The Fall Of Kabul To The Taliban

[Reasonable & Just]

Give credit where credit is due.

The US has facilitated over 100,00o evacuations. It’s American soldiers manning the Kabul airport. They are the ones with the most to lose.

God Bless our troops!

Applause.

 

[Skigh]

Grandad, 60, named as second Brit killed in Kabul airport bomb attack


SECOND Brit who was killed in the Kabul airport suicide bomb was a grandfather who was visiting his family.

Musa Popal, 60, had travelled from his home in Hendon, north London at the end of May to visit relatives in Khandahar, Afghanistan.



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Mr Popal has been named as the second Brit killed in the terror attack

 

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@AC360

Two weeks prior to the attack in Kabul, CNN's
@clarissaward
interviewed a senior ISIS-K commander. At that time the commander told Ward the group was laying low and waiting for a time to strike.
As Ward notes, these were "words that turned out to be eerily prophetic.

ISIS-K commander told CNN the group was waiting to 'strike' two weeks before Kabul airport attack | Washington Examiner

I saw this article. I question..IF CNN was able to screen/speak with terrorists and knew of the threat...
WHAT was our CIA and other intelligence operators doing? Was this a known additional threat, and yet our Military continued with their plan to evacuate an airbase full of Military equipment and release additional prisoners out into the field? It still makes little sense to me. Way to go CNN! You got the scoop. But our military leaders didn't......Or did they?

 

[otto]

Give credit where credit is due.

The US has facilitated over 100,00o evacuations. It’s American soldiers manning the Kabul airport. They are the ones with the most to lose.

God Bless our troops!

One statement gives 100% credit to the USA. The other statement accurately states that many countries had a role in the evacuation.

"The surge allowed the U.S. to rapidly evacuate over 100,000 people, including special visa holders, ethnic minorities, and others who faced persecution by the Taliban." (link)

"The United States and partners have evacuated about 105,000 people since Aug. 14, the day before the Taliban entered Kabul, the White House said on Friday." (link)
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The nineteen countries that were involved in facilitating the evacuation are listed here:

Afghanistan: How many people have been evacuated by each country?

 

[Reasonable & Just]

Scary times as we continue to move forward, plus a hurricane heading for our home shores that's also conjuring up painful memories from 2005 and bringing out our finest Guard members to help. Hoping for some measure of safety and peace for those who serve abroad and domestically. Hoping that tomorrow is a better day than today, and way better than the days before.

 

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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Pentagon will not release names of the 2 ‘high-profile’ ISIS planners killed in single U.S. drone strike: Kirby

 

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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Pentagon says an estimated 600 American citizens remain in Afghanistan ahead of Biden's Aug. 31 deadline. September 1 will be the first time in nearly 20 years no U.S. forces are in Afghanistan.

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State Department yesterday: Taliban and Haqqani network are "separate entities”

Pentagon today: There is "commingling...marbling" between the Taliban and Haqqani network

 

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Snippets of lengthy article. rbbm.
ISIS-K CHEAT SHEET: Who are the new kids on the terror block? | Toronto Sun
Brad Hunter
Aug 28, 2021 • 2 hours ago

The new kids on the terror block: ISIS-K. Photo by HANDOUT /ISIS-K
''According to intelligence experts, ISIS-K considers the Taliban weak sisters insufficiently devoted to fundamentalist Islam. We thought the Taliban were brutal fanatics who revel in enforcing religious law.
Some of the ISIS-K kooks have even accused the Taliban of cooperating with the U.S. to get spies out of the country.''

''Civil war with two lousy options? Maybe. In the interim, ISIS-K is trying to poach Taliban killers who are disappointed in the kinder, gentler approach towards infidels and heretics.

According to intelligence sources, the two groups are killing each other on a daily basis, USA Today reported.

“They maintain these capabilities, and those are the reasons they and the Taliban are mortal enemies – because ISIS-K represents a competitor,” Douglas London, the CIA’s former top counterterrorism chief for the region, told USA Today.

“They represent a competitor for resources, materials and power, even though they’re relatively small.”

 

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Pentagon now says two ISIS-K targets were killed and one wounded in US drone strike | Daily Mail Online


Taliban condemned the US drone strike, with a spokesman describing the operation as a 'clear attack on Afghan territory'.

'The Americans should have informed us before conducting the airstrike,' spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters on Saturday.

However, Mujahid later took to Twitter to disavow the interview, writing: 'Reuters has interviewed me and distorted my words. I urge the media and journalists not to take these words seriously.'

Mujahid claimed that two women and a child were wounded in the drone strike. The Pentagon says it is not aware of any civilian casualties.

 

[LadyL]

What’s happening now in Afghanistan? Here’s a timeline of major events

 

[LadyL]

Taliban prepare to set up new Afghan government as U.S. evacuation nears end

 

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ISIS-K commander told CNN before Kabul attack that group was waiting to strike

 

[LadyL]

Biden promises further strikes against ISIS-K

 

[worldwatcher]

According to our Dutch prime Minister, Marc Rutte, our minister of Foreign Affairs will be traveling to the region of Afghanistan :

"Our government will continue to do its utmost to make evacuations from Kabul possible again. so @ministerBZ Sigrid Kaag will travel to the region next week, and I just spoke with Chancellor Angela Merkel (Germany)
https://mobile.twitter.com/MinPres/status/1431670429471625231

News article about it:
Kaag reist komende week af naar regio Afghanistan, kabinet wil zich 'maximaal inzetten'

^ETA (from the Dutch msm)^

"Rutte, Kaag and Bijleveld have always said they will continue to look for possibilities to remove evacuees from Kabul, in collaboration with allies such as the United Kingdom, Germany and France and countries in the region. It is therefore logical that Kaag will soon be going there as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The destination and travel dates are not yet known, according to The Hague sources." It is not known which countries Kaag will talk to, and whether she is also trying to get in touch with the Taliban. French President Macron says he is in talks with the Taliban about transferring Afghans to the French evacuation list."

There is also an overview of the people who could be evacuated in recent days, included in the article.

 

[shotgun09]

I am a little on edge here, wondering what is next? Can we rescue/ evacuate the remaining U.S. citizens out, along with the 5000 plus remaining troops safely? With no more lives lost? In a little over 2 days? The threats now continue from the taliban, and obviously ISIS, but we have now stepped closer to the edge with the drone strike yesterday, and new additional warnings from the POTUS. IMO, the 'war drums' just picked up tempo

 

[LadyL]

Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Pentagon will not release names of the 2 ‘high-profile’ ISIS planners killed in single U.S. drone strike: Kirby

I wonder why not?

 

[LadyL]

How an Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan

 

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U.S. Used a Special Hellfire Missile in Afghanistan Airstrike on Islamic State
A secret weapon until recently, the missile employs blades instead of explosives, officials say, to limit damage Aug. 28, 2021

“At the strike site in Nangarhar, Rahamunullah, a neighbor said three people were killed and four others wounded, including a woman, contradicting the Pentagon’s assessment.”

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Used a Special Hellfire Missile in Afghanistan Airstrike on Islamic State


From 2019:

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has developed a specially designed, secret missile for pinpoint airstrikes that kill terrorist leaders with no explosion, drastically reducing damage and minimizing the chances of civilian casualties, multiple current and former U.S. officials said.
Both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon have used the weapon while closely guarding its existence. A modified version of the well-known Hellfire missile, the weapon carries an inert warhead. Instead of exploding, it is designed to plunge more than 100 pounds of metal through the tops of cars and buildings to kill its target without harming individuals and property close by.
Secret U.S. Missile Aims to Kill Only Terrorists, Not Nearby Civilians

 

[LadyL]

Mellissa Fung says Afghan women taught her resilience. Now she's trying to help them escape

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent...cBWKhg8mTwnwQ3rQK2OuDUDPMyDijkyyqpl3fnNGzW8k0

 

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KRON4 News
@kron4news
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BLOCKED: Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan

Taliban block Kabul airport to most as foreign airlifts wane

Although most of its allies had finished their evacuation flights, the U.S. planned to keep its round-the-clock flights going until the deadline, saying 117,000 people had been evacuated since the Taliban claimed Kabul on Aug. 15.

NATO countries end Afghanistan mission | wfaa.com