[Khaama] and if you can't trust this face?
Afghanistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanekzai said that Afghanistan is now safe and secure so all those who have left the country for economic and political reasons must return.
Speaking at a gathering in Kabul on the occasion of International Migrants Day, Abbas Stanekzai said the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to its general amnesty and all Afghans can live in peace.
He said that the Afghan specialists should come back and do their part in the development of Afghanistan.
The Deputy Foreign Minister further added that they have inherited an ongoing fragile economic situation from the previous Afghan government.
The Taliban officials have again asked the International community to meet their pledges and assist Afghanistan in the areas of immigration, humanitarian aids, and building diplomatic relations with Afghanistan.
Abbas Stanekzai also called on Iran and Pakistan to facilitate the best of lives for the Afghan
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Re-population of AFG, the real challenge which lies ahead.
#2
Yes, yes. If you got out with your hide why would you go back? If your got out with your hide and your gelt in a Zurich bank, why would you go back?
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Pakistan has been sending them back for years, and Iran has been sending them back for at least months.
[Khaama] "Those Bamiyan Bhuddas? They're fooked"
Provincial officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the northern Badakhshan province have said that they will fundamentally mend the historic tomb of the Persian poet and writer Nasir Khisrow Balkhi.
A team of cultural officials of the province along with the Taliban officials has visited the tomb and decided to repair the historic monument based on its history.
Head of the cultural directorate of Badakhshan province Maazudin Ahmadi who was leading the team said protection of the country’s historic monuments is vital for the history of a nation and asked the residents to make efforts in this regard.
In the meantime, a Taliban member of the directorate said the Mafia of historic monuments wanted to destroy the tomb of Nasir Khisrow Balkhi and loot it but did not succeed.
The tomb of the Afghan prominent poet and writer who lived in 1000 AD is now located in the Yamgan district of Badakhshan province.
The tomb that is located in the beautiful greenery of the province is damaged by natural factors during history and there are fears of its complete collapse.
Nasir Khisrow Balkhi’s tomb is reportedly 400 years old and is situated on a hilltop from where the beautiful scenery of Yamgan district is vividly visible.
The history of the tomb is carved on the woods of the tomb.
One can easily see the beautiful and skillful verses of the Holy Quran carved both on the woods of walls and pillars of the tomb.
The Taliban protects and repair the tomb and other monuments including Bodas in Bamyan province as they would destroy these places in 90s.
[Tolo News] Quit laughing
Russian special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov warned that the "Taliban" will risk losing power in Afghanistan if an inclusive government is not formed.
He made the remarks to the Russian news agency Sputnik on Friday.
"Ethnic political inclusiveness is needed. They might lose power in the near future if they keep acting like that. They will have to ensure inclusiveness. By the way, we say this without ultimatums, calmly - just do it. They will have to do it," Kabulov said.
He put the blame for the Afghanistan humanitarian crisis on the Western nations. While asked if Moscow was willing to provide a loan to Afghanistan, the Russian envoy responded that his country’s priority is to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghans.
"We can, of course, if (Russian) President (Vladimir Putin) decides. But you understand, have we got some extra money? Let us be careful with this. Our priority is the provision of humanitarian aid, food supplies, the provision of specific products and other essentials. Things due to what the Afghan people can survive this winter," Kabulov said
The Islamic Emirate reacted to the Russian envoy’s remarks regarding Afghanistan and said that the Afghan government was inclusive.
"The Islamic Emirate has an inclusive policy. You know that the government is in a process of being completed, we are trying to fill the vacuums and have a government complete in all aspects," said Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.
Political analysts said that the government’s leadership needs to be inclusive.
"All Afghans have the right to be part of the government and serve their country. Afghanistan is not a country limited to one certain tribe or aspect," said Hussien Haqyar, a political analyst.
"An inclusive government that is formed of expert and loyal people is needed in Afghanistan," said Omran Afghan, a political analyst.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai said the US is responsible for the existing crisis in Afghanistan and that the US should play an active role in the Afghan economy because Afghanistan’s economy was damaged over the past 20 years.
He made the remarks at a ceremony held to mark International Migrants Day in Kabul, where Khalil Rahman Haqqani, Refugees and Repatriation minister, and other top officials participated.
"It is the duty of the world, especially the US, to play an active role in the construction of Afghanistan; as it damaged our economy in the past 20 years, now it is their responsibility to come and rebuild the Afghan economy," Stanikzai said.
According to Stanikzai, the US pledged during the Doha talks that it would recognize the next Islamic system in the country and keep its (US) embassy open in Kabul.
"In the Doha agreement, the US pledged that after the withdrawal of its troops it would recognize the next system and keep its embassy open," he said.
Acting Refugees and Repatriation Minister Haqqani called on the regional countries to treat the Afghan refugees with humanity, and in accordance with Islamic values and international norms.
The deputy minister of information and culture, Zabiullah Mujahid, thanked the regional countries for hosting the Afghan migrants.
"We call on the world to be patient, so we can facilitate jobs and create a good economy and Afghans can return to their homes," he said.
When the Islamic Emirate came to power, thousands of Afghans left the country due to economic and security issues. "As in: Getting out with our heads on our necks"
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Everything is our fault. Lately it was all Trump's fault. The coming democrat 40 years in the electoral wilderness will be AOC's fault. If world peace and 1000 years of no political corruption ever accidentally occurs, it will be Reagan's fault.
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[JPost] Jooo Plague/Spy squirrels, no doubt
Iran is evacuating its envoy to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement after he contracted COVID-19, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, and a Houthi spokesman said Saudi Arabia and Iraq helped in the transfer of envoy Hasan Irlu.
Saudi Arabia and Iran, the region's Sunni Muslim and Shi'ite powerhouses, launched direct talks this year at a time when global powers are trying to salvage a nuclear pact with Tehran and as UN-led efforts to end the Yemen war stall.
"In order to transfer him (Irlu) to our country for treatment, the Foreign Ministry conducted consultations with some regional countries to prepare for his transfer, which is currently under way," ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told state media.
Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam said on Twitter: "Under an Iranian-Saudi agreement reached through contacts with Iraq, the Iranian ambassador in Sanaa was transferred on an Iraqi plane due to his health condition."
A Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 against the Houthis after the movement ousted the internationally recognized government from Sanaa, the capital. The coalition has imposed a sea and air blockade on areas the group controls.
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[FoxNews] Border crossers will pay up to five figures to enter the United States illegally, according to the smuggler.
Fox News' Griff Jenkins speaks to a human smuggler who says working with cartels makes the process more safe
How much are migrants trying to enter the United States illegally willing to pay?
An alleged border smuggler gave Fox News an idea of just how much the risky operation is worth. The Reynosa, Mexico, man revealed a few quotes through a translator.
"If you want to go to Houston … it depends on if you can walk or take a trailer for a vehicle. Trailer is between $5,000 and $7,000 for a person," he told Fox News' Griff Jenkins after estimating the lower cost of getting just over the border — up to $1,500 per person. "Trailer is much better and more secure because it's a long way to walk."
It can take around eight hours per walk if someone opts to walk over three days, so the trailer is the safer option, he added.
"We make a lot of money. I don't understand how people sell their houses and everything to get to the American Dream," he continued. "I do it mostly to help people, but yes, we earn a lot of money."
Mexican drug cartels contribute to the smuggling business and are even an integral component, he said.
"The cartels ask us for money, and they give us a code, and they take care of us, and that's how we take care of people here," he added. "Actually, Ramos is very safe because we work with cartels and nothing happens to people."
He even said cartels "take care" of the migrants as they make their way across the southern border.
"The cartels work like a guide that goes on the way with the migrants and I keep an eye that the police isn't around [sic], and in case there's danger, we return and don't let anything happen to the immigrating people," he said.
He estimated that on the high end, "some people spend even $15,000 to $20,000 to get into the United States."
The smuggling business will not stop any time soon, he said, and those on the southern side of the Rio Grande have certain advantages.
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Ramosis very safe because we work with cartels
Jorge Ramos of Univision is a shill for the cartels?
Intel from a journalist who has just witnessed a staged attack on the police by a group of non protesters who came to help the press get the picture they want. It was done so the papers can deflect from the real protesters. They came, created a fake story and left. DISGUSTING
The CrimethInc @gofundme campaign is run by Shane Becker, a far-left violent extremist who calls for arson attacks & fantasizes about killing police. He distributed riot gear during the height of the deadly unrest last year & instructed others to use human body shields at riots. pic.twitter.com/LdDQaN5tJ5
One simple way the @FBI can cripple #Antifa’s criminal organizing is to look into their “mutual aid” projects that are funded through @CashApp & @Venmo. All those anonymous financial contributions are tied to bank accounts and real people.
The government page for the @cityofolympia is promoting the @gofundme campaign for the violent extremist group (CrimethInc) that publishes material encouraging violence & arson. https://t.co/AmXneNOHYW
The CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective (CWC) is a decentralized anarchist collective comprised of many cells that act independently in pursuit of a freer world.
#1
Having been around a political print shop. I can personally say there is A LOT of Flameable liquids and discarded misprints looking for a spark. An persons opposing what is being printed, more than willing to supply the spark.
In which the New York Times chooses to see it all in the blackest possible terms, because believing America is evil makes them happy.
[IsraelTimes] Report says Defense Department has ’drastically undercounted’ civilian deaths, undermining American claims of precision strikes.
Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that the US air wars in the Middle East have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence" and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths, including many children, the New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... Continued on Page 49
#1
More recently, the United States had to retract its claim that a vehicle destroyed by a drone on a Kabul street in August had contained bombs. Victims of the strike, it turned out, were 10 members of a family, including children.
Bottom line, we we NOT duplicitous, just "deeply flawed" and stupid. The next 20 years will be different, you'll see.
In the meantime, please support our "flawed technology" cover story until the appropriate memory hole time and space convergence can be achieved.
#2
I'm going to use that with door-to-door salespersons: "Please don't cause me to become deeply flawed with you..."
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Since sacred is every last nation,
Existent or not, in creation,
One viable cell
Being found, well, in Hell,
Makes a Christmas cum Easter occasion
For statists unvexed by taxation.
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#4
You know... wankers.
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An air campaign developed as the WWII offspring of the mass bombardment destruction and denial of critical services and resources really didn't work in a country and culture that is accustomed to doing without.
The evolved surgical drone strike preserved resources and persons from collateral damage but was little more than mechanical assassination that did not alter a culture's behavior, only local actors identified thru their cellphones.
We have the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) as the next stage in approaching a SKYNET strategy which will be equally ineffective in nation building by killing farmers in a barter society.
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interviewed scores of surviving residents and current and former American officials.
Why would anyone in those groups interviewed have cause to disagree with the original estimate?
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"Not a single record provided includes a finding of wrongdoing or disciplinary action,"
Of course it wouldn't. Why would it? Murdering innocent civilians is expected. They're gonna have a few oopsies, you know! It's not like it's a matter of life and death or anything. Or that every dead baby inspires a dozen enraged relatives to pick up a rifle and start shooting at US troops. See, if we actually won the wars, they'd be over! And how would Raytheon and Lockheed-Martin make profits then? Hmm? Anyone thought about that? I didn't think so!
Punishments for wrongdoing when innocent people die! How absurd!
#8
Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that the US air wars in the Middle East have been marked by "deeply flawed intelligence" and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths, including many children
Newly obtained means either the product of brilliant investigative reporting (oh, stop laughing!) or someone decided to leak a story.
Questions:
Why *this* story? And why now?
Turf wars between the various 3-letter agencies? Battlespace preparation for a coming event? Inquiring minds...
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#7 - Herb 2.0 handwringing. When the "civilians" are militants who just dropped or hid the guns...
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Pentagon documents reveal ‘deeply flawed’ US air war in Middle East — NYT
A.K.A. Nation Building
See:. The US is revising its approach to the MiddleEast, having concluded that transforming the region through nation-building or regime change is no longer viable
#14
Wars never end because we never give the enemy reason to end them. We act like it's a man-on-man disagreement, like removing a handful of malcontents will bring peace.
We need to grow up, before we are exterminated by those we treat with kindness.
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ICYMI: The #US is revising its approach to the #MiddleEast, having concluded that transforming the region through nation-building or regime change is no longer viable, a senior White House official tells reporters.https://t.co/oytCRReMmT
#3
If you put a drop of wine in a barrel of sewage, you get sewage.
If you put a drop of sewage in a barrel of wine, you get... Sewage.
(And no, this is no way a rap on Israel or her citizens. It is a rap on US policy in the ME since the end of WW II at least.)
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And it only took the US State Dept 20 YEARS to figure out it is NOT Government. It is Butchery and Terrorism that will win and control the minds of those seeking some form of basic stability.
#7
Why is Israel support important? We should spend the money on ourselves instead. Israel already gets the most aid from the US for some baffling reason(minus Afghanistan) but it's actually much worse than this. After we consider the intelligence, weapons sharing etc. The value of US foreign aid to Israel is definitely far greater than any other country. Also when Israel gets military secrets, assets, or tech from the US they often then just turn around and sell them to China. Some thanks we get!
#8
Nations aren't "built" anymore than rivers or mountains are. They evolve naturally, out of families, tribes, clans, a faith, shared memories of struggle and triumph against common enemies.
It was insane to even imagine that an American Proconsul in a suit & boots could create a modern democracy out of a tribal shithole just by dispensing billions of greenbacks from the Green Zone. We couldn't even keep the lights on or pick up the garbage -- let alone take out the Sadrist and other garbage.
Let's hope 2022 marks the end of the Globo-Hubris Era
#9
Israel is uniquely positioned in the world today. They are probably our best military coordination channel to Russia. And the only state in the ME not mind-poisoned by muzzizm. There are other good reasons to back them, but the two I mentioned are all you really need...
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^ Also extra valuable for their intel. Without it we'd be flying blind, 100% blind, in the ME
#11
Israel spends an awful lot of what we “give” them to buy American equipment that’s reached the beta testing stage of development, then do the debugging for us for free. Remember the unflyable F-35s that they took a year or so to make flyable?
Or they take the basic thing and develop specialized packages that the DoD happily buys rather than spend American time developing.
#12
I expect if there were no coordination/intel sharing/arms supplying/etc. (as noted in #9, 10, 11) with Israel, "Cluet Splat" would find some other reason to denounce the Juice :-)
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If we didn't screw with everybody in the ME, we wouldn't need to pay through the nose for Israel's help screwing with everybody in the ME.
A conflict at the end of the British colonial period and the engagement of the US with the successor of the League of Nations led to the need for a demonstration of the power of a ruling world congress.
#16
Anyone who gets a tummy ache the moment Israel is mentioned has a problem.
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Off the pile from this AM...
Cries Herbie, "Moar greenery, please,
But for poor baby Jesus a freeze,
So Muslims can rush
Into fruitful discussions.
A free Middle East!
Peaceful Arabs will feast
All day long on... authentic Chinese!"
Christmas Wishes (Dishes and Dishes!)?
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1. Conjunctions without Compunctions
2. My old FF keyboard setup
3. Pony
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[BorderReport] Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush said construction on a permanent, state-funded border wall will begin "in a matter of days."
He made the announcement Thursday on NewsNation’s "The Donlon Report."
"In the coming days, we’ll make an announcement in Starr County, which is in the Rio Grande Valley, where roughly 40% of all undocumented Democrat apprehensions in our country occur," Bush said.
Bush is the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and grandson of former President George H.W. Bush. He is also a candidate in a crowded state attorney general race. He has broken with his family and supported former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , who has indicated he may endorse him.
Gov. Greg Abbott ... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too... launched Operation Lone Star in March. It utilizes the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to prevent migrants colonists from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
"[Operation Lone Star] allows us to apprehend detain, understand the folks in the risk profile the folks that are coming across, and then to be able to jail them," said Bush. "So it’s a catch-and-jail policy rather than catch-and-release."
Ten civil rights organizations have filed a joint discrimination complaint asking the Department of Justice to investigate the operation.
"They’ve created a nefarious state enforcement system to punish brown and black immigrants colonists," Laura Peña, legal director of the Racial and Economic Justice Program at the Texas Civil Rights Project, told BorderReport. "There’s real human suffering ... as well as consequences to the border communities that are required to enforce it."
Bush believes the program is "a clear-cut criminal trespassing statute program — at least in terms of arresting folks."
Private donations for a Texas border wall grew to $54 million as of October,
Impressive!
and Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a $1.8 billion bill allocating additional state funding to border security initiatives.
#3
Proof that fossil fuels are eeeeevil: If a worldwide nuclear war ever occurs, it will be solid-fuel missiles that deliver the warheads. That solid fuel is not a soy latte compound...
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As a donation incentive.
How about offering a wall name plaque for those persons/groups that fund a complete Texas wall section?
Posted just for the retired IDF general’s response.
Great line by @YadlinAmos: “It’s always good to replace a car from 1960 with a brand-new car from 2022. But we have refueling capabilities. We have bunker busters. We have one of the best air forces in the world. We have very good intelligence on #Iran. We can do it." 2/2
[Shabelle Media] Might be better places to look for "stability"?
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Excellency Mr. Balal Muhammad Osman, who is in Lebanon, paid on Friday, a courtesy visit to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and expatriates in the Lebanese Republic, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Buhabib, and searched with him ways to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation between the two brotherly countries.
The meeting discussed horizons of shared cooperation, sharing of experiences, training and a number of files of common interest, in addition to reviewing the latest updates in relevant regional and international situations.
The meeting was attended by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Ambassador Mohamed Ali — Noor Haji, and the Director of the Arab World Circle, Mr. Mustafa Adam Daghal, and the Directorate of International Organizations, Mr. Hassan Muhammad Ali.
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THREAD - Following the explosion at Hamas’ “Jihad Hall” site in Lebanon last week and the interest in Hamas in Lebanon, we'll expose a few Hamas’ sites in Lebanon.
Photos, names, locations, and coordinates — click on the headline to go to the thread.
The Shahid Basil center
The site is complex serevs for training Hamas’ units in Lebanon - Khaled Ali unit and Al-Simhali unit.
Location: Al-Badawi refugee camp, Tripoli.
Khaled Al-Walid Center
The site Is a three-story building that serves as Hamas HQ and for training and an instruction center.
Location: Ayn Al-Hilweh refugee camp, Sidon.
Riyan Center is used by Al-Shimali Unit center for conferences, lectures, and training (sports, close combat, assembling, and disassembling weapons).
Location: Mia Wamia refugee camp, Sidon.
Al-Um workshop
This building is a new workshop of Khaled Ali Unit, the workshop serves for producing and storage of a few kinds of weapons.
Location: Sidon
Mata'a Center
This site is a building that serves Hamas’ units in Lebanon for training that includes close combat and paintball
Location: Al-Jalil refugee camp, near Baalbek.
Bara'a Center
This site is a building that serves Hamas for instruction, including strategic projects like Projects Sa’ad 1 and 2 (UAVs production projects)
Location: Al-Rashidiya
Khaled Ali Workshop
This building is a workshop of Khaled Ali unit, the workshop serves for the production of 107/122 mm rockets.
Location: Beqaa.
The Aref Center is a six-story building that serves as Hamas's main HQ in Lebanon, used mainly for numerous work meetings between senior officials, a guest house for Hamas operatives from Turkey, offices of operatives, and various courses.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Khaama] 
[Khaama] 
[FoxNews] Border crossers will pay up to five figures to enter the United States illegally, according to the smuggler.
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...
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