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Who gave the Taliban their militairy training again?

lol Thats a cynical view. I hope that this time around we get it right and create a stable government. However, if last time was a precedent setter, you are right-- lol I hope we dont train them so well that they become hard to beat.

Of course, last time we gave them stingers to use against the Soviet troops and they didnt seem to be able to remember how to use them against us. Maybe we are bad teachers? lol
 
That's nothing new... It's actually over 20 years old, but you have to remember, we were fighting an even bigger enemy at the time!!! 😉
 


<< lol Thats a cynical view. I hope that this time around we get it right and create a stable government. However, if last time was a precedent setter, you are right-- lol I hope we dont train them so well that they become hard to beat.

Of course, last time we gave them stingers to use against the Soviet troops and they didnt seem to be able to remember how to use them against us. Maybe we are bad teachers? lol >>



The problem is that the government isn't even remotely stable atm. The 'Northern Alliance' consists of a large nr of different groups, which fight among eachother half the time. For a little while they joined eachother to fight against the Taliban, but even then they fought among eachother as well. With so little holding the government together there is a large chance of another group like the Taliban (or even the Taliban themselves, who are gathering new people in Pakistan atm) will gain power again, and will at least get some of those Afghan soldiers to fight for them and train their troups.

Edit: Giving them a strong enough army to withstand the Taliban would be a nice idea, but you need a solid government for that first.
 


<< That's nothing new... It's actually over 20 years old, but you have to remember, we were fighting an even bigger enemy at the time!!! 😉 >>



Didn't you read the article? The US trained the Taliban back then, but is training the newly formed Afghan army again now.
 
Heh heh. We must be awesome trainers if we can get a ragtag army to fight the almighty Soviet Union to a standstill 😉
 
It took all of one month to remove the Taliban from power using the US Air Force and other Afghan fighters. And that was in some of the most bomb-unfriendly terrain in the world. It doesn't matter how many people you have, the better equipment will always win a war.
 


<< It took all of one month to remove the Taliban from power using the US Air Force and other Afghan fighters. And that was in some of the most bomb-unfriendly terrain in the world. It doesn't matter how many people you have, the better equipment will always win a war. >>



They just ran and hid mostly though, and are gathering new forces again now. Same problem the Russians faced back then. By the time we turn our backs they hop back in place as if nothing happened. It's called guerilla warfare.
 
"Didn't you read the article? The US trained the Taliban back then, but is training the newly formed Afghan army again now"

The US did not train the 'Taliban', they trained the mujahideen which was the organization of Afghanis fighting the Soviets. Our mistake, if any, was in not helping the Afghanis rebuild their country after the war. Of course if the US had done that we would have been accused of hegemony and setting up a puppet government. China and Russia would have both taken offense and who could say what would have happened.

As events turned out it probably would have been worth taking that chance. We are now committed to rebuilding Afghanistan and enemies of the US will say we are setting up a puppet government and China will take offense. Russia at least will not complain as much now as they would have back then.
 


<< "Didn't you read the article? The US trained the Taliban back then, but is training the newly formed Afghan army again now"

The US did not train the 'Taliban', they trained the mujahideen which was the organization of Afghanis fighting the Soviets. Our mistake, if any, was in not helping the Afghanis rebuild their country after the war. Of course if the US had done that we would have been accused of hegemony and setting up a puppet government. China and Russia would have both taken offense and who could say what would have happened.

As events turned out it probably would have been worth taking that chance. We are now committed to rebuilding Afghanistan and enemies of the US will say we are setting up a puppet government and China will take offense. Russia at least will not complain as much now as they would have back then. >>



The most support went to the most powerful of them, which happened to consist of Taliban people.
 
"The most support went to the most powerful of them, which happened to consist of Taliban people. "

The taliban although (although a general term for religious schools) mainly sprung up around 1994. They seized power from the Muhajadeen groups. Since all of these groups change alliances often some money/training went to Taliban components, but it is erroneous to suggest the Taliban received their military training from the U.S.
 
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