[neverevergiveup]

This is heartbreaking. This little child just had a sports hero, like so many of us growing up. He got to meet his sports hero, and it was a dream come true. Now he is being threatened by grown men. It's beyond sad, and I pray that his life will be safe and that he will be able to choose his own way and to have great joy in his life. He's so cute, and so sincere, and children like him are the biggest treasure the Taliban or anyone else could ever hope for. But people like the Taliban are blinded by their hate.

[humblegunner]

he later even met his hero in a friendly played in Qatar.

Met him in a what?

[BenLurkin]

Poison the Afghan wells. Defoliate the crops.
Dynamite every bridge, dam, and power plant.
And leave.

[Blue Jays]

"...You have become rich. Pay the money you have received from [Lionel Messi] or we will kidnap your son..."

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The only solution is to completely open our borders and let everyone from these sh!thole country live here.
Messi sent the kid a shirt and soccer ball. Taliban moronic thugs seriously think he also sent along a million dollars, too?

[lee martell]

Afghanistan is similar to Guatemala another lawless place, except they’re about 30 times larger on the map.
I have met some folks from Afghanistan who have assimilated.
Individually, they can be fantastic workers and are wise to the motivations of most people.

Collectively, I don’t see any hope for that country unless they decide on their own to remove the current deciders and start over. But any real change will fail until THEY DECIDE as a majority that THEY, not us, want to change.
The Russians learned that lesson before we went there.
We need to be OUT of that country. I used to feel very differently about it. I have a feeling the Chinese will take out place in that country after we finally get out, but for an Embassy. There are many valuable minerals in that land, just waiting to be mined.

[UCANSEE2]

Is the tourism industry going big in Afghanistan ?

[Mister Da]

Afghanistan: a universally understood word for sh*thole.

[Darteaus94025]

And now, we owe little Murtaza a new life...somewhere safe...with his family...and lots of toys...and lifetime medical care...forever...