President Trump 2017: Hasty Withdraw Would Create Vacuum in Afghanistan
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150,000 Afghans who helped the US could be left stranded after the August 31 deadline, new estimate suggests
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A crowd gathering on the tarmac of Kabul’s airport. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty US evacuation flights from Afghanistan will stop on August 31. The US is reportedly evacuating people from Kabul at a rate of 20,000 a day. Based on one … Read More
Taliban has billions in US weapons, including Black Hawks and up to 600K rifles
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The war chest included at least 600,000 infantry weapons — including M16 assault rifles. Rahmat Gul/AP The Taliban has seized US weapons left in Afghanistan worth billions — possibly including 600,000 assault rifles, some 2,000 armored vehicles, and 40 aircraft, including Black … Read More
The Taliban are ‘intensifying’ their hunt for Afghans who helped the US and NATO, says a private intel report to the UN
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The Taliban are ‘intensifying’ their hunt for Afghans who helped the US and NATO, says a private intel report to the UN The Taliban are on the hunt for locals who worked with NATO or the former Afghan regime, per … Read More
Why the US-trained Afghan National Army have been defeated with ease by the Taliban
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Why the US-trained Afghan National Army have been defeated with ease by the Taliban A Taliban fighter looks on as he stands at the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan on 14 August, 2021. Reuters The Taliban now control two-thirds of Afghanistan, … Read More
Taliban enters Afghanistan’s capital; US diplomats evacuate: LIVE UPDATES
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Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday and said they were awaiting a “peaceful transfer” of the city after promising not to take it by force, but the uncertainty panicked workers who fled government offices as … Read More
Taliban insurgents take Kandahar, Herat as US plans to evacuate Americans from embassy in Kabul
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The insurgents have taken more than a dozen provincial capitals in recent days and now control more than two-thirds of the country. Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Friday seized Kandahar and Herat—the country’s second and third largest cities, hours after … Read More
Things look grim in Afghanistan, even with US airpower. In 21 days, they could be much worse
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(CNN) Many thought it would happen like this. But to see it so fast, so stark, brings no comfort in the prediction. The last six days have brought Afghanistan to arguably the most perilous place in the last two decades. At … Read More
6 ships in Gulf of Oman lose control, days after vessel attacked by drones
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Reports say Iranian-backed forces may have seized Asphalt Princess tanker; British military calls it a ‘potential hijack’ The Israeli-linked Japanese-owned tanker MT Mercer Street is seen off the port of the Gulf Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates … Read More