Afghan president leaves the country as Taliban move on Kabul

Associated Press via MSN ^ | Aug. 15, 2021 | AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELL

[libstripper]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as the Taliban moved further into Kabul, officials said. His countrymen and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered Kabul on Sunday and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government, officials said, as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

[libstripper]

Now, with the Taliban actually in Kabul, the only way in or out of the three million person city is the one runway Hamid Karzai International Airport, Biden having abandoned the military facility we had at Bagram. What, now, is going to happen tp the troops we're sending in and the civilians we want to evacute??

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Um...

Where’s Putin?

No seriously though. I thought Russia had a lot of say...