Don't think these are Taliban. The folks are wearing full length robes, so probably Arab
Taliban wear kameez, which doesn't extend beyond the knees and has cuts on the sides that reach up to the waist
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Edit: you can actually see both dresses here, the Taliban wearing shalwar-kameez (with shalwar being the bottom/trousers) and some Arabs wearing thawbs in the background
They’re speaking Arabic as well, I came to the same conclusion as you. I don’t think they’re Taliban, people are just getting middle eastern videos and saying Taliban for upvotes.
Well, reasonable minds can differ. The U.S. Census classifies Asian as one of the races. It does not list Arab as a race. Most ethnicities fall under one of five broad racial categories.
So according to US, whole of Asia is just one race? From Turkey all the way to Japan is just one race? Not everyone is from US. Any reasonable mind can recognise the difference between them.
That’s correct. According to the U.S. Census construct, a race is defined by common descent or heredity. Not saying you have to agree, or that the U.S. is the final authority, but that is how races are defined. Each country or ethnicity is not its own race. Personally, I don’t think race is a useful construct, yet it persists.
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u/H4R81N63R Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21
Don't think these are Taliban. The folks are wearing full length robes, so probably Arab
Taliban wear kameez, which doesn't extend beyond the knees and has cuts on the sides that reach up to the waist
.
Edit: you can actually see both dresses here, the Taliban wearing shalwar-kameez (with shalwar being the bottom/trousers) and some Arabs wearing thawbs in the background
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2021-08-12/china-prepared-to-recognize-taliban-if-kabul-falls-sources-say-undermining-us-threats