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Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, confusion and death in the final days of the War in Afghanistan
2 years, 8 months ago

Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, confusion and death in the final days of the War in Afghanistan

Raw Story  

On the afternoon of Aug. 26, 17-year-old Shabir Ahmad Mohammadi huddled with his family by a mosque near the Kabul airport. Urban said the U.S. didn’t disclose the specific timing of its departure for safety reasons, but it “took great pains to ensure” that the Afghan military knew it was going to leave. One senior State Department official, speaking anonymously, …

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Biden, Ghani did not foresee Taliban takeover in their last call
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden, Ghani did not foresee Taliban takeover in their last call

Al Jazeera  

Before Afghan government collapsed on August 15, the US president pressed his Afghan counterpart to ‘change perception’. In the last call between US President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics, but neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for …

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Taliban hail 'victory' as US withdraws from Afghanistan, resistance forces gear up for long war | 10 points
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban hail 'victory' as US withdraws from Afghanistan, resistance forces gear up for long war | 10 points

India Today  

The Taliban declared victory on Tuesday, hours after the last US plane took off from the Kabul airport, marking the end of America's longest war. READ | Major General Chris Donahue -- the last American to leave Afghanistan The Taliban took full control of the Hamid Karzai airport as the US withdrawal concluded. Victory belongs to all Afghans, say Taliban: …

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William Dalrymple: ‘Prestige of America heavily dented’
3 years, 4 months ago

William Dalrymple: ‘Prestige of America heavily dented’

The Hindu  

The ascension of the Taliban “does notlook good for India’s foreign policy”, says the veteran writer and historian William Dalrymple, whose book Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, an account of the First Anglo-Afghan War, recently became the subject of intense discussion some eight years after it was first published. Don’t you think there was some talk on …

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Taliban blows up statue of Shiite militia leader, who fought against them in Afghanistan Civil War in 1990s
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban blows up statue of Shiite militia leader, who fought against them in Afghanistan Civil War in 1990s

India TV News  

The Taliban have blown up the statue of a Shiite militia leader who fought against them during Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, according to photos circulating on Wednesday, sowing further doubt about their claims to have become more moderate. Afghans remain skeptical of new Taliban But many Afghans remain deeply skeptical, and thousands are racing to the airport and …

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Taliban offers amnesty, promises women’s rights and media freedom
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban offers amnesty, promises women’s rights and media freedom

Al Jazeera  

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says group won’t allow territory ‘to be used against anybody or any country’ – updates as they happened. 17 Aug 2021 - 18:31 GMT Taliban agreed to allow ‘safe passage’ to airport, US says The Taliban has told the US administration that it will allow a “safe passage” to the airport in Kabul, which remains under …

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Taliban will kill us, women won't have rights: Woman upon arrival in Delhi from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Taliban will kill us, women won't have rights: Woman upon arrival in Delhi from Kabul

India Today  

The Taliban are going to kill our friends, said a woman who arrived in Delhi on a flight from Kabul on Sunday. Speaking to media outlets at Delhi's IGI airport on Sunday, the woman who arrived from Kabul broke down and said, "I cannot believe that the world abandoned Afghanistan." READ: Taliban take control of Afghan presidential palace; 40 injured …

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