This Looks Promising....

[tiggerblue10]

...and hopefully there will now be peace in Afghanistan after decades of war.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51689443

[emmie]

all those lives wasted, i hope that this works but fear that it won't in the long term.
I also think the women will still struggle for any
kind of equality....

[New Judge]

//...and hopefully there will now be peace in Afghanistan after decades of war.//

Not a chance.

[Theland]

The Taliban have no time for democracy.
They want to impose 7th Century ideology on the population.
No peace there.

[retrocop]

I thought the Americans originally went in to Afghanistan to cut off the world supply of heroin and therefore destroy the poppy crops prolifically grown there. Has that just been abandoned or do they think they can trust the Afghan Army to continue the purge on this highly lucrative trade? The lure of back handers and the odd decapitated policeman will surely keep the trade going . I can't see this plan working out.

[Mozz71]

I think Trump is taking a huge chance here.

Or he's playing a blinder. Giving the Taliban a little slack, so when they inevitably do something preposterous, he has an excuse to say "we tried peace, now we're going to wipe them out".

[ladybirder]

Yep. He said if they don't play the game he will send the troops back in again and they will see the likes of which the world has never ever seen before!

[emmie]

personally i wouldn't waste any more lives of soldiers going into that cess pit...

[waterboatman]

Then the world would be awash with heroin emmie. Sadly that's the way of it.

[emmie]

they are pulling the troops out, so that's got to be a good thing, all it's done is waste the lives of good people. If the heroin trade increases because of it, sorry if there wasn't a demand there wouldn't be a supply..
i don't want to see any more British and American lives lost there.

[waterboatman]

Neither do I emmie. I spent time in that part of the world, and others, during my army days.

[ToraToraTora]

lets hope it holds, well done the Trumpster.

[ichkeria]

I hope so but I’m inclined to agree with NJ

[Old_Geezer]

Me too.
But fingers crossed it turns out more beneficial than disastrous.

[naomi24]

Don't hold your breath.

[Ken4155]

Of course it will work. Bigly. The Taliban will execute any terrorists in order that the US and others will pull all troops from the area. Once that has been achieved, it's back to growing shed loads of opium poppies and the Draconian rule for which the Taliban are famed - probably with women as the main victims. But, hey, as long as they are keeping to their part of the bargain as regards terrorists. The Donald for Peace Prize anyone?

[emmie]

Ken, totally agree.

[ichkeria]

To combat the illegal drugs trade the only thing that will ever work is to bring the production and distribution of currently illegal drugs into a controlled and legal domain.

[Peter Pedant]

// lets hope it holds, well done the Trumpster.//

yeah foo! - just like he solved america's corona problem by saying it didnt exist ! foo again !
yeah !