# šŸ‡¦šŸ‡« Taliban retake Afghanistan **URL:** \ **Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\ **Created:** [16 August 2021 11:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232 "2021-08-16T11:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 18:19 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/61 "2021-08-22T18:19:14Z")
Interesting [https://www.ft.com/content/194e34a4-9a93-4095-825f-4572156e301b](https://www.ft.com/content/194e34a4-9a93-4095-825f-4572156e301b) ---
**Author:** ![PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/philippinesaint/32/3978_2.png) [@PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/PhilippineSaint)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 18:21 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/62 "2021-08-22T18:21:15Z")
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**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 18:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/63 "2021-08-22T18:28:57Z")
Umm- I got a free read. šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 19:51 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/64 "2021-08-22T19:51:28Z")
Donā€™t use this link - Google it instead. Plenty of similar stories on tā€™interweb though. šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 20:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/65 "2021-08-22T20:29:52Z")
Google what? ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 20:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/66 "2021-08-22T20:32:17Z")
Oh that. Tbh the Talitubbies are making the right noises to avoid that. Just whether their minions follow orders. Events today at the airport imply it is a possibility with Taliban now forming actual queues ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 21:27 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/67 "2021-08-22T21:27:18Z")
Show off ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [22 August 2021 21:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/68 "2021-08-22T21:28:42Z")
šŸ˜˜ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [23 August 2021 21:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/69 "2021-08-23T21:53:31Z")
For a government needing small wins - why? Just why? I can understand other more worthy souls should be saved, but this was such an easy PR win. Now they are going to leave a former Marine behind enemy lines. Wrong > ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:12 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/70 "2021-08-24T09:12:51Z")
The issue is that he wanted to fly 100 animals out of Afghanistan on a flight he chartered and that was rightly blocked because people should be prioritised, given the limited capacity. He wont leave without the animals - his choice. I would like to know how he can justify flying out his donkeys and dogs, when he could turn over that space to a couple of hundred desperate people As for a PR win - imagine the reaction is the UK govt sanctioned this - they would get eviscerated by the press - there would be front page pictures of children left behind who could have taken the animals place on the plane ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/71 "2021-08-24T09:33:19Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/72 "2021-08-24T09:35:09Z")
good question - why the fuck are we? ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:38 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/73 "2021-08-24T09:38:36Z")
Maybe they couldnā€™t be bothered to shift all the heroin out of the boot. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/74 "2021-08-24T09:42:53Z")
I think youā€™re missing the pointā€¦it a 7 seater with a bike and roof rack. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/75 "2021-08-24T09:46:56Z")
Carry on luggage? ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 09:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/76 "2021-08-24T09:56:19Z")
And this is the issue now, this is the second time in a week where a Twitter user has purposely misled through misinformation, causing people to get frothy as they havenā€™t checked all the ins and outs. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 10:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/77 "2021-08-24T10:01:52Z")
Funny that - that picture of the plane that he posted was in fact a Norwegian govt flight. He ā€œforgotā€ to mention that fact ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 10:30 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/78 "2021-08-24T10:30:06Z")
Itā€™s winding me up properly, the Government are inept and shit enough as it is without the bullshittery of people making stuff up to make them look bad. ---
**Author:** ![tigger](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/tigger/32/106_2.png) [@tigger](https://www.sotonians.com/u/tigger)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 10:31 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/79 "2021-08-24T10:31:04Z")
The animals were to be held in the hold, that bit humans do not sit in. The seats were to be filled with him, his staff and 100 other people picked by the foreign office. The plane was also due to fly in medical supplies. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [24 August 2021 11:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232/80 "2021-08-24T11:03:55Z")
Looks like it is less about space on the plane or the plane being able to fly in, but more about logistics at the gate i.e. getting his animals to the airport, through the crowds, past the US who are operating the airport and onto the plane in time for the limited slot that the plane can be on the ground. [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232.md?page=3) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/taliban-retake-afghanistan/6232.md?page=5)