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[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cue the idiots from .ML saying that the Taliban are the good guys because they’re fighting western imperialism.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Names have changed, but isn't Taliban basically the guys that kicked Russian ass few decades ago?

[–] Nautalax@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

The Taliban were founded in Kandahar in 1994, their founder and many of the experienced fighters who joined them had previously been Afghan mujahideen though. There were a lot of factions that were fighting each other in the aftermath of the Soviet-supported government’s collapse since the broad group of Afghan mujahideen agreed on fighting the Soviets but not on all the other things.

[–] LustLive@fedinsfw.app 3 points 3 days ago

Russia is another country in the list of countries governed by Ugly Stupid.