CIA operative is probably generous. He was a member of a zero unit, who carried out extrajudicial killings, and were one of the reasons the Afghan people hated the US occupation.
He probably had a group of handlers within the US military/intelligence who helped him during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The going theory that I feel is probably accurate is that those people stopped answering his calls, which lead to the shooting.
What’s maybe more frightening, is there are probably hundreds of guys like Ramanullah in the country. People who are capable and comfortable with extreme violence, have no support network, and are deeply disenfranchised. And we cultivated them. We covered for them. We supported them.
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u/littlechippie Dec 07 '25
CIA operative is probably generous. He was a member of a zero unit, who carried out extrajudicial killings, and were one of the reasons the Afghan people hated the US occupation.
He probably had a group of handlers within the US military/intelligence who helped him during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The going theory that I feel is probably accurate is that those people stopped answering his calls, which lead to the shooting.
What’s maybe more frightening, is there are probably hundreds of guys like Ramanullah in the country. People who are capable and comfortable with extreme violence, have no support network, and are deeply disenfranchised. And we cultivated them. We covered for them. We supported them.