the pervasive sentiment on :reddit-logo: is that the Taliban are just wantonly raping and pillaging, but how much of that is reality vs typical :amerikkka: jingoism.

it doesn't make sense to me why the nominal liberators of the imperialist regime would just turn around and destroy the same country that they're liberating. though I don't doubt that it must be happening at some level, surely the incidence of rape and murder is less than that inflicted by actual invaders, right? I just would have to believe that there would be fighting going on from many pockets if such acts were occurring at large scales.

  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    3 years ago

    Any time there's a bunch of armed dudes running around doing whatever they want there will be atrocities.

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      so it's probably the same as during US occupation, at worst (think about how many undisclosed Abu Ghraibs you don't know about)

      • spectre [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think it can get worse than a couple dozen Abu Ghraibs tbh

        • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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          3 years ago

          Yes but now the reigning power can be pressured internationally for human rights abuses, unlike the US.

      • TheModerateTankie [any]
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        3 years ago

        US special forces were running amok blowing up random groups of people, hospital, etc. Australian special forces were making new troops murder random civilians as part of an initiation rite. 20 years of shit like this.