r/geopolitics • u/larrysmallwood • 26d ago

Remaining foreign militaries in Afghanistan. Question

There is still some foreign militaries in Afghanistan that do not seem like they are planning to leave anytime soon as far as I know. Turkey Greece and Azerbaijan are the once’s that I know of. Why do you guys think that is and what kind of consequences do you think that will have? And what is their reason for staying when almost everyone else has already left and is in the process of leaving?

(New to Reddit so this might not be done in the right way.)

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u/Agelmar2 23d ago

Turkey and Azerbaijan have dreams of a Pan-Turk union. Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and most of the Central Asian countries have significant Turkish culture and ethnicity.

Also the last time there was refugee crisis, Turkey and Greece ended up having to deal with the majority of them.

I am unaware of why Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece would have a military presence remain in Afghanistan however and have not heard of any such news.

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u/Goksel_Arslan 23d ago

After Biden gave Erdo the cold shoulder for 6 months, he got Turkey to go into Afghanistan in the June summit, to protect the airport, not knowing how quickly it would fall. He may have also bribed Erdo to take the brunt of the refugee crisis from the country.

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u/Agelmar2 23d ago

Turkey is a big boy. It doesn't take orders from the US. They just share interests

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u/kenseyx 23d ago

Can you provide a source? I seriously doubt that Greece, Azerbaijani or Turkish military are planning to stay and why would the Taliban let them?

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u/larrysmallwood 22d ago

I didn’t really see any news articles about which countries still have troops there since the media doesn’t care to cover it but here is the video I saw it from and correct me if I’m wrong. https://youtu.be/Y9N6L5mT9W8

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u/nomad80 22d ago

OP where are you sourcing the troops status info from?

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u/larrysmallwood 22d ago

From a video on YouTuber who is reliable and unbiased. I don’t remember what it was called but it was a map of the Taliban taking control of district? In Afghanistan. And it also showed the countries that still had troops there.

The YouTuber who posted the video was known for making videos on things like this.

Edit: https://youtu.be/Y9N6L5mT9W8

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 21d ago

Just saying, no source is unbiased.

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u/AwarenessFirst1581 19d ago

Justin Trudeau the prime Minister of Canada has stated that they will not withdraw. And will stay for a while longer, I am not sure if this statement will be followed or ignored.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/politics/2021/8/24/1_5559101.html&ved=2ahUKEwiyj6vG79HyAhV8H7cAHVsZCa0Q0PADKAB6BAgaEAE&usg=AOvVaw0nWCGZtYylDyPFwliHvJci

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u/schtean 18d ago

Canadian military has been out of Afghanistan for 10 years already.

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u/FlyingDutchman997 17d ago

Justin Trudeau has very little understanding of affairs outside the borders of Canada. Furthermore, Canada did not have or bring forth the capability to keep their temporary troop deployment at the airport longer.

Nothing that Trudeau says should be taken at face value given his track record.