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Afghan national team player dies in fall from U.S. plane
Reuters (Via ESPN) ^
| 8/19/2021
Posted on 08/19/2021 3:13:43 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
An Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a U.S. plane at Kabul airport on Monday, the Afghan news agency Ariana said on Thursday.
Crowds of people seeking to flee Aghanistan have thronged the airport since Taliban insurgents swept to power on Sunday, many seen trying to board a moving plane. Ariana said Zaki Anwari fell from a USAF Boeing C-17 and that the death had been confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport.
On Thursday, the former captain of the Afghan women's football team, Khalida Popal, urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety's sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule.
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I am sure this player knew that life would change dramatically under the Taliban, and was just trying to escape.
To: neverevergiveup
BIDEN : Nobody’s being killed...
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:15:38 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(I will not do business with fascists)
To: neverevergiveup
Keeps getting worse for Dementia Joe.
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:16:12 PM PDT
by
SmokingJoe
( )
To: neverevergiveup
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:17:45 PM PDT
by
mvonfr
To: frogjerk
Bidet meant to say that nobody from the elite Master Race was being killed...
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:18:44 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: neverevergiveup
“On Thursday, the former captain of the Afghan women’s football team, Khalida Popal, urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety’s sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule.”
Remember- 80+ million voted for this, or so they claim...
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:19:46 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: neverevergiveup
“That was four days...five days ago.”
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:20:10 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
It’s a plane not a train.
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:20:49 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: SmokingJoe
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:21:00 PM PDT
by
realcleanguy
(quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
To: mass55th
He meant to say that was 4 or 5 naps ago.
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:21:34 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
To: neverevergiveup
Again I’m leery of the veracity of these kinds of stories. Of course they want to tug at the heartstrings so people accept hundreds of thousands of Afghani refugees.
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:21:57 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: mvonfr
LOL!
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:22:44 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: mvonfr
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:23:44 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
To: God luvs America
Good advice. Would the Taliban even allow a women’s sports team to exist in the first place? Does the Taliban radical Islamic theology allow women to play sports? I have a feeling the women’s soccer uniforms would be too revealing per Taliban theology, even if they would allow them to have a team.
To: Dilbert San Diego
Maybe we can get Rapin Ho to agree to go play in Afghanistan.
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08/19/2021 3:26:08 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: neverevergiveup
Where and how did he land ?
To: mvonfr
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:30:18 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
To: dfwgator
Rapin Ho to agree to go play in Afghanistan.
Make her our new ambassador--the Taliban will teach her how soccer is _really_ played--using the heads of infidels as soccer balls.
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posted on
08/19/2021 3:38:08 PM PDT
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cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: mvonfr
Coming soon to Las Vegas.
LOL
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posted on
08/19/2021 4:15:57 PM PDT
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Zathras
To: neverevergiveup
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08/19/2021 4:17:19 PM PDT
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KobraKai
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