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Re:Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of coll... by Clewza313 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @05:13AM (#28187343)
Not really. Most Gulf states are petrified of militant Islam, and the Taliban subscribe to a creed (Deobandi) that's not particularly popular among Arabs.
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Re:Taliban enter Kabul as Afghan government on brink of coll... by godelmachine on Sunday August 15, 2021 @05:16AM (#28187352)
Nevertheless, the funding they receive is more than enough to keep them going, as such point where US pulls out and they could fight the fledgling Afghan army.
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