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(AP News)   The Taliban discovers that the only thing propping up the Afghan economy for the past 20 years was the country they just kicked to the curb. Whoops   (apnews.com) divider line
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dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 7:16:07 AM  
Welp.  Back to opium.
 
EnzoTheCoder
2021-10-19 8:37:42 AM  

dionysusaur: Welp.  Back to opium.


I said that EXACT SAME THING when I woke up this morning.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 9:33:58 AM  
7th Century country returns to 7th Century... Up next, the weather.
 
abb3w [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 10:33:03 AM  

dionysusaur: Welp.  Back to opium.


FTA: With drought ongoing as well [...]
 
Subtonic
2021-10-19 11:36:32 AM  

abb3w: dionysusaur: Welp.  Back to opium.

FTA: With drought ongoing as well [...]


They can pick up meth. That's a relatively low-water supply venture. So I hear...
 
Moroning [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:36:39 AM  
Send them Zuckerberg
 
LL316
2021-10-19 11:37:07 AM  
Grow more poppy.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:37:16 AM  

EnzoTheCoder: dionysusaur: Welp.  Back to opium.

I said that EXACT SAME THING when I woke up this morning.


Mom?
 
ImpendingCynic
2021-10-19 11:38:00 AM  
Yes,  because I'm sure the Taliban's number one objective was to run a stable, efficient country.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:38:27 AM  
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Summoner101
2021-10-19 11:39:23 AM  

ImpendingCynic: Yes,  because I'm sure the Taliban's number one objective was to run a stable, efficient country.


Harder to funnel all the money in to the oligarchy when there's no money to funnel.
 
Herbert's Hippopotamus
2021-10-19 11:41:11 AM  
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disaster bastard
2021-10-19 11:41:52 AM  
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fiddlehead
2021-10-19 11:41:56 AM  
CBS reported that Afghanistan was going to have major food shortages in a couple of months.
Things are going to get very bad there.
 
PirateKing [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:42:46 AM  

SpectroBoy: [media1.s-nbcnews.com image 850x637]


"What are you thinking about Ahmed, you're so quiet this morning."

"Sorry you guys. It just makes me so sad when girls learn things, you know?"
 
realmolo
2021-10-19 11:42:59 AM  

Summoner101: ImpendingCynic: Yes,  because I'm sure the Taliban's number one objective was to run a stable, efficient country.

Harder to funnel all the money in to the oligarchy when there's no money to funnel.


Yup.

The Taliban are thieves. But they discovered that without a working economy, there is nothing to steal.

Forget it, Jake. It's Afghanistan.
 
Persnickety [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:44:40 AM  
Right wing rural religious hicks have no idea how a modern economy runs?  Who could have predicted this?
 
fragMasterFlash [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:45:05 AM  
Give it a minute and China will swoop in with their Belt and Road initiative to create some infrastructure in exchange for taking some loans that will be impossible Afghanistan to repay.
 
dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:45:28 AM  

fiddlehead: CBS reported that Afghanistan was going to have major food shortages in a couple of months.
Things are going to get very bad there.


Compared to now?  Jeeze.
 
WilderKWight
2021-10-19 11:46:05 AM  
So this time, the people of Afghanistan need to rise up and overthrow their oppressors. Being starved, desperate, and cornered will do a lot to fuel revolution.

They're in for a bad few decades. In the end, the country will either be conquered from outside (i.e. China), or the people will do away with the Taliban and find a path forward.
 
ImOscar
2021-10-19 11:46:13 AM  
Say what you want about the American military industrial complex but they knew how to extract profit from Afghanistan.

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AAAAGGGGHHHH [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:47:05 AM  
They had their chance. Not our problem anymore.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:47:18 AM  
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dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:47:24 AM  

fragMasterFlash: Give it a minute and China will swoop in with their Belt and Road initiative to create some infrastructure in exchange for taking some loans that will be impossible Afghanistan to repay.


... and then what?

Oh - natural resources.  Good luck getting to them, or getting them out when the populace gets all shooty and explody.
 
The5thElement
2021-10-19 11:49:07 AM  
This is why, after a revolution, you don't kill the bankers and accountants. They are the ones who have to help you hide your illicit funds, for a small fee of course.
 
dionysusaur [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:49:11 AM  

WilderKWight: So this time, the people of Afghanistan need to rise up and overthrow their oppressors. Being starved, desperate, and cornered will do a lot to fuel revolution.

They're in for a bad few decades. In the end, the country will either be conquered from outside (i.e. China), or the people will do away with the Taliban and find a path forward.


It's just hard to tamp down religious fervor unless you can drown it in money and prestige. You know.  The Saudi way.
 
Lillya
2021-10-19 11:49:28 AM  
The Taliban, a movement borne out of the rural clergy

Ugh - that sounds waaay too familiar
 
Nah'mean [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:49:59 AM  
"They told us, 'We are not experts, you know what is better for the country, how we can survive under these challenges'," recalled one state bank official, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on record.

Yeah, I think the request was more along the lines of get back to work or else we will kill you and your entire family.
 
Gpzjock
2021-10-19 11:52:11 AM  

Nah'mean: "They told us, 'We are not experts, you know what is better for the country, how we can survive under these challenges'," recalled one state bank official, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on record.

Yeah, I think the request was more along the lines of get back to work or else we will kill you and your entire family.


He was reading between the lines. I suspect.
 
Sentient
2021-10-19 11:53:09 AM  
So they ordered the financial managers of the collapsed former government back to work, with an urgent directive: Do your jobs, because we can't.

Heh. You thought the amount of embezzlement & theft couldn't get any worse than the previous admin? Hold on to your butts...
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:53:32 AM  
Not surprised. Not even a little.
 
Gin Buddy
2021-10-19 11:53:55 AM  

SpectroBoy: [media1.s-nbcnews.com image 850x637]



Man, if I had to work out in the sun all day the last thing I'd want is a folded up beach towel on my head.
 
Persnickety [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2021-10-19 11:53:57 AM  

fragMasterFlash: Give it a minute and China will swoop in with their Belt and Road initiative to create some infrastructure in exchange for taking some loans that will be impossible Afghanistan to repay.


It may not be enough.  When people are starving and desperate, they turn to crime.  Anything not locked down or heavily guarded is going to get stolen.  Afghan people will subdivide into even more tribal warlord groups to fight over what little there is.  Any Chinese in Afghanistan are going to have to stay in a green zone or be with guards at all times or else be subject to kidnapping and ransoming.  It also doesn't help that a large chunk of the technocrats who did know how to do things have already fled the country and the Taliban have forbidden any other remaining ones who happen to be women from helping out.  I can't see any of this turning out well.
 
MechaPyx [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:57:08 AM  

Persnickety: Right wing rural religious hicks have no idea how a modern economy runs?  Who could have predicted this?


I have it on good authority from Fark experts that the Taliban are very experienced in matters of governance.  :p
 
FatherChaos [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:57:18 AM  
"They told us, 'We are not experts, you know what is better for the country, how we can survive under these challenges',"

Well I have an idea: you take your terrorist group full of caveman ideas and fark off. You guys obviously don't know how to run a country and the people don't want you there anymore.
 
Petroleum Oligarch
2021-10-19 11:57:24 AM  

Gin Buddy: SpectroBoy: [media1.s-nbcnews.com image 850x637]


Man, if I had to work out in the sun all day the last thing I'd want is a folded up beach towel on my head.


I'm pretty sure their clothing adapted to the way that works for their environment. Kind ok like hotter climate cultures tend to eat spicier food than cold weather climate cultures. It can seen counterintuitive but there's usually a reason for it.
 
Teddy Brosevelt
2021-10-19 11:57:33 AM  

Moroning: Send them Zuckerberg


The last thing we need is Zuckbot taking over a country and having an army of actual battle-hardened right wing religious fanatics behind him
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:57:58 AM  
You want to know how to make some quick money?

Sell that military equipment ---

/wait, that would not end well
 
iron_city_ap
2021-10-19 11:58:14 AM  
Let's send them half scoop and Eric to fix the economy. If they don't turn things around inside of a month, they are free to do with them what they want.
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:58:43 AM  

Teddy Brosevelt: Moroning: Send them Zuckerberg

The last thing we need is Zuckbot taking over a country and having an army of actual battle-hardened right wing religious fanatics behind him


Didn't work on 1/6.
 
special20
2021-10-19 11:58:47 AM  
Maybe if they blasted a few mountains and sold any ore that turned up... at least that would be better than competing with the Mexican drug cartels for the fentanyl / heroin / opium market.
 
hereinNC
2021-10-19 11:59:17 AM  
Just follow Mr Brownstone, and go to the Emerald City

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Nocrash [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 11:59:19 AM  

Lillya: The Taliban, a movement borne out of the rural clergy

Ugh - that sounds waaay too familiar


Their past choices have been tribal leaders, corrupt local government, foreign religious fanatics, or foreign governments.
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 12:00:55 PM  

Summoner101: ImpendingCynic: Yes,  because I'm sure the Taliban's number one objective was to run a stable, efficient country.

Harder to funnel all the money in to the oligarchy when there's no money to funnel.


But-- but -- I was assured that Russia/China was providing them money and weapons and logistics and that's why they took over so quickly!
 
zbtop
2021-10-19 12:01:34 PM  
The Taliban are fully aware of the fact they have a problem, and knew they would beforehand. They have been actively working as best they can to manage it as best they can, which they acknowledge is not their strong suit. It's not just the US that faced problems in this transition, the Taliban knows it needs outside funding, always has.

There just hasn't ever been a good answer palatable to everyone involved.
 
SoFlaNative52
2021-10-19 12:02:41 PM  
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asmodeus224
2021-10-19 12:02:53 PM  
So the new angle to get back in there is gonna be humanitarian?  LOL no

No1Curristan
 
tyyreaunn
2021-10-19 12:05:15 PM  
Sounds like the Taliban is sending the bureaucrats back to work to fix the economy... or else.

They told him, "Do what you must," but warned, "God is watching you, and you will be accountable for what you do on Judgment Day'."

That's gonna go well for everyone involved.
 
OtherLittleGuy [TotalFark]
2021-10-19 12:05:20 PM  
So, they are here:

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MikeyFuccon
2021-10-19 12:07:01 PM  
They were counting on the Chinese to save them, not realizing that the Chinese insist on stability and something worth expropriating as collateral. Afghanistan has neither of these things.

Nice job, lads
 
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