I'm the Belgian user that went on a whole tour around Pakistan for a few months, met the Taliban and people connected to the Balochistan liberation army. This is a photo I took from inside the Afghan consulate in Quetta (don't quite feel like giving away my identity yet).
I have spoke to army majors, surgeons, school principals, horny teenagers, hijabi girls, businessmen, priests, zoroastrians, hindus, and so on.
If you want a real, unfiltered opinion on Pakistan, Pakistani politics, how Islam is practicised, feel free to ask.
At the Afghan consulate I was told that I was the first Western tourist there in decades. To get into the province of Balochistan I had to dodge military checkpoints by walking through the desert. It's not an easy travel but it's completely untouched by mass tourism.
I should also add, I stayed with the Taliban and Taliban from the previous government, in their home for a week. I also met Jihadis that were preparing to go to Tajikistan to wage Jihad.
Hudson Bell
What's their general opinion on ZOG-controlled America?
Surprisingly they don't hate people from NATO countries, it's almost weird how there was never an ounce of resentment. I stayed with my Canadian friend and they never made a disparaging comment about America, Europe, Canada etc.
Their opinion is the same that many normal people have. That your politicians are zionists, that they wrongfully invaded Afghanistan.
They said that America wanted an excuse to invade Afghanistan and it had nothing to do with them. They claim that Afghanistan had no idea what Osama was doing and that America invaded because they weren't willing to give Osama directly to America, opting to give him to a third party instead.
Oliver Sanchez
So they do believe in the whole 'Osama' story concerning 9/11? I doubt they cared much to look into it deeper.
Would you say the country is rebuilding quickly and healthily? I didn't know the Taliban were situated much in Pakistan.
Nolan Richardson
LARPer
Wyatt Cooper
There's a variety of opinions on Osama, I also passed where his compound was in Abbottabad and asked people that lived in that area.
If they believe the Osama story they think the USA just wanted an excuse to invade Afghanistan and it really had nothing to do with them. Others simply think Osama was a CIA asset and was also never killed.
The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is incredibly porous. There's millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Peshawar and Quetta are more Afghan cities than they are Pakistani in my opinion.
The rebuilding of Afghanistan is still too early to tell. They are sanctioned to death and America practically stole all their money to give to 9/11 victims, which is atrocious.
Here's a photo I took of the Allah tree in Ziarat. It's called that because it looks like the shape of Allah, Muslims love that sort of thing.
I can show my passport stamp I just realised, give me a few minutes .
Carter Evans
Okay, timestamp it too
Samuel Turner
>Allah tree I imagine many of those bendy, twisty trees look like their bendy, twisty language.
How was security arriving in the Taliban areas? Strict I presume, concerning a European?
I've always wanted to visit those areas. Everyone always says don't go to the middle east but if the U.S isn't drone-striking and bombing villages It's probably not THAT bad, is it?
What is the Taliban opinion on technology, are they averse to some of it? Like for example 10 year olds having smartphones.
Jaxson Wilson
I tried some hash, I hate weed but that stuff was on another level. Pakistan is definitely a stoner's wet dream. I wasn't being clear, this is just the Afghan consulate in Pakistan. I didn't go to Afghanistan but my Canadian friend did spend ten weeks there. You can find a video of him online actually from BBC Urdu.
The security in Pakistan is unlike anything I've ever seen. There are countless checkpoints and police, military guarding the streets. This is a military dictatorship. I honestly did feel pretty safe though. The media definitely exaggerates how dangerous it is. I recommend going to Pakistan, I enjoyed it immensely. You expand your worldview there much more than you ever could here.
Still, don't make yourself a target. If you wear the local clothing you blend in very well, even as a European. I have green eyes, very white skin and I could trick people down South by saying I was from Kashmir, which is how I got past a checkpoint once after being caught.
They didn't have televisions but all of them had smartphones. They use facebook and youtube generally.
They're not averse to technology but once my friend showed a Taliban in Afghanistan how girls in Canada dress on instagram. The Talib didn't want to look at it because the women are dressed improperly and gazing upon it would be unfaithful to his wife (not even joking)
Isaac Cruz
I mean they have tons of modern war tech thanks to the US so my guess is they strictly control media but not tech as a whole in the coming years
Josiah Edwards
Did you fuck any hijabi slags?
Jackson Hill
Kill yourself glowie.
Thomas Hughes
The media control doesn't seem as strict as people think. My original idea was to go to Afghanistan to film and interview people but I got so physically sick from the third world that I cut my trip short. I dropped 7kg from the constant diarrhea, this was with medicine, only buying bottled water and eating at people's homes most of the time. But even the bottled water you can't trust and many times they try to sell refilled bottles of water.
The food, water and traffic are far more dangerous than the potential terrorists.
Xavier Rodriguez
Based faithful husband.
My last question: So what is your personal opinion on the future of this region? What are their plans, just to keep to themselves and rebuild? I've always hated white men dying in some sandy third world country, becoming known as warmongerers. I'm thankful that that war is over.
It's funny because Pakistanis accused me multiple times of being a glowie too. You people are two sides of the same coin, you are both being completely controlled by the media and your governments. No, but I've had a few instances of women actually talking out loud about how I'm cute and they don't like their own men. This particular instance was in extremely conservative Peshawar by a bunch of young girls in Niqabs.. Make of that what you will.
Colton Kelly
Did GWB/Neocons allow Osama to escape from the battle of Tora Bora and flee to and stay in Iran with full knowledge and approval from GWB? Pic highly related.
Also, was the TAPI-pipeline projectfromTurkmenistsn through Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indiathe real reason for the invasion?
>you are both being completely controlled by the media and your governments. Expand on this glowie.
Henry Ross
Truthfully, was America in the wrong for invading the middle east?
Dylan Peterson
I heard good things about Peshawar. It was a great ancient town with different people living together. What about hindus? Did you find any? I hope they arent all killed
