Silent Lonesome Man

What shocked the world most was the eventual collapse of the whole Afghan civilian administration after just a week in charge following the United States' withdrawal, the return of the Taliban even made it complicated when the group has slowly revealed its terror-based medieval ideology to rule Afghanistan once it came back to power in Kabul. Afghanistan was led by a civilian, but highly ineffective government, built by the United States. The devastation was beyond just military use - but it is also far worse. It's about the United States' honour suffered a fatal blow. Joe Biden, a protégé of Barack Obama and was expected to deliver a mission to recover the U.S. from the destructive policies of Donald Trump, saw his popularity plummeted. Many allies began to realise something, which is painful, also what Russia and China wanted to tell them for a long time: the U.S. is not trustworthy at all. This is creating a huge emotional and political crisis that has never been experie

Only a day later that the encounter between Saudi Arabia and Vietnam will begin as part of the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asia. The match is just a small part of the much larger campaign that would span for over a year to decide the final four, with a fifth to be added in case of playoffs. Mentioning the game between Saudi Arabia and Vietnam surprisingly startled my feeling. I have always been somewhat unlucky in predicting a winner in football, and again, I sensed something bad about Vietnam's perpetration for the 2022 World Cup run. Indeed, and worse, the defence suffered most of the losses, many of Vietnam's key defenders that joined the squad since the 2018 U-23 Asian Championship second-place finish had been absent due to injuries. Not to mention the V-League season of 2021 was officially cancelled due to failure to guarantee bubble travel, resulting in a great loss of Vietnamese football hope during the COVID-19 pandemic; the third wave with t

I used to talk much about football in Asia and Europe, so when it comes to Africa, literally it is a region where knowledge about football vary. Of course, Africa has over 55 countries with different cultures and norms, especially even more relevant with the north-south divide from the Sahara desert. So far, North and West Africa have been the most successful regions of Africa, and also frequent participants in the FIFA World Cup. Southern and Central Africa, on the other hand, do have teams that take parts in World Cup and have African glories, though limited compared to North and West Africa. Only East Africa has little success, with Sudan and Ethiopia being the only two African champions, they have not even taken part in a World Cup. I think it is a perfect time to have a short glimpse, but hopeful, about one nation, for a long time, ravaged by wars and instabilities, but now is finding back where it belongs, to progress. Yes, this is DR Congo - the second largest country in Africa.

Only a few days ahead before 2 September 2021 - the day where all the World Cup qualifications began to restart, or kickstart. Every national team is hurried to summon its best, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic that has prevented fans from fully attending games. Of course, the World Cup is a lucrative matter - no one wants to cancel it. Yet perpetration is not that simple. In addition to having been safe enough, players must be gathered at full strength of having potential replacements. This is something Poland struggling to grapple over, somewhat darkly comical rather than a well-organised one. So what has led to this comical misery? Every evidence leads to the head, unsurprisingly, the blame lies mostly on the PZPN, which controlled Polish football since its inception in 1919. Then, the players are also at fault to judge. In the end, the wrong philosophies are also reasons to examine Poland's tragicomical affairs since the collapse of communist rule in 1989. To start with,

Japan is the last team I mentioned about, not because of any prejudice against Japan. Rather, I'd say the final mention of Japan was the result of extreme difficulties. Well, all we can realise is Japan's position in Asia is unquestionable. It's currently Asia's most formidable, as seen by its rapid development since the 1990s. It's far, far run from the previous amateur status of this country before the foundation of J.League. It's, even more, to say when Japan's rise to prominence came despite a great lack of football background - Japan's most popular sport has been baseball, a legacy of American influence in the nation. So how has a baseball-dominated country turned so powerful in football? It's about ambitious projects to implement. From the 1980s, Japanese sporting investors realised baseball would not bring the needed revenues due to the lack of popularity in other nations from outside the United States. This forced the Japanese to rethink its

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asia is only a few weeks away before the final showdown. Out of 47 Asian states, only the last 12 nations will be there. Yet, the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification may be even more to see, not just because of football, but also outside elements. These issues are more relevant in two nations, which, ironically, have to play in two different yet familiar groups: Iran and China. With the announcement of Iran in group A and, earlier, China in group B, of the last phase of qualification, it would have been fine for someone who doesn't pay attention to football, or soccer if you are North Americans. Yet the draws have put Iran and China into two trajectory groups that will, instead, unite them with their increasingly heated enemies of the past. This made the sentiment increasingly uneasy yet necessary to speak out. Iran We start with group A, where Iran, the second-highest ranked team in Asia, will battle South Korea, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and

Afghanistan is on the brink of returning to the reign of terror that the Taliban has imposed after it successfully restored power following a week. The Taliban has restarted its attempts to reintroduce medieval, authoritarian law, in spite of its insistence that it'll be a "different" Taliban. Of course, nobody is foolish enough to buy the Taliban's propaganda, not even it hated neighbour Iran, which has been trying to work and weaken the Taliban at the same time. Yet one country that doesn't get so much "credit" for building this sectarian, terrorist group to fill the power void for so long: Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan plays a major role in making Afghanistan a mess - and also turning the country into a sectarian territory uncontrolled by the authorities, if not to say Pakistan "kill itself" with it. We have never imagined the role of Pakistan in the terror Afghans have been suffering. But it is necessary to understand its background. Pakistan

Tatmadaw is the name of the official Armed Forces of Myanmar or Burma. Taliban is an insurgent group in Afghanistan. Both two of them appear very different from the moments they surfaced, with two groups ruling two nations far apart from each other, having two different religious ideologies, except both are Asians. Yet, their idea of how to govern their nations are characterised by fascinating similarities: terror, thirst for power, and brainwashing, year by year. To understand the Tatmadaw and the Taliban, one can't go without digging the root of the past the created these forces, renowned for being brutal and violent from every corner it can do with. Only by seeing the inner self have we really discovered why Tatmadaw and Taliban are so ruthlessly murderous, for both the innocents of Myanmar and Afghanistan. History We'll talk a bit. Tatmadaw was originally the " Burma Independence Army ", founded by the father of current detained Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, A