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Aug 30 2021
News
Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion
Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
Speaking from a secure video conference room on the third floor of the Pentagon at 8 a.m. Wednesday — or 4:30 p.m. in Kabul — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
PoliticoAug 29 2021
News
US airstrike takes out ‘imminent ISIS-K threat’ targeting Kabul airport
A US airstrike took out an “imminent ISIS-K threat” to the Kabul airport Sunday as officials race against the clock to wrap up evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, US defense officials said.
The drone strike successfully knocked out a vehicle packed with a “substantial amount of explosive material,” Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for the US Central Command, said in a statement.
“U.S.
New York Post (News)Aug 30 2021
News
With last plane out of Kabul, America's 20-year war in Afghanistan is over
The final U.S. troops in Afghanistan flew out of Kabul Monday at 3:29 p.m. EDT, ending a costly 20-year occupation that started after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and leaving a war-torn country now run by the Taliban.
The retreat, announced by the Pentagon, came one minute before Aug. 31 Kabul time, keeping the U.S. in the country right up until a deadline set by President Joe Biden's
USA TODAYAug 16 2021
News
Desperate Afghans Fall From Sky After Clinging to Plane Leaving Kabul
Seven people died during the chaos at the Kabul airport, some of which were seen on a video shared on social media showing people falling from a departing U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane.
Another video shows civilians hanging on to the undercarriage as the plane takes off.
HaaretzAug 18 2021
News
Vets see many US failures in Kabul. Military intelligence is just one.
Honestly assessing what was going on in the field over the past 20 years is crucial to future military efforts, as well as U.S. global leadership.
While the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces this week produced image after image of heartbreak as Afghans clung to cargo planes and women tried to lift babies over airport barriers in an effort to save them, it was also a baffling theater of
Christian Science MonitorAug 26 2021
Analysis
Biden Abandons Our Allies: What It’s Really Like on the Ground in Kabul
On the menu today: I’m going to warn you ahead of time, I’ve heard from my reader trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, and the news is very bad. Don’t let the happy talk coming from well-dressed officials behind lecterns in Washington fool you. The situation on the ground is chaotic and dangerous, and the outlook for hundreds of thousands of Afghans is about as grim as
Jim GeraghtyAug 26 2021
News
13 US service members killed in twin explosions outside Kabul airport
At least 13 U.S. service members were among dozens killed after twin explosions tore through the crowd congregating at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital and a hotel about 200 yards from the gate.
The death toll, including 11 U.S. Marines and a Navy medic, and an additional 15 service members were wounded on Thursday, were reported by Commander,
Washington ExaminerAug 26 2021
Opinion
Biden Abandons Our Allies: What It’s Really Like on the Ground in Kabul
On the menu today: I’m going to warn you ahead of time, I’ve heard from my reader trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, and the news is very bad. Don’t let the happy talk coming from well-dressed officials behind lecterns in Washington fool you. The situation on the ground is chaotic and dangerous, and the outlook for hundreds of thousands of Afghans is about as grim as
Jim GeraghtyJul 26 2013
News
Crisis in Kabul: Security at U.S. Embassy in disarray, diplomats at risk
U.S. diplomatic facilities in Afghanistan have serious security lapses a ticking time bomb that poses an unnecessary risk to staff.
Washington TimesJul 02 2021
Analysis
As the Taliban gain ground, how long can the U.S. Embassy in Kabul stand?
The situation in Afghanistan is grim. An occupying army is withdrawing its last troops, bombs are besieging Kabul and the country appears on the verge of a civil war. U.S. diplomats believe they can't count on the shaky Afghan government to survive, much less protect them.
It's Jan. 30, 1989, two weeks until the last Soviet forces leave, and U.S. officials have just closed the American
Politico