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Re:US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance by rascul on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:40PM (#28100824)
Some new fighters might come from the families and friends of people the US and allies have killed.

Edit: Also, I recall hearing that many fighters are foreign. I imagine there's a greater than zero amount of people willing to go to Afghanistan and fight the US.

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Re:US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance by throwaway894345 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:00PM (#28100966)
> fight the US

To be clear, they aren’t fighting the US, they’re fighting the Afghani government.

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Re:US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance by rascul on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:01PM (#28100973)
Sorry I wasn't clear, I had heard this was the case in the past, before the latest withdraw.
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