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Aug 26 2021
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Explosion Outside of Kabul Airport Results in Casualties, Pentagon Confirms
The Pentagon spokesperson said, “We can confirm that the explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of US [and] civilian casualties. We can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, a short distance from Abbey Gate. We will continue to update.”
President Joe Biden is in the Situation Room, along with Defense
Independent Journal ReviewAug 28 2021
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Afghanistan: Biden says another Kabul airport attack likely
Another attack on Kabul airport is highly likely, US President Joe Biden has warned, saying that military commanders have told him it could come as early as Sunday.
The US is continuing evacuations but the final British flight carrying only Afghan civilians left on Saturday.
About 170 people died after a suicide bomber targeted the airport on Thursday as crowds of Afghans were
BBC NewsAug 17 2021
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Does Video Show Taliban Welcomed Into Kabul by Crowd of Residents?
Avideo is circulating on social media claiming to show residents of Kabul, Afghanistan welcoming advancing Taliban fighters who have now deposed President Ashraf Ghani and seized control of the war-torn nation for the first time since 2001.
Twitter user Syed Sajid Bukhari shared a video on Sunday of a jubilant scene surrounding Taliban fighters.
"The people of Kabul come out from
NewsweekAug 27 2021
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Kabul airport atrocity offers a glimpse of the chaos to come in Afghanistan
The tempting comparison between the withdrawals of US forces from Kabul in 2021 and Saigon in 1975 has offered diminishing returns over the past 12 days.
Whereas about 7,000 people were evacuated from Vietnam (5,500 Vietnamese civilians and about 1,500 Americans), more than 95,000 people have left Afghanistan in a historic airlift since 14 August, the day before the capital fell to the
The GuardianAug 20 2021
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How News Organizations Got Afghan Colleagues Out of Kabul
For hours, they waited on the tarmac in the relentless heat, children and suitcases and strollers in tow, hoping for a flight to freedom that would not come. More than 200 Afghans from all walks of life — cooks, gardeners, translators, drivers, journalists — gathered on the runway of the Kabul airport, seeking escape from a country whose government had collapsed with shocking speed.
New York Times (News)Aug 13 2021
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Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul
The Taliban completed the seizure of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city and the Islamist movement’s birthplace, and took into custody a warlord who organized the failed defenses of the western city of Herat.
Combined with other advances, including the capture of the provincial capital of Helmand, the fall of these two major cities has given the Taliban full control of southern
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 20 2021
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US struggles to speed Kabul airlift despite Taliban, chaos
The United States is struggling to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paperwork problems. With an Aug. 31 deadline looming, tens of thousands remained to be airlifted from the chaotic country.
Taliban fighters and their checkpoints ringed the airport — major barriers for Afghans who
Associated PressSep 01 2021
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Taliban Battle Opposition Militias, Wield New Power in Kabul
Clashes flared in northern and central Afghanistan between the Taliban and local militias on Wednesday, as the Islamist movement continued to consolidate its grip on power in the Afghan capital, two days after the U.S. ended its 20-year presence in the country.
Meanwhile, hundreds of American citizens and residents remained stuck in Afghanistan after the massive U.S.-led airlift ended,
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 19 2021
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After Kabul, hard questions about American global leadership
The Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan strikes at the U.S. commitment to democracy and human rights. But an American ability to learn from mistakes may help restore its leadership.
As Afghan provincial capitals fell at blitzkrieg pace last week, with the national capital, Kabul, the ultimate prize in the insurgent Taliban’s sights, the White House chose the moment to inform the world that
Christian Science MonitorAug 24 2021
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Biden keeps to Kabul Aug. 31 deadline despite criticism
U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders who want to give the evacuation more time, and opens Biden to criticism that he caved to Taliban deadline demands.
“Every day we’re on the ground is
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