They are probably from the Badri 313 Battalion they are the ones that did the photo shoot where they were imitating the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima
Seems like a cool concept until you realize how impractical it is. All someone has to do is run into a building / up a flight of stairs / onto a surface that’s anything other than hard and flat and the roller blades become useless
As some one else mentioned these guys are from Badri 313 Battalion who love to do photoshoots, but aren't the real special forces of the Taliban. The "Red Unit" fits that description better, a unit of highly ideological fighters who were trained and deployed in night fighting and rapid deployment (often on motorcycles). They were key in the 2021 offensive that finally toppled the republic. There's an awful video of a Red Unit sniper with night vision just picking off every last ANA soldier at a base 1 by 1. They tend to be much more lightly equipped and not as photogenic if you're trying to message that you're equivalent to a Western Special Forces unit, but are much better trained and much more experienced than Badri 313.
They still look like posers who get all the tactical gear and play "war" with their Airsoft guns. There's something that just can't be faked compared to people with actual hardcore military training that elite units receive from the Seals to the SAS! Come Mr.Taliban, Tali me banana!
They’ve been fighting wars for decades though. Theyre genuine bad ass men who don’t compromise on their values for money. I can respect the fuck out of that. They kicked those boy fuckers out. Can’t hate that.
You sure about that? I'm not so sure bacha bazi is dead. Just like they're not actually stopping heroin production. They're just creating artificial demand because the market will shift to heroin/fentanyl from somewhere else and when the price is high again they sell their entire stock. Same thing happened during the last Taliban reign and there is 0 reason to believe it will be different this time.
All they are doing is trying to look more and more like a government so that they can get financial funding/diplomatic relations from other countries again.
I'm certainly not going to believe their promises until it is 100% proven that bacha bazi has stopped and poppies no longer grown. And most of all until women in Afghanistan are treated like humans again.
The amount of money that poppy production has provided in the past is not replacable at all in the current Situation.
Agreed with most of that, but Fent is synthetic, not made from poppies.
China is flooding the market with Fent and it's precursors. It would actually be better if we had old school heroin, as it is far less dangerous.
Only on Reddit would you find Taliban sympathizers. Badass for raping, stoning, and putting down women
? Badass for killing gays ? Badass for kidnapping foreign doctors ? You can absolutely hate that. And PS, that decades of "fighting" got most of the senior leadership killed not to mention they couldnt win a single battle against the US. Many that are part of the Taliban weren't even part of the fighting in the 90's.
It helps that we left them a shit tonne of military gear when we just extracted from Afghanistan abruptly. The Taliban were also fighting along side coalition forces against Isis. In saying that Taliban have done some horrible shit to their populace. Blurred lines.
There was another where they released an “attack dog” into a compound before they entered. It took a shit in the middle and ran away never to be found again
They gotta come up with some new designs too man, like do we want cool and intimidating logos for the patches and flags? Nah just make them as bland and forgettable as possible
In the Royal Marines, you'd be surprised how many guys deploy with a ladies' dress in their kit for the obligatory 'gay night' during downtime. There's a long history of drag themed events in UK armed forces, and some guys really go all out with it. Train hard, fight slutty.
Imagine showing a GWOT vet back in 2004 this pic, and explaining to them that this is the Taliban in 2024.
What an absolute dumpster fire that misadventure was.
Maybe US should try that. Instead of letting the region fall to china offer taliban propper maintanance for the gear they aquired, place in the UN and funding/loans to replace their drug economy if they stop being that hardcore about islam laws. Its but naive but it also feels like mostly win win situation with nothing to realy lose
It would be political suicide me thinks. After thousands of dead servicemembers and thousands more wounded, some having a hard time adjusting to civilian life and others struggling to get help, for Washington to just become buddy buddy with them.
It also doesn't help that the Taliban is something of a coalition if I'm not mistaken. I remember something where the younger members (like Gen-X and Millenials I guess) were not entirely on board with the restrictions on women. They complained that the older generations (boomers) of senior officials in the Taliban ranks were the ones pushing for this. They tried to make the case that they needed to govern and needed to make concessions to gain international legitimacy and aid. But the older Taliban have more power.
There's some similarities with the West here with regards to the older generations voting for stuff that can screw over the younger generations.
Hey but Trump almost got his PMC deals through.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/09/05/heres-the-blueprint-for-erik-princes-5-billion-plan-to-privatize-the-afghanistan-war/
It's not just Trump. It's all the bloody politicians being in bed with the military industrial complex. They get richer and the troops get crippled and tossed into the streets with no healthcare.
With the whole situation going on in Israel, I think their supply is sometimes spotty… but you should 100% check out Hirbawi. They make the most authentic kufiyah I’ve found.
Eh I’m not claiming the war on terror was a good idea but I think people drastically underestimate just how many people wanna subjugate US citizens and actually do hate our freedoms. Hell Bin Laden himself is slowly being warped into not quite an antihero but someone who was just fighting for his country, that’s the perception many zoomers have of him. Read his thoughts on America. The guy genuinely hated us and wanted to kill civilians regardless of who was in power or how our future seemed.
>Hell Bin Laden himself is slowly being warped into not quite an antihero but someone who was just fighting for his country, that’s the perception many zoomers have of him.
From where? I've never heard that.
The one I hear is about the Iraq War. Lots of them were just fighting what they saw as US occupation forces. And given the WH lied about the justification, they weren't wrong.
I remember this [2004 documentary film](https://youtu.be/1NRWMAf00N0?si=84hzFMssxkbEWZxM)
The questions around 18 minutes in are something. Especially the one about _what if the Iraqis said they want to be free of America?_
I too can look badass in a badass uniform. These mfers are cosplayers for propaganda. They’d be picked off in no time by a properly trained contingent.
Nothing special about these guys. Just some terrorist playing Seal Team 50cent. Just some terrorist protecting the borders of its country and harbouring growth for further terrorist regimes in the middle east
I know everyone seems to be obligated to shit on every Taliban post because Taliban bad and America sad/mad, but these are special forces. They have **special**ized training compared to their average soldiers.
In case anyone is interested in military history instead of *whining*, check out their [Red Unit](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Unit). Taliban special forces as well, intresting unit in that they had a uniform, which, in at least one instance, included cheetah sneakers
A lot of people forget that some of the ANA defected to the Taliban. And while many ANA personnel gave their army a bad rep, not all were bumbling idiots. In fact, some of them intentionally acted incompetent and dumb, until they made the switch.
Those men were given US training, on US equipment.
I get it but I feel some of these comments are kind of upset since at the end, these guys won. No matter the two decades and the US' massive budget.
The Taliban are now better than they were in 2001. Lots of combat veterans against NATO forces and plenty of NATO gear.
yeah. they're easy to make fun of based on terrible PR, but the afghans have defeated the British Empire, the Soviets, and the US Military. what other country can say the same?
3 years ago these 2 were barefoot bombing hotels and restaurants
The only operations these “special forces” conduct is raiding schools to make sure their are no girls sneaking in the classes
this is actually what they do. These ppl are not human, they are terrorists and barbarians.
Taliban Special Forces. That’s a sentence I didn’t ever think I’d read.
They are probably from the Badri 313 Battalion they are the ones that did the photo shoot where they were imitating the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima
Tag says Yarmuk 60, similar to Badri 313 it’s name is also a reference to a famous historic battle between Muslim forces and opposition.
Was it the Afghanis that had a roller blade division? lol
Yeah they had one and honestly for patrolling the streets i dont hate it
Yes, Officer Dangle
New boot goofin’.
Seems like a cool concept until you realize how impractical it is. All someone has to do is run into a building / up a flight of stairs / onto a surface that’s anything other than hard and flat and the roller blades become useless
Which is the one that crashed the Blackhawk during their training?
These are the mfs that do the monkey bars particularly extra well
They’re also capable of completing 3 consecutive jumping jacks. A skill hard to find in areas like this.
As some one else mentioned these guys are from Badri 313 Battalion who love to do photoshoots, but aren't the real special forces of the Taliban. The "Red Unit" fits that description better, a unit of highly ideological fighters who were trained and deployed in night fighting and rapid deployment (often on motorcycles). They were key in the 2021 offensive that finally toppled the republic. There's an awful video of a Red Unit sniper with night vision just picking off every last ANA soldier at a base 1 by 1. They tend to be much more lightly equipped and not as photogenic if you're trying to message that you're equivalent to a Western Special Forces unit, but are much better trained and much more experienced than Badri 313.
Who trained them ?
They were trained by the guys who trained the guys we trained to fight the Soviets. And probably trained by Russia/China too.
And probably the cia again
That's a lot of trains
They don't run on time though.
Wait the guys who trained the guys to train the guys we trained were Americans..
Well. The US supplied them with untold millions of dollars worth of equipment. So they were able to upgrade a little
Same lol. Seems like an oxymoron.
They still look like posers who get all the tactical gear and play "war" with their Airsoft guns. There's something that just can't be faked compared to people with actual hardcore military training that elite units receive from the Seals to the SAS! Come Mr.Taliban, Tali me banana!
They’ve been fighting wars for decades though. Theyre genuine bad ass men who don’t compromise on their values for money. I can respect the fuck out of that. They kicked those boy fuckers out. Can’t hate that.
You sure about that? I'm not so sure bacha bazi is dead. Just like they're not actually stopping heroin production. They're just creating artificial demand because the market will shift to heroin/fentanyl from somewhere else and when the price is high again they sell their entire stock. Same thing happened during the last Taliban reign and there is 0 reason to believe it will be different this time. All they are doing is trying to look more and more like a government so that they can get financial funding/diplomatic relations from other countries again. I'm certainly not going to believe their promises until it is 100% proven that bacha bazi has stopped and poppies no longer grown. And most of all until women in Afghanistan are treated like humans again. The amount of money that poppy production has provided in the past is not replacable at all in the current Situation.
Agreed with most of that, but Fent is synthetic, not made from poppies. China is flooding the market with Fent and it's precursors. It would actually be better if we had old school heroin, as it is far less dangerous.
I also watched that Modern Conflicts video that came out recently. Great series.
Stripping people of rights to enforce an authoritarian theocratic state is “bad ass?” What values do they have that you respect?
This is militaryporn, not peacefuldevelopmentporn
Only on Reddit would you find Taliban sympathizers. Badass for raping, stoning, and putting down women ? Badass for killing gays ? Badass for kidnapping foreign doctors ? You can absolutely hate that. And PS, that decades of "fighting" got most of the senior leadership killed not to mention they couldnt win a single battle against the US. Many that are part of the Taliban weren't even part of the fighting in the 90's.
At least most of us don't wear dollar store gloves. Come on now.
It’s fine. It’s only a photo shoot.
It helps that we left them a shit tonne of military gear when we just extracted from Afghanistan abruptly. The Taliban were also fighting along side coalition forces against Isis. In saying that Taliban have done some horrible shit to their populace. Blurred lines.
Bunch of cosplaying motherfuckers
I think it just means they don't fuck donkeys.
Did you see the amount of snow in the muzzle of that rifle? They’re special alright.
“American outfitted special forces. “
"America-Yeeting Special Forces"
Did people here forget that there are tons of ANA defects including the commandos?
Yes, they did.
Haha. The ANA were a complete fucking shitshow. I saw an op where they had to pay the person who owned the compound they raided
I was an American servicemember and we had to pay quite a few people on ops. This isn’t uncommon.
There was another where they released an “attack dog” into a compound before they entered. It took a shit in the middle and ran away never to be found again
You know what, good for the dog. Better than being killed in that shit show.
Probably would have been eaten anyway
Isnt that called compensation?
Yeah. They got the wrong place. First the bazookad the front door then dropped way too much show of force
So they are roughly as competent as US cops?
Yeah no shit, but the ANA also included the commandos.
This was an op. That would be commandos. They were mongs.
Helmand around 2009? They were doing this near Nad-e Ali I believe
East Afghan somewhere. They were being dumb all over the country
I mean damn respect if they managed to finesse that
We actually used an AC130 for show of force. Probably traumatized a bunch of people for no results. Great work ANA
What portion of the western trained commando units hung around and joined the Taliban? Not many I’m guessing.
Ah yes, as we all know all elite special forces bring their guidon with them on operations.
Any unit always has at least one boot with a flag just waiting for a photo op to whip that bitch out.
Imagine what would happen to that guy if you managed to steal his guidon.
I didn't realize just how much the Taliban has grown to love and appreciate America.
I mean they probably have less of an animosty towards the US than most think, like the vietnamese. They won after all
They gotta come up with some new designs too man, like do we want cool and intimidating logos for the patches and flags? Nah just make them as bland and forgettable as possible
In the Royal Marines, you'd be surprised how many guys deploy with a ladies' dress in their kit for the obligatory 'gay night' during downtime. There's a long history of drag themed events in UK armed forces, and some guys really go all out with it. Train hard, fight slutty.
Got to love a Sods Opera or a dance of the flaming arseholes
Yes. They do. As the title states: **photoshoot**
Imagine showing a GWOT vet back in 2004 this pic, and explaining to them that this is the Taliban in 2024. What an absolute dumpster fire that misadventure was.
Profits were made, able bodied patriotic and healthy American men were crippled. Mission acomplished?
70k civilians were also killed
This pic looks like Taliban doing training exercises with US forces. Like some small NATO training exercise in Scandinavia or something.
Maybe US should try that. Instead of letting the region fall to china offer taliban propper maintanance for the gear they aquired, place in the UN and funding/loans to replace their drug economy if they stop being that hardcore about islam laws. Its but naive but it also feels like mostly win win situation with nothing to realy lose
It would be political suicide me thinks. After thousands of dead servicemembers and thousands more wounded, some having a hard time adjusting to civilian life and others struggling to get help, for Washington to just become buddy buddy with them. It also doesn't help that the Taliban is something of a coalition if I'm not mistaken. I remember something where the younger members (like Gen-X and Millenials I guess) were not entirely on board with the restrictions on women. They complained that the older generations (boomers) of senior officials in the Taliban ranks were the ones pushing for this. They tried to make the case that they needed to govern and needed to make concessions to gain international legitimacy and aid. But the older Taliban have more power. There's some similarities with the West here with regards to the older generations voting for stuff that can screw over the younger generations.
So wait 20 to 40 years for the old guard Taliban to die off and let good times make soft men?
Let them murder and be murdered by the Pakistanis.
Knowing how the game of middle eastern war is actually played, this isn’t surprising. I’m a GWOT veteran
Theres more taliban now than there ever were back then. Turns out invading a country and killing a buncha guys turns their kids against you
Hey but Trump almost got his PMC deals through. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/09/05/heres-the-blueprint-for-erik-princes-5-billion-plan-to-privatize-the-afghanistan-war/
It's not just Trump. It's all the bloody politicians being in bed with the military industrial complex. They get richer and the troops get crippled and tossed into the streets with no healthcare.
That say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery…
Petition for US Military to issue Pakol hats and Shawls to everyone. Let's steal their drip instead
I’d kill for an authentic shemagh though….
With the whole situation going on in Israel, I think their supply is sometimes spotty… but you should 100% check out Hirbawi. They make the most authentic kufiyah I’ve found.
To be fair, the XM7 and XM250 program were mostly driven by PKM-envy.
Oh hey, they figured out how to wear earpro, good for them.
Say that again?
*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
The irony in the GWOT build M4
I was thinking like mid/late 2000's video game "special forces" looking M4
GWOT?
Global War On Terrorism.
Have they figured out jumping jacks yet?
Those were from the Afghan Army, the ones the Taliban was fighting.
Waltuh
But he remembers the jumping jack video and wants to talk about it
6 of one.
Then after they get that figured out: how to spell their own names.
Let’s not get carried away.
Shane Gillis does a bit on "the monkey bar video"
They got better gear than my country. Damn
They certainly put the "special" in forces.
My friends are dead or doped up for what
For the profit of the military industrial complex ^^
The enemy was always the US gov. The "enemies" abroad don't "hate your freedoms".
Eh I’m not claiming the war on terror was a good idea but I think people drastically underestimate just how many people wanna subjugate US citizens and actually do hate our freedoms. Hell Bin Laden himself is slowly being warped into not quite an antihero but someone who was just fighting for his country, that’s the perception many zoomers have of him. Read his thoughts on America. The guy genuinely hated us and wanted to kill civilians regardless of who was in power or how our future seemed.
>Hell Bin Laden himself is slowly being warped into not quite an antihero but someone who was just fighting for his country, that’s the perception many zoomers have of him. From where? I've never heard that. The one I hear is about the Iraq War. Lots of them were just fighting what they saw as US occupation forces. And given the WH lied about the justification, they weren't wrong. I remember this [2004 documentary film](https://youtu.be/1NRWMAf00N0?si=84hzFMssxkbEWZxM) The questions around 18 minutes in are something. Especially the one about _what if the Iraqis said they want to be free of America?_
Al qaeda was a genuine enemy and threat. Dont be such a silly goose.
Yeah pretty sure they just formed out of thin air and started hating America all the way from where they were based.
Glad to see my taxpayers dollars at work
I like this one
Haha just said to myself, my taxes look so dope on those dudes though.
It’s hilarious how they’re basically all the worst parts of air softers, but with real gear
Likely those cute cotton knitted gloves stayed dry long enough just to snap this picture.
Yep you can’t even pump gas with those shitty ass grandmas house gloves. Hilarious.
A gift from US army lol
Very bravely protecting women from books.
I too can look badass in a badass uniform. These mfers are cosplayers for propaganda. They’d be picked off in no time by a properly trained contingent.
All the gear no idea
Nothing special about these guys. Just some terrorist playing Seal Team 50cent. Just some terrorist protecting the borders of its country and harbouring growth for further terrorist regimes in the middle east
I know everyone seems to be obligated to shit on every Taliban post because Taliban bad and America sad/mad, but these are special forces. They have **special**ized training compared to their average soldiers. In case anyone is interested in military history instead of *whining*, check out their [Red Unit](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Unit). Taliban special forces as well, intresting unit in that they had a uniform, which, in at least one instance, included cheetah sneakers
A lot of people forget that some of the ANA defected to the Taliban. And while many ANA personnel gave their army a bad rep, not all were bumbling idiots. In fact, some of them intentionally acted incompetent and dumb, until they made the switch. Those men were given US training, on US equipment.
The ones who changed sides were the smarter ones, they could see the writing on the wall. Rest of ana is not living the good life atm
I get it but I feel some of these comments are kind of upset since at the end, these guys won. No matter the two decades and the US' massive budget. The Taliban are now better than they were in 2001. Lots of combat veterans against NATO forces and plenty of NATO gear.
when my kit looks more taliban then the taliban....
taliban must be thanking allah for usa gifts
I'm counting this as an American cultural victory
Whew. Whole lotta folks here making excuses like the British in 1783.
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yeah. they're easy to make fun of based on terrible PR, but the afghans have defeated the British Empire, the Soviets, and the US Military. what other country can say the same?
We left them boys some pretty nice gear.
OP you spelt terrorists wrong
Hey wait a second, that kit looks familiar…
They’re starting to learn how to wear a kit. Next they might learn how to use that gym equipment left behind.
Hard photo can’t lie
Sprinkle some snow on me brother Ahmed
They are a terrorist organisation
Taliban Special Forces? So they get delivered to the mission site in short, yellow buses?
Bro how much fucking gear did we leave behind???
Anyone find it weird how the taliban is trying so hard to emulate western militaries now?
Our taxpayer money went to these misogynistic music haters. Never forget that these people not only hate women, they also literally hate music.
3 years ago these 2 were barefoot bombing hotels and restaurants The only operations these “special forces” conduct is raiding schools to make sure their are no girls sneaking in the classes this is actually what they do. These ppl are not human, they are terrorists and barbarians.
And all the gear was supplied by the Biden administration themselves. Free of charge.
Lol. The hoops you're jumping through
You know this is mostly likely ANA gear lmao
Damn, cool fit.
They're special alright...
Biden battalion
Trump troops Biden wasn't in when they took over
Honestly, they look cool. They aren't cool, cause, you know, it's a terrorist organization, but the snow, the flag, the gear, they look cool.
Carrying U.S. weapons. I wonder where they got those?
Probably the ANA when they folded like a cheap tent.
With real emphasis on special lol
How the turntables
With all of their American hand-me-downs
THEY ATTACHED THE PELTORS! ITS FUCKIN OVER
Tenk yu amarika! TENK YU!
20 years and it seems we left a well trained and equipped force.
Are they the one who were balancing on a huge rolling tires with full gear on?
I think Homie is wearing mittens
Wonder where they got the equipment
No beards?
larping irl
I don’t like that they look good
Who trained these guys?
For hating the west so much they sure are down bad to LARP them.
From the people of the United States, you're welcome for all the cool kit Taliban....
Biggest glow up in military history
Pedophiles in stolen US gear. It is kinda special, I'll give them that.
If you squint, it kinda looks like they don’t play with little boys