Taliban kill squad hunting down Afghans – using US biometric data

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"im not doing anything wrong, i have noting to hide"

An open question: Why wasn't the data destroyed before evacuation? I don't think it would take very long to trash a database. My understanding is that the US knew the Taliban would take over in a few months, although it obviously happened much quicker. Nobody thought to safeguard any of the data and equipment (or render it useless, as the case may be)?

They had from the time Trump made the agreement to make sure they weren't leaving behind gifts to the Taliban.

> It’s just remarkable that contractors removed software and weapons systems from the Afghan army as they left. Remember, U.S. generals constantly talked about the strength of the Afghan forces, but analysts knew that its air force - on which it depended - would fall apart without contractors. The generals probably hadn’t really thought about the logistical problems of what dependence on contracting means. It’s just stunning that NATO forces would be trying to stand up an independent Afghan army, even as NATO contractors disarmed that army due to contracting arrangements.

from https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-war-in-afghanistan-is...

Probably it was someone else's job.

It probably was.

I can't find the interview, but there are plenty of stories of groups like this claiming capabilities they don't actually have.

It's a bit unclear if this is actually happening.

Can anyone find the original interview? And why is it supposed to be with some random blogspam "news" site?

Note this report did nothing to confirm it at all. It's just reporting a supposed interview and nothing else.

We built the tools of a wonderful, modern repressive state; but we din't have the will to use them to their potential.

Gee, who would?

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