Foreign press on Dostum's mansion: And many Taliban soldiers saw the central water supply for the first time in their lives

The Taliban (* terrorist organization banned by Russia) distributes property in Kabul. One of the properties is the luxurious mansion of Abdul-Rashid Dostum.

Dostum holds the rank of Marshal of the Afghan Army and served as Vice President of Afghanistan from September 2014 to February 2020. During the years of the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, he commanded one of the divisions of government forces. After the exit of the Soviet military contingent, he supported Najibullah's cabinet. After the collapse of the USSR and the fall of the pro-Soviet government in Kabul, Abdul-Rashid Dostum became the de facto ruler of the state in the state - several regions of Afghanistan swore allegiance to him, and this conglomerate of regions with an Uzbek population (and Dostum himself is an ethnic Uzbek) was even named half-jokingly in his honor - Dustumistan.

The Taliban * used to call and continue to call Marshal Dostum "one of their worst enemies." At the same time, the leadership of the Taliban is deliberately trying to draw the attention of the population to the Dostum mansion, noting that "while the majority of Afghan citizens continued to live in poverty, the country's authorities were bathed in luxury." Now, according to the Taliban, most of the property of Dostum, who is considered to have fled Afghanistan, will be sold, and the money will be used to rebuild Afghanistan and help the poorest segments of the population.

It is noted that now several Taliban field commanders are located in Dostum's mansion, and a Taliban company of up to 150 people is located on the territory of the complex.

According to Qatari news service Al-Jazeera, for most "Taliban marines are an incredible luxury." Material:

There is even a sauna, Turkish hammam, billiard room, birds of paradise. This is an unusual experience for new residents who have sacrificed amenities for rebellion for years, living in the plains, valleys and mountains of rural Afghanistan.

The foreign press notes that some Taliban soldiers saw the central water supply for the first time in their lives. However, all this, it is argued, is not a dream of the Taliban. From an interview with a foreign journalist with one of the Taliban infantrymen:

Islam does not welcome luxurious living. Luxury will come to us if we go to heaven.

This is important from the point of view of understanding the mentality of the Taliban who came to power in Afghanistan.

Comments

[Palestinian]

I think that 70 percent or even more of the Afghan population did not see him))))))

[knn54]

There are many mountain rivers and many stones, so many people don't even know about toilet paper.

[hrych]

Quote: knn54

many stones

Time to collect stones and time to scatter .. About Drustum, they forgot to note that he betrayed Najibullah.

[210ox]

Who he didn’t pass on. And Najibullah was betrayed, first of all, marked with an alcoholic. And the Afghans ... It's customary for them to fight for one, then for the other. For them, this is not a betrayal.

[hrych]

Najibullah assigned him a general in 1989, and betrayed him in 1992. Ghani was assigned to Marshal Dostum in 2020. In 2021, Dostum fled across the bridge, leaving even loyal people behind. Marshal of Victory in one word.

[210ox]

Yeah. Marshal __ trouble.

[Shurik70]

It is necessary to make a rest house in this place.
And send the most distinguished ones there on vacation.
Emphasizing that all this was stolen from the people's money by the past government.
In the USSR, they did this with the houses of landowners. Effective propaganda of the current government.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: knn54

There are many mountain rivers and many stones, so many people don't even know about toilet paper.

Yes, I first saw toilet paper in St. Petersburg at my grandmother's when I was 17 years old. And at home they used to get by with a newspaper, and the time was different.

[Recon]

Muslims do not use toilet paper in theory))

[Ross xnumx]

Quote: Palestinian

I think that 70 percent or even more of the Afghan population did not see him))))))

I will not hurt anyone that 40-50 years ago applicants who were not familiar with central water supply or plumbing came to enter the school ...
At one time, an anecdote was popular:

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The nomad received housing in a comfortable house. He lived there for some time and went to his parents in the camp. Let them ask him - what and how. He tells them:
- The apartment is large, bright ... I put a yurt in the largest room ... Heat, water in the tap ... The roof does not flow.
- Where do you go to the toilet?
- As always, behind the yurt ...

You cannot demand any knowledge from people who did not have electricity. Crocodile Dundee is instructive in this regard. Some live in houses, others in the mountains ...

[tihonmarine]

Quote: ROSS 42

At one time, an anecdote was popular:

And this is already an anecdote, at the end of the 60s we went to sea for practice, the steamer was of Finnish construction, and there were always separate toilets and showers for women. They stood in St. Petersburg, and the chief officer forced him to clean up the night watch in the dignitaries. The women's toilet fell on Yurka Gavrilov, a guy from the timber industry near Krasnoyarsk. We finished sitting on the deck and Yura tells us about an interesting toilet with two taps, and when you open the tap, water splashes upwards. Well, we told him "Well, you are nonsense."
In the morning, the chief executive gathered everyone and roared, "What idiot poured ???? (sea words untranslatable)). We are" Nobody! " and the popular explanation in the maritime language, we understood. ”Yura went to clean the bidet, and we had a long discussion.
It was a long time ago, Yura worked for the DCK, and he has been gone for 5 years already.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Palestinian

I think that 70 percent or even more of the Afghan population did not see him))))))

I will tell you even more and will not see

[den3080]

It was on this luxury that Dostum ended, like a warrior, a military leader. And he himself probably did not notice how it happened.

[Starover_Z]

Quote: Palestinian

I think that 70 percent or even more of the Afghan population did not see him))))))

Again, I remember Harrison's book "Horse Barbarians":

The foreign press notes that some Taliban soldiers saw the central water supply for the first time in their lives. However, all this, it is argued, is not a dream of the Taliban.

[smart ass]

I will say more and I have not seen

[Pavel episkop]

Socialism and equality to help them!

[punch]

These are trifles, the Afghan president over there brought $ 192 million in cash to the SA by helicopters and nothing
Yes, and probably also cleared cash on his accounts

[tralflot1832]

If the banknotes are one hundred, only 192 diplomats. 192 diplomats are multiplied by 15 cm = a stack of 28,8 meters. I think it would be more convenient with jute bags. At one time I was holding two bank packs of one hundred thousand rubles each. An unforgettable experience.

[isv000]

Quote: tralflot1832

At one time he was holding in his hands two packs of one hundred thousand rubles each, an unforgettable experience.

At one time, near Norilsk, in Dudinka, he took part in unloading a steamer with headstock. Two ranks of border guards and we, the "loaders" of the consolidated detachment. You carry in your hands a bag marked "185 thousand rubles of the USSR" and ... so many thoughts in your head. An unforgettable experience !!!

[tralflot1832]

And I just joked, you two machine gunners, at the entrance and at the cashier. And I have four floors. In response, before entrusting you with the money, we checked everything, the doors and windows. Yes, and the machine guns are loaded with combat. You will get money for the steamer. the first, for harm.

[spirit]

This is what the Taliban are counting on!
The agenda of social injustice on which they put pressure is clearly visible. The Taliban show their neighbors with all their looks, look at us all By the way))) and Sharia and everything is in chocolate and we threw off the bourgeoisie of the official authorities and kings like Dostum with their riches and you will succeed, and we will also help.
And now let's see how many kings, princes and other things in the CIS countries. So will the conditional poor Tajik sit and think? Why do I need this Rahmon?
All this can end very sadly

[awdrgy]

Like eat pineapples and grouse chew ... Well, what's so sad about that?

[prior]

The president, the king, the king, or the "great kneze" are all one.
Weight, height, nationality, skin color are different, and the predatory essence is the same for everyone.
If it were not for the mujahid in the foreground, the photo would have quite passed for the pool in the palace in Praskoveevka.
And all the same, whose is it?

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

Quote: prior

The president, the king, the king, or the "great kneze" are all one.

When was it that those who were in control of themselves, loved ones, offended? It was always and everywhere, including in the Soviet Union. People rushed for food sets and shoes, sticking out their tongues, and someone, more equal than others, was attached to all kinds of special distributors. Something like a warehouse from a scene with Kartsev and Ilchenko.

[Cananecat]

Quote: Sidor Amenpodestovich

It was always and everywhere, including in the Soviet Union.

And when you say here that the elite lived under communism, while the others were building socialism, the minuses fly right in batches ... apparently from the communes ... because the communists have died out as a species.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Canecat

Quote: Sidor Amenpodestovich

It was always and everywhere, including in the Soviet Union.

And when you say here that the elite lived under communism, while the rest were building socialism,

Even then, the "top" lived more modestly than now any "ordinary oligarch" Abramovich or Deripaska. By the way, the latter, in copper, urged the people to learn to deny themselves and consume less, although the incomes of the population and, accordingly, the consumption index has been steadily falling for several years and without Deripaska's advice.

Quote: Canecat

cons fly right in batches ... apparently from the commies ... because the communists have become extinct as a species.

In this phrase, you entered into a semantic conflict.
How, then, do the commies give you disadvantages if they are extinct as a species?

[Cananecat]

The communists remained in the war and at large construction sites .... and the commies are their degraded subspecies.
As for the contradictions, then comparing the oligarchs and the top of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is a contradiction. The oligarchs do not hide the fact that they earn money and provide themselves with comfortable conditions for them. They can afford. While the party bosses led us into a bright future, without advertising their privilege ... feel the difference.

[tralflot1832]

This one is on the picture of Dostum, Proskoveevsky - Rotenberg signed. And you look at the satellite photo next to it, it will be extremely interesting. How did the inmate miss this?

[Kushka]

Quote: Paul episkop

Socialism and Equality ...

It was already ..... ("Wedding in Malinovka") .....most of the property of Dostum, who is believed to have fled from Afghanistan, will be sold and the money put in .............. Several field commanders are located in Dostum's mansion, and a company of up to 150 people on the territory............. The brave red divisional commander sewed his pants from a piece of some unique tapestry, and awarded the most courageous fighter with a beautiful tsatska that he liked. Now it turns out that this is a priceless artifact and an integral part of Botticelli's unique work, and all universities and museums in the world have been looking for it for 100 years.
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[A. Privalov]

Of course, this Dostum is a bastard. However, the love of luxury, as it is known, is inherent in very many who have achieved great personal, uncontrolled and unaccountable power. Moreover, without any dependence on the point of being in time and space.

some Taliban soldiers saw the central water supply for the first time in their lives.

Ha, surprised!
As if there are no countries hundreds of times richer than Afghanistan, where millions of people carry water from a pump and go to the toilet in the yard.

[minus]

That's for sure))) Yes, and they change the columns for paid ones!))) Cisrovization, you know ...)))

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

Quote: A. Privalov

As if there are no countries hundreds of times richer than Afghanistan, where millions of people carry water from a pump and go to the toilet in the yard.

I wonder if there is at least one country, besides dwarf European ones, where people do not carry water from a pump and do not go to the toilet in the yard?

[Bolt cutter]

besides dwarf European

Great Britain, Ireland, France are not dwarfs?

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

Quote: Bolt Cutter

Great Britain, Ireland, France are not dwarfs?

Why was Germany not mentioned or Switzerland? They seem to be richer than those listed. But there, judging by your comment, not everything is in order with water supply and sewerage, since you did not include them in your list?
And then, are you 100% sure that in Great Britain, Ireland and France there are not a single speaker and not a single toilet on the street?

[Bolt cutter]

Didn't they mention Germany or Switzerland? They seem to be richer than those listed.

So, in terms of GDP, Ireland is the richest of all. But I mentioned these three because I am well acquainted with their realities.

judging by your comment, not everything is in order with water supply and sewerage

I didn't say that. .

[Sidor Amenpodestovich]

So can you responsibly declare that in Great Britain, Ireland and France there are not a single speaker and not a single toilet on the street?

[Bolt cutter]

one toilet on the street?

There is definitely no "pit" type. There are temporary dry closets, but that's not it.

no columns

There is not a single residential property without running water and sewerage.

[Cotton Colorado]

Quote: Bolt Cutter

one toilet on the street?

There is definitely no "pit" type. There are temporary dry closets, but that's not it.

no columns

There is not a single residential property without running water and sewerage.

I grew up in a village and lived there for a long time. And the bathroom in the house and hot water supply are elementary done by hand. Without a toilet bowl and hot water, only lazy people live and the ultimate alcoholic!

[Roman_vh]

Those who do not have central heating and hot water in their homes?

[Bolt cutter]

Those who do not have central heating

They have individual combiboilers in their homes - everyone has their own.

[Roman_vh]

Throw in your e-e-things, and subtle hints. By the way, the column is also a central water supply.

[Cananecat]

Quote: Roman_VH

By the way, the column is also a central water supply.

Yes, yes ... they get it right from the Center)))

[IS-80_RVGK2]

Quote: A. Privalov

As if there are no countries hundreds of times richer than Afghanistan, where millions of people carry water from a pump and go to the toilet in the yard.

It would be better if this country spent money instead of the war in Afghanistan on infrastructure and medicine. But apparently the income of the arms tycoons for America is a higher priority goal than the standard of living of ordinary hard workers.

[Pereira]

I suppose our leaders have no worse dachas.

[Alexfly]

Now this company will impose feces on this whole mansion together with a hamam ....... 90% of the illiterate population ... 2 years of a religious school is not teaching, but indoctrination ...

[Kerensky]

Well, here one hierarch preached non-acquisitiveness ... He just arrived on Maybach with a hefty escort, and his watch was ... not possessive at all. It turned out somehow unconvincing. I liked Jobs better, and even then his principled attitude to license plates - they say I will pay fines, but I will not put numbers! And then the East! It is necessary to understand. Eastern luxury is so the talk of the town. Although the West did not lag behind - Maurice Druon says well about the cardinal's journey, with a convoy of 500 horsemen (if anyone has read) ...

[sergo1914]

Well, this mansion does not pull on the palace. The rogue was building. It is immediately evident that there is no gas in the country.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

This is for sure, there are richer guest houses on the Black Sea coast.

[Redfox3k]

One of the types of property is the luxurious mansion of Abdul-Rashid Dostum.

well, well ... let's see how the top of the Taliban will live after the seizure of power in Afghanistan. After all, they will shout: this is different!

[Dikson]

AND..? Half of the country in our villages still goes to the "free fall toilets" located on the street out of need .. "Toilets" are called .. Yes, and there is no central heating, as well as water supply in many villages ..)) And these, in turbans and slippers, at least there is no snow on the streets in winter ..

[75 Sergey]

I.V. Stalin Dostumov exiled such people to cut down the forest so that they would not be arrogant.

[Two]

They somehow manage with water with kumgan! Pebbles. these are our soldiers, from a limited contingent invented. Toilet paper was not taken to Afghan.

[Normann]

And they would not have seen hospitals, schools and normal roads leading to them, if not for the aggressor in the person of the Union.

[DenVB]

Quote: Normann

And they would not have seen hospitals, schools and normal roads leading to them, if not for the aggressor in the person of the Union.

Many roads in Afghanistan were built by the Americans even before everything began. Our people loved to ride on these roads. Betonka - you can't put a mine.

[DenVB]

Water supply is okay. There was a cool episode in this report. The Taliban says: "Here, there are some strange glasses, we have never seen such glasses," and pulls out a couple of wine glasses from the cabinet. Jokingly or seriously - it is not clear.

[geologist]

A bright life worthy of the heroes of Hellas. It is much more pleasant to fight together with like-minded people than to survive the time when your party comrades fled and you had no one to lead.

[Mikhail3]

Who said this to "foreign commentators"? On what basis do they draw their arbitrary conclusions? All the Taliban who passed the camps in Pakistan, quite themselves faced with the central water supply. Instead of journalists, we now have operators of consciousness, who do not address people, but cliches embedded in the masses of people. To challenge from the simplified below the limit of the brains stamped response. Yearning...

[Metallurg_2]

saw the central water supply for the first time in their life

Wild tribe. They will remain.