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Afghanistan - Epic Fail Africa and the Middle East
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/21/21
Biden's view of job comes into focus after Afghan collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden made up his mind about Afghanistan months - really years - ago. For more than a decade, Biden advocated for an end to American involvement in Afghanistan.
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8/21/21
For US military leaders, Afghan news strikes personal chord
WASHINGTON (AP) - For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week's news was profoundly personal. The photos and videos pouring out of Afghanistan hit a nerve, and triggered searingly vivid flashbacks to battles fought, troops lost and tears shed during their own deployments there.
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8/22/21
British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban's takeover of the country.
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8/22/21
“The fact of the matter is I have not seen that,” Biden maintained when asked about allies from the United Kingdom to Germany that have publicly questioned America’s credibility. “Matter of fact, the exact opposite. I’ve got the exact opposite thing as we’re acting with dispatch, we’re acting, committing to what we said we would do.”
Guess he hasn't seen headlines from England, France, & Germany.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/23/21
The US military has helpfully sent an email to about 90,000 veterans who served in Afghanistan.
It has the number to a suicide hotline in it.
I'm thinking a lot of them will need it.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/23/21
Kabul airlift is accelerating but still hampered by chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says the "hard and painful" airlift of Americans and tens of thousands of others from Afghanistan's capital is accelerating, but he would not rule out extending it beyond the Aug.
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8/29/21
Taliban success in Afghanistan seen as boost for extremists
BEIRUT (AP) - A few days after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, a convoy of militants drove through the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria in cars bearing the group's white-and-black flags, honking horns and firing their guns in the air.
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8/30/21
Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home.
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8/31/21
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S.
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