World News@lemmy.worldbyDavriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator1 yearRussia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban governmentwww.bbc.com English 1374
jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year? I thought the US was when Trump agreed to pull out and turn it over to them? 985%11
nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish1 yearI don’t think that the official story was that they would turn it over to the Taliban. I think that it was that they would leave the local government to maintain their own security (knowing full well that they wouldn’t be able to). 7
jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish1 yearYeah, the Afghani government, or I should say “government” folded up so fast it’s hard to remember the timeline. It may be we made the promise to the non-Taliban government which had the half-life of francium. (Yes, I looked that up.) 4
? I thought the US was when Trump agreed to pull out and turn it over to them?
I don’t think that the official story was that they would turn it over to the Taliban.
I think that it was that they would leave the local government to maintain their own security (knowing full well that they wouldn’t be able to).
Yeah, the Afghani government, or I should say “government” folded up so fast it’s hard to remember the timeline. It may be we made the promise to the non-Taliban government which had the half-life of francium. (Yes, I looked that up.)