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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:53 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:53 pm to OMLandshark
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More great news: Taliban captured 2,000 US Made Armored vehicles and up to 40 aircraft
To be fair, they didn’t “capture” anything so much as just walk up to it and declare it theirs. That’s what happens when you leave all that behind.
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:53 pm to tiger91
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So what I’m learning is stay the hell in America.
Hopefully, A lot of people are realizing how good we have it here.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:55 pm to LSUGrrrl
German - DW News:
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UPDATE: Taliban fighters hunting one of our journalists have shot dead a member of his family in #Afghanistan and seriously injured another.
The militants were conducting a house-to-house search to try and find him, but he is now safe in Germany.
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:55 pm to kengel2
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Take a poll and find out for yourself. We arent talking about their history, go start another thread and france's military history. Through my time in the corps and at home, the perception of france is that they are a bunch of pussies.
Lol
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:56 pm to UASports23
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UPDATE: Taliban fighters hunting one of our journalists have shot dead a member of his family in #Afghanistan and seriously injured another.
Where the hell is PisgahPete? This is just Twitter sensationalism, right?
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:01 pm to UASports23
Gotta love this headline from AP.
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Allies embraced Biden. Did Kabul lay bare “great illusion”?
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Well before U.S. President Joe Biden took office early this year, the European Union’s foreign policy chief sang his praises and hailed a new era in cooperation. So did almost all of Washington’s Western allies.
The EU’s Josep Borrell was glad to see the end of the Trump era, with its America First, and sometimes America Only policy, enthralled by Biden’s assertion that he would “lead, not merely by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.”
Sunday’s collapse of Kabul, triggered by Biden’s decision to get out of Afghanistan and a U.S. military unable to contain the chaos since, certainly put a stop to that. Even some of his biggest fans are now churning out criticism.
Borrell was among them, this time aghast at Biden’s contention that “our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation-building,” coming in the wake of Western efforts over much of the past two decades to sow the seeds of the rule of law and assure protection for women and minorities.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:01 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Ned Price, the state department spokesman, made clear that those Afghans who are applying for special immigrant visas would be flown to third countries to complete the application process.
Price specifically mentioned Qatar, Kuwait, Albania and Uganda, who he said had offered to play the part of temporary hosts.
“We are in discussions with other European allies on the same basis. I’m not in a position to name them right now but stay tuned,” Price said.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:02 pm to OldmanBeasley
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Take a poll and find out for yourself. We arent talking about their history, go start another thread and france's military history. Through my time in the corps and at home, the perception of france is that they are a bunch of pussies.
Yeah, you could make a pretty easy argument that they're the best military in Europe
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:02 pm to upgrayedd
What ya'll think about this?
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The US is urging more than 150 countries not to send their leaders or government ministers to New York next month to speak in person at the UN’s annual general assembly event.
The government has sent out a missive asking leaders to consider giving a video address instead so that the huge rendezvous wouldn’t become “a super-spreader event”.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:04 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Allies embraced Biden. Did Kabul lay bare “great illusion”?
It was only an illusion if you were a complete retard.
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The EU’s Josep Borrell
Yep, retard status checks out
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to UASports23
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The US is urging more than 150 countries not to send their leaders or government ministers to New York next month to speak in person at the UN’s annual general assembly event.
The government has sent out a missive asking leaders to consider giving a video address instead so that the huge rendezvous wouldn’t become “a super-spreader event”.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to UASports23
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What ya'll think about this?
The UN can suck my red nuts for all I care.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to Rhino5
quote:Yep. Military bases in Texas and Wisconsin are already preparing for them.
So, he’s saying ‘anyone’ that wants to leave can leave, including non-Americans. Are they all coming to the USA?
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to UASports23
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:06 pm to UASports23
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The US is urging more than 150 countries not to send their leaders or government ministers to New York next month to speak in person at the UN’s annual general assembly event.
The government has sent out a missive asking leaders to consider giving a video address instead so that the huge rendezvous wouldn’t become “a super-spreader event”.
I think if they are locking down cities bc of Covid they shouldn’t be participating in a live, in person meeting. But they also shouldn’t be letting unvaccinated illegal immigrants into the country from places with high Covid numbers and they do that anyway so…
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:07 pm to MSUDawg98
Taliban are rounding up Afghans on blacklist - private intel report | Reuters
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OSLO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Taliban have begun rounding up Afghans on a blacklist of people they believe have worked in key roles with the previous Afghan administration or with U.S.-led forces that supported it, according to a report by a Norwegian intelligence group.
The report, compiled by the RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses and seen by Reuters, said the Taliban were hunting individuals linked to the previous administration, which fell on Sunday when the Islamist militant movement took Kabul.
"Taliban are intensifying the hunt-down of all individuals and collaborators with the former regime, and if unsuccessful, target and arrest the families and punish them according to their own interpretation of Sharia law," said the report, dated Wednesday.
"Particularly at risk are individuals in central positions in military, police and investigative units."
The non-profit RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, which makes independent intelligence assessments, said the Afghanistan report was shared with agencies and individuals working within the United Nations.
"This is not a report produced by the United Nations, but rather by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses," said a U.N. official, when asked for comment.
A Taliban spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. Since seizing Kabul, the Taliban have sought to present a more moderate face to the world, saying they wanted peace and would not take revenge against old enemies.
The four-page report reproduced a letter it said had been written to one alleged collaborator who was taken from his Kabul apartment this week and detained for questioning over his role as a counter-terrorism official in the previous government.
Reuters could not independently verify its authenticity.
The letter, dated Monday, from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's Military Commission, noted that the detainee had travelled to the UK as part of his role "which indicates you have had excellent relations with the American and British".
"If you do not report to the commission, your family members will be arrested instead, and you are responsible for this. You and your family members will be treated based on Sharia law," the letter said, according to a translation given in the report.
The detainee's name was redacted.
Separately, a senior member of the security forces of the ousted administration sent a message to journalists saying that the Taliban had obtained secret national security documents and Taliban were arresting former intelligence and security staff.
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:08 pm to UASports23
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Price specifically mentioned Qatar, Kuwait, Albania and Uganda, who he said had offered to play the part of temporary hosts.
Uganda is only going to house 2000 max.
And here is the huge complex that Albania built for the Afghan SIVs.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:09 pm to UASports23
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Reports coming in that girls are not going to be able to go to High School.
Not possible. We sent a memo.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:10 pm to Swoozie
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Not possible. We sent a memo.
Yea, it was strong worded too!
Posted on 8/19/21 at 2:11 pm to UASports23
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The government has sent out a missive asking leaders to consider giving a video address instead so that the huge rendezvous wouldn’t become “a super-spreader event”.
Sure......that's why they're asking that.
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