Taliban

Why China is interested in Afghanistan

According to expert estimates, Afghanistan has US $ 1 trillion in natural resources, including gold, lithium, copper, precious stones and some oil.  China has already announced its interest in these reserves, and the Taliban, in turn, have requested Chinese investment to develop the country. However, this estimate takes into account the wealth of Afghan land, but does not take into account the amount of investment required to start mines and extract natural resources.  It should…

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Taliban has an estimated $212 million worth of U.S. military aircraft, vehicles, ammunition, and spare parts.

Makes Taliban arguably the best armed militant group in modern history. Full list of weapons US left behind (not verified). Some being moved to Pakistan (allowed by the ISI) for sale to fund the Taliban https://www.treadstone71.com/index.php/summer-of-cyber -2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP’s -75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc -45 UH-60 Blachhawk Helicopters -50 MD530G Scout Attack Choppers -ScanEagle Military Drones -30 Military Version…

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Infighting Among the Taliban Could Lead to Humanitarian Abuse and Reign of Terrorism – Newsweek

"Look at our own situation here in the U.S. and look at Democrats and Republicans—each one has its own factions," Jeff Bardin, a former Air Force Arabic linguist and chief intelligence officer of Treadstone 71, a cyber intelligence company, told Newsweek. "The Taliban are kind of the same way." https://www.newsweek.com/infighting-among-taliban-could-lead-humanitarian-abuse-reign-terrorism-1621214 Within the Taliban, Bardin explained there are factions that hold different viewpoints on what the new government should look like, ranging from moderate to extreme in their interpretation…

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Protests in Jalalabad end in death

In Jalalabad, the Taliban shot at a protest rally. People took to the streets with the national flags of Afghanistan instead of the Taliban banner to support the state symbols. To disperse the disgruntled militants, they opened fire on the crowd. Two protesters are known to have died, and more than a dozen were injured. It is also reported that pockets of resistance of the Afghan Armed Forces still remain in the country. [wpvideo 9JZ6R5eq]…

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Alhaj Sirajuddin Haqqani arrives in Kabul

Alhaj Sirajuddin Haqqani, the son of Alhaj Jalaluddin Haqqani, has reportedly arrived in Kabul. https://www.treadstone71.com/index.php/summer-of-cyber The Haqqani Network is a Sunni Islamist militant organization founded by Jalaluddin Haqqani, who emerged as a top Afghan warlord and insurgent commander during the anti-Soviet war; he was a member of the Hezb-e Islami faction led by renowned mujahedin commander Younis Khalis. Jalaluddin later allied with the Afghan Taliban as that group’s Minister of Tribal and Border Affairs when…

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