aircraft is up in the air.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Srinivas_K]

Taliban thought they were the hunters, it seems panjshir is proving they were the hunted by the resistance.

 

[Spitfire9]

So yanks running away holding pants at kabul airport is stinging humiliation for India Burn is real

What does it say in the article?

 

[Spitfire9]

And it's also part of Britain's jealousy and resentment toward India It's an attempt to bring down India a bit, by referring to someone else's failure as being India's. And note the general absence of moralising toward a terror supporting country like Pakistan. This is the same Economist that ran a cover story in 2020 called "Intolerant India"(sparked by the CAA issue) Where is the cover "Terrorist Pakistan" or "Pakistan's use of terror"

What has Britain to be jealous of in India? And what has Britain to resent?

 

[Crazywithmath]

What has Britain to be jealous of in India? And what has Britain to resent?

Don't think he says anything about Britain or the people of Britain. He is probably targeting the columnists of The Economist. Truth be told a lot of these western publications routinely publish stupid articles on India without knowing a damn thing. We sometimes casually equate these columnists with the respective political establishments which might or might not be true.

 

[The Shrike]

Probably the most sensible take for now.

 

[Srinivas_K]

 

[Varoon2]

What has Britain to be jealous of in India? And what has Britain to resent?

There is a mentality in the UK that deeply resents India for the loss of empire; it was India's independence that started the whole process of the dismantling of the British empire. Additionally, there is some jealousy that India has surpassed the UK in many areas. The Economist article is reflective of this attitude. It's a mentality that does exist, it would be unfair and inaccurate to suggest that the majority of British people feel that way.

 

[Srinivas_K]

Atleast 30 Taliban killed in Panjshir clashes. Resistance of ANA/Northern Alliance is picking up.

 

[Suhaldev]

We are not good in using propoganda as statecraft. 20 saal pheley toh jaisey haalat ek dum mast they.

 

[Srinivas_K]

We are not good in using propoganda as statecraft. 20 saal pheley toh jaisey haalat ek dum mast they.

India is helping the Afghans since its independence. I am not sure about 20 years he is quoting.

Atleast the Khalistanis will now know what these radicals are capable of doing to other communities.

 

[Waanar]

Atleast the Khalistanis will now know what these radicals are capable of doing to other communities.

They've always known that.
They're just being unnecessarily insolent and stubborn.

Khalistanis also full well know they need to take over large parts of Pakistani Punjab to have their historical Khalistan but they won't talk about it. Reason?

They're not honest to their own cause.

 

[Kumata]

Given the way all chuslims nations r refusing to take any Afghans, I am 200 % convinced that this is hijrah from Afghanistan.. It happened from. Syria and whole Europe is dominated by desert cult now & it, s US turn now.... Thankfully modi is aceepting only Sikhs & Hindus..

Looking at videos, many r using this as a oppurtunity to move to greener pastures..

 

[Knowitall]

Given the way all chuslims nations r refusing to take any Afghans, I am 200 % convinced that this is hijrah from Afghanistan.. It happened from. Syria and whole Europe is dominated by desert cult now & it, s US turn now.... Thankfully modi is aceepting only Sikhs & Hindus..

Looking at videos, many r using this as a oppurtunity to move to greener pastures..

We were lucky here. The lack of a border prevents them from moving towards us and since the airport security is being handled by the US they have allowed us only 2 stops per day thus giving us a reason indirectly to move essential personnel and citizens only.

If the had shared a border like Myanmar or Bangladesh it would have been a huge problem.

We did our part by evacuating Afghanis under our care and responsibility. The rest lies on the West who came to Afghanistan to export their bullshit.