Here’s the ‘Friends’-themed Afghanistan video we never knew we needed

No one told us life was gonna be this way

Posted on Jun 17, 2020 2:13 PM EDT

Editors note: This story first appeared in June 2020.

When I woke up this morning, I thought maybe I’d dreamed up a video about Afghanistan set to the theme song of hit ’90s sitcom”Friends.”

But folks, I should have known I’m not that creative.

The video from Twitter features main players like Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the Taliban, ISIS-K, and Afghan civilians. You know — the main characters!

Just trust me when I say you need to see it for yourself.

https://twitter.com/assimilatedfed/status/1273052165406208002

Will this be shown in history classes years from now? Does Ghani consider himself more of a Rachel or a Monica? Will the U.S. and Afghanistan ever be on a break? I have questions!

But the video got at least one thing right: No one told us life was gonna be this way.

Haley Britzky was the Task & Purpose Army reporter from 2019 to 2022. She previously worked at Axios covering breaking news. She reports on important developments within the service, from new uniforms to new policies; the realities of military life facing soldiers and their families; and broader cultural issues that expand outside of the Army, touching each of the military services.Â

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