The Fall Of Kabul To The Taliban

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-afghanistan-last-flight-1.6153899
Catharine Tunney · Aug 26, 2021 Last Updated: 15 minutes ago''
''A notice sent out this morning from the Immigration Department says that evacuation operations are done and "at this time, no further evacuation flights are being planned."

"The government of Canada recognizes that there are a number of people in Afghanistan including Canadian citizens, permanent residents, their families, and applicants under programs for Afghans," it reads.

"Until such a time that the security situation stabilizes, be mindful of the security environment and where possible, take the necessary steps to ensure your security and that of your family."

''The department advises those with an application in progress to contact them by email or call +1-613-321-4243.

Gen. Wayne Eyre said most of the Canadian personnel still in the country left Hamid Karzai International Airport eight hours ago, although a small contingent has stayed behind to support allies.''


''Canada has struck an air-bridge agreement with other countries that allows people bound for Canada to catch rides out of Kabul on allied aircraft while Canada steps up in the same fashion.
Mendicino said on Thursday that close to 1,000 Afghans have arrived in Canada and over 300 have now finished quarantine.
Canada has so far evacuated more people out of Afghanistan than 10 other countries, including Spain, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, according to the immigration minister's office's tracking numbers, which are based on media stories.''

''The White House said Thursday that since Aug. 14, it has evacuated and helped in the evacuation of about 95,700 people. Britain said on Wednesday it has evacuated more than 11,000 people from Afghanistan.''
 
'Severe threat' of an 'imminent' terror attack at Kabul airport, British armed forces minister warns | Daily Mail Online


Shots have been fired at an Italian military transport plane as it flew out of Kabul airport hours after a British minister warned an 'imminent' and 'lethal' ISIS attack was expected in the Afghan capital.

The plane was not damaged in the incident, a source from Italy's Defence Ministry added.

An Italian journalist traveling on the flight told Sky 24 TG that the plane had been carrying almost 100 Afghan civilians when it came under fire minutes after take-off.

Earlier, armed forces minister James Heappey said there is 'very credible reporting' of a 'severe' attack which could happen 'within hours' by ISIS-K, the sworn enemy of the Taliban who want to cause mayhem in the new regime.

The US, Britain and Australia had already told their citizens to flee the airport over the terror threat with Western forces still stationed at the transport hub, with a multiple car-bomb attack feared by officials.

The fears are heaping extra pressure on the operation to evacuate stranded foreigners, with Tuesday's deadline for foreign troops to leave fast approaching.

Meanwhile Afghans who had been told to stay away from Kabul airport are instead flocking to Pakistan and Iran in a bid to escape after the UK told them to head to the border, while many countries have announced they are ending their airlift operations from today.

Heappey told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'There is now very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack.
 
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U.S. and allies urge people to avoid Kabul airport amid threat of Islamic State attack - National | Globalnews.ca
''A NATO country diplomat in Kabul said that although the Taliban were responsible for security outside the airport, threats from Islamic State could not be ignored.

“Western forces, under no circumstances, want to be in a position to launch an offensive or a defensive attack against anyone,” the diplomat added. “Our mandate is to ensure evacuations end on Aug. 31.”

The Taliban are enemies with the Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), after an old name for the region.


“Our guards are also risking their lives at Kabul airport, they face a threat too from the Islamic State group,” said a Taliban official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.''
 
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Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Aug 26, 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-k-afghanistan-taliban-security-threat-1.6153177
''When did ISIS-K begin operations in Afghanistan?
The group goes by a few names — ISIS-K, IS-K, ISKP, which stands for Islamic State Khorasan or Islamic State Khorasan Province.''

"ISIS-K is not averse to high-casualty attacks and attracts the most radical of jihadists," she said.
Those attacks include the deadly May 2020 strike on a maternity hospital in a majority Shia Muslim neighbourhood in Kabul that killed at least 24 people, including newborn babies and mothers.''

''ISIS-K is an enemy of both al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The Taliban follow the conservative Deobandi brand of Islam, as opposed to ISIS, which follows Salafism, Clarke said.''

''What current threat does ISIS-K pose?
Following the full military withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan on Aug. 31, it is likely that ISIS-K will exploit the security vacuum to regenerate and quickly re-establish itself throughout at least the eastern region of the country, Kumar said.

"ISIS-K is a sworn enemy of the Taliban, which could incentivize the jihadist group to carry out attacks in an attempt to topple the self-imposed Taliban regime," she said.''
 
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#breaking_news : Reports of a large explosion and gunfire at the Abbey gate of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul #Afghanistan.




John Kirby
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We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can.
 
Blackwater rescued Biden from Taliban in 2008 as founder criticized for $6,500 evacuation flights | Daily Mail Online

"The founder of controversial private military contractor Blackwater, who sparked a furious reaction on Wednesday with his $6,500 evacuation flights from Kabul, has told how his men helped to rescue Joe Biden from Afghanistan in 2008 when his helicopter made an emergency landing.

Erik Prince, 52, was described on Wednesday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki as having no soul, and of profiting from 'people's agony and pain'.

Yet Prince, who founded Blackwater in 1997, reminded that Tucker Carlson his team rescued Biden himself.

Biden was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time of the February 2008 rescue, and was plucked to safety alongside John Kerry, then a senator for Massachusetts; and Chuck Hagel, then a senator for Nebraska, from the country.

Kerry went on to become Barack Obama's secretary of state, while Biden was vice president and Hagel was defense secretary."

"They were on a congressional visit to Afghanistan in the winter and the U.S. Army helicopter got lost in a snowstorm and sat down in Taliban territory on the side of a mountain,' Prince told Carlson.

'U.S. military launched a ground convoy to get them and they got lost.

'And the Blackwater guys launched and we did not get lost and we rescued them from Taliban territory. That was the winter of '08."
 
Jennifer Jacobs
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Initial reports indicate the explosion near Kabul airport was from a suicide bomber not far from HKIA's Abbey Gate and the Baron Hotel, which has been used by the British.

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Large explosion at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport
''There was a large explosion at Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport, Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to a tweet from Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.''
''CNN reports several causalities among Afghans, but these reports are unconfirmed.''
''Initial reports say it was a suicide bombing.''

 
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Blackwater rescued Biden from Taliban in 2008 as founder criticized for $6,500 evacuation flights | Daily Mail Online

"The founder of controversial private military contractor Blackwater, who sparked a furious reaction on Wednesday with his $6,500 evacuation flights from Kabul, has told how his men helped to rescue Joe Biden from Afghanistan in 2008 when his helicopter made an emergency landing.

Erik Prince, 52, was described on Wednesday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki as having no soul, and of profiting from 'people's agony and pain'.

Yet Prince, who founded Blackwater in 1997, reminded that Tucker Carlson his team rescued Biden himself.

Biden was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time of the February 2008 rescue, and was plucked to safety alongside John Kerry, then a senator for Massachusetts; and Chuck Hagel, then a senator for Nebraska, from the country.

Kerry went on to become Barack Obama's secretary of state, while Biden was vice president and Hagel was defense secretary."

"They were on a congressional visit to Afghanistan in the winter and the U.S. Army helicopter got lost in a snowstorm and sat down in Taliban territory on the side of a mountain,' Prince told Carlson.

'U.S. military launched a ground convoy to get them and they got lost.

'And the Blackwater guys launched and we did not get lost and we rescued them from Taliban territory. That was the winter of '08."
Jen Psuki :rolleyes:
 
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Politico sources reporting a second explosion at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

#BREAKING: Turkish defense minister reports two explosions outside Kabul airport.

Sky News reporting 13 dead after explosion at Kabul airport in Afghanistan; children among the fatalities.
Children reported among the dead. :(
 
Blast outside Kabul airport kills 2, wounds 15, Russia says
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''KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry says a suicide attack outside Kabul airport killed at least two people and wounded 15.

It was the first official report specifying a number of casualties from Thursday’s explosion, which occurred among crowds of people outside the airport.''

''Adam Khan, an Afghan waiting outside the airport, said the explosion went off in a crowd of people waiting to enter the airport. Khan, who said he was standing about 30 meters (yards) away, said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded, including some who lost body parts.

Several countries urged people to avoid the airport earlier in the day, with one saying there was a threat of a suicide bombing. But just days — or even hours for some nations — before the evacuation effort ends, few appeared to heed the call.''
 
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