Thread: Parliament to be recalled re: Taliban in Afghanistan
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Old 23-08-2021, 00:51   #180
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Re: Parliament to be recalled re: Taliban in Afghanistan
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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
Probably wouldn't have had to 'pull our people' out if it wasn't for the Afghanistan forces - you know, the ones we've been supplying and training for years - running away at the first sign of a couple of bearded chaps on a camel

Mind you, what else could they have done?
Cashed their pay cheques? Wait, they've not been paid for months!

Let's hope Johnson's pleas work.
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Boris Johnson will personally lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders summit, No 10 said on Sunday night, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August, after a weekend of tension between the UK and its closest ally.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...fter-31-august
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