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DunGroanin

    Let us not allow Them to disappear Afghanistan off the agenda just because They can’t control the Events anymore.

    — GEROMAN — I fell in love with #NATO – Retweeted

    Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 @zlj517
    2h
    China government official
    China has decided to urgently provide 200 million yuan (31 million US dollars) worth of grains, winter supplies, vaccines, and medicines to Afghanistan according to the needs of the Afghan people.

    & this is funny

    sameera khan @SameeraKhan
    8h
    We don’t even know if they all identify as male yet. How dare the State Department just assume their gender?!?

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    The Hill @thehill
    15h
    State Dept. voices concerns over all-male Taliban government http://hill.cm/StdgEIU

    And this final one is guffaw worthy, is it a reduced Demand or a increased Supply? The free market appears to actually be working somewhere in the world.

    Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ @CalibreObscura
    5h
    #Afghanistan Update on M16A4 pricing in Southern:

    Jun 18th 2021: $2410
    July 2nd 2021: $2375
    Aug 14th 2021: $1500
    ???? ??? ????: $????

    55% price drop in the value of fresh rifles in ~3 months. Taliban fighters/commanders still selling plenty of M16 (Colt/FN)

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    Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ @CalibreObscura
    14 Aug
    #Afghanistan I have enquired as to the value of an M16A4 such as this on the (offline) black market.

    Jun 18th 2021: $2410
    July 2nd 2021: $2375
    ??? ???? ????: $????

    37.75% price drop in the value of fresh rifles in ~2 months. Been most dramatic in past 3ish weeks. twitter.com/CalibreObscura…”

    Oh I really am missing CM’s take on this, I hope to read it soon as he can publish it.