Latest on the Kabul airport situation

BBC News ^ | August 15, 2021

[Oldeconomybuyer]

We earlier reported on the chaos - including possible gunfire - at Kabul's international airport, where foreign evacuations are still ongoing.

There are reports now of civilians being injured on the tarmac. An eyewitness had told the BBC that the desperate attempts to flee at times resembled a stampede.

Now, if any Afghans there wish to return home, they must go through Taliban checkpoints, reports PBS's Jane Ferguson.

Journalist Bilal Sarwary shared a video of the airport in the early hours of 16 August

[Oldeconomybuyer]

https://mobile.twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1427002551858311173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1427002551858311173%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flive%2Fworld-asia-58219963

[SkyDancer]

I wonder how many civilian airplanes they’ll be shooting down.

[kiryandil]

This is what happens when you have a senile puppet who is being handled by an incompetent Politburo.

[grey_whiskers]

[Oorang]

As many as they can

[Chgogal]

Curious how how much warning Biden gave Britain, Australia and NATO Allies? My guess ZERO.

[polymuser]

.

Dear friends, neighbors, co-workers and kin that voted for Biden:

Say out loud that you voted for Biden. Say it now to everyone you meet, every day.

Say it!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Yep.

[blackdog]

Daniel Pearl. May he rest in peace.

[SteelPSUGOP]

epic failure by us intel, they had now idea how organized the T was, how soft the Afgan forces really were and how quickly things would go south.

Shame was pissed away so much money on a muslim shithole

[IndispensableDestiny]

[SkyDancer]

And the MSM si wringing their hands in glee hoping some tragedy like that would happen.

[Oorang]

I’ve read, don’t know if it’s true, that we quietly pulled our intel assets (CIA, etc.) on July 1st. If true we’ve had no on the ground intel for six weeks.

[srmanuel]

Given the recent history of the Intel Community I’m not sure that’s a bad thing..

[Oorang]

You have a valid point.

[Oorang]

MSM=those with no moral compass

[colorado tanker]

As usual, it’s British reporting that gets the story, while the American media launch Operation Protect Sleepy Joe.

[Billthedrill]

Many are worried that the Taliban will again limit women’s rights.

No kidding.

"The [UN] Secretary General is particularly concerned about the future of women and girls, whose hard-won rights must be protected," the statement said.

"World Ends. Women and minorities affected most." Can you feel the surge of feminist outrage? Me neither.

[Bonemaker]

Coming to your neighborhood when federal (Union) democrats take over local law enforcement.