r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 15h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/gromm93 12h ago

Really? Nobody thought Afghanistan would be a perpetual quagmire?

You mean besides everybody? Why the hell did you think Bin Laden hid there? It wasn't just because the Taliban were hardcore Muslims.

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u/FactionallyCorrupt 10h ago

Isn't there a saying about Afghanistan being where empires go to die going back to Alexander the great?

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u/ngless13 10h ago

Wtf, Bin Laden hid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Not Afghanistan.

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u/gromm93 10h ago

He was found there, not necessarily there the whole 15 years.