This ain't new. It's why we are leaving

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Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance
20 YEARS- FYI there have been terrorist suicide bombers killing civilians nearly DAILY in Afghanistan. This ain’t new. It’s why we are leaving. #DealWithIt

Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance 25m
#Kabul ASSESSMENT: ISIS-K is a radical offshoot that think the Taliban are traitors for cutting a deal with the USA. Suicide bombers are the only real power they have. These cannot be stopped even when we had 100,000 soldiers but they are killing Afghan civilians.

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[Delphinus]

1. I was

watching PBS Newshour the other night and they talked about Al Queda (sp?), the Taliban, and ISIS-K - who are these different groups? I thought they were one in the same.

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4. its complicated

...some clarity in this summary.

Clint Watts @selectedwisdom
For those confused on ISIS-K why they’d want to attack US & Taliban, lots of intricacies but short, summary version - Taliban aligned to Al Qaeda remnants (Haqqani Network, etc), ISIS rivals of al Qaeda, biggest difference between ISIS and al Qaeda is generational

twitter.com/selectedwisdom/status/1430917876895133700

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Truth

This is nothing new, been happening almost daily for years.

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3. Hey TaliBums...

...welcome to your new normal...clusterfuck nation.

You broke it...you bought it.

You're "the man" now...