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--> One of the devices contained biometric data on more than 2600 people, some of which had entries such as "Volunteer Background Checks," "Host Nation Police," or "Host Nation Military."

https://twitter.com/BR_AILab/status/1607707952147992579



"Some of which" isn't the same as "all of them", and none of those three categories exclude being an islamist. I get that it's a serious case of recklessness, but the reactions here are too alarmist.


Your reply makes no sense. Not every Afghani collaborated, and plenty of collaborators follow Islam. This is obvious. This doesn't make those who collaborated any safer.

You don't even need to know any specifics: it's a well-known humans tend to punish traitors even if they have a lot in common.


"You don't even need to know any specifics"

Is this attitude why you and everyone else is making the assumption that exactly every stray biometric identity that can be salvaged from this disaster is guaranteed to be a traitor, and guaranteed to be found and executed by the Taliban? You don't need to explain the Taliban to me - I was born in an Islamic country to a Muslim family - but maybe you can help me understand your alarmist reasoning regarding the biometric identities themselves.


Your responses don't make any sense to me. Am I misinterpreting something? This is my understanding:

Me: Many people were put in danger

You: While many people were put in danger, there are other people who aren't in danger, so you're alarmist




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