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Afghanistan updates: US Embassy says to avoid airport because it’s taking fire
ABC ^ | August 15, 2021 | Conor Finnegan,Guy Davies,Sohel Uddin, andLuis Martinez

Posted on 08/15/2021 10:04:10 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

Taliban militants have been ordered to enter Kabul, following earlier assurances by Taliban officials that they do not intend to take Afghanistan's capital by force

According to a statement, the Taliban ordered its fighters to enter the city because "now there are reports that districts in Kabul have been evacuated, police have left their job of providing security, ministries have been evacuated, and security personnel from the Kabul administration have fled."

"So that God forbid the common thieves and robbers in Kabul do not mix, the abusers do not harm the people, the Islamic Emirate ordered its forces to enter the areas of Kabul from which the enemy went and areas there is a risk of theft and robbery," the statement continued.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanistandebacle; again; biden; bidenadm; bidensfault; kabul
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1 posted on 08/15/2021 10:04:10 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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Wow! Didn’t see that coming! /s


2 posted on 08/15/2021 10:04:59 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ConservativeInPA

Thanks for the advice.


3 posted on 08/15/2021 10:06:24 AM PDT by caver
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Wow! Didn’t see that coming!

Yeah, same here. I thought the road to the airport was lined with poppies and flowers. Americans could just saunter and skip their way home.

4 posted on 08/15/2021 10:09:48 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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Wonder how those 5,000 soldiers and Marines are being deployed. suspect some are securing crude airstrips in the countryside so C135s can land, load take off and go. Imagine some helicopters will provide a dangerous shuttle service from the embassy. Its a real cluster screw up. Milley has to be asked why they abandoned their one remaining functioning airbase in the dead of night.


5 posted on 08/15/2021 10:12:27 AM PDT by allendale
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If even ONE life is lost, Congress should call an emergency session and get rid of all three biden, harris and pelosi.

We are NOT screwed if we have a pair.

6 posted on 08/15/2021 10:13:14 AM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Taliban just negotiating for more ransom money.


7 posted on 08/15/2021 10:13:17 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Bob434

Good thing there’s no imminent threat there.

🙄


8 posted on 08/15/2021 10:13:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ, and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJusChrist.Com)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Where is John Kerry and Linda Graham?? Songbird McCain was thier Best Friend and he was best buds with the Taliban, what about Cindy? are they all Celebrating thier buddies achievements?


9 posted on 08/15/2021 10:14:12 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ConservativeInPA
Biden was right about this not being like Vietnam. Operation Frequent Wind was a well run ballet compared to this cluster f***. Also the evacuation destination of navy ships started at only 20 miles off the Vietnamese shore. You aren't getting carriers 20 miles from Kabul.
10 posted on 08/15/2021 10:16:17 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Anti-fascist" is from the official name of the Berlin Wall: Anti-fascist Protection Barrier.)
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I need to get to my travel agent and cancel my Kabul vacation! Lol


11 posted on 08/15/2021 10:16:42 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: ConservativeInPA

Can’t wait to see Trump’s next press statement.


12 posted on 08/15/2021 10:18:27 AM PDT by ryderann
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Savages being savages. They were kept in check somewhat by American troops. They’re gone, and the savages are free to act like savages act.


13 posted on 08/15/2021 10:22:02 AM PDT by I want the USA back (We have more to fear from our government than from the bug that the chicoms made for us. )
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Can’t wait to see Trump’s next press statement.

I can only imagine what his next rally will be like. No teleprompter. Straight from his heart. No constraints of sound bites. He will go on a Holy tear for hours. It will be a thing of beauty and exactly what America needs to hear. No other Republican has the testicular fortitude to speak truth.

14 posted on 08/15/2021 10:23:55 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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The Save American statement from yesterday by President Trump is a real doozy.

Biden remains medicated and in hiding.


15 posted on 08/15/2021 10:24:24 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I day we go Ripley on them. No? Well, since the country is lost, a little agent orange on the poppy fields is in order.


16 posted on 08/15/2021 10:24:41 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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a little agent orange on the poppy fields is in order.

Salt their fields. Poison their water. Burn it all down.

18 posted on 08/15/2021 10:26:53 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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Big mouth Liz have anything to say? How about Dick,George, and all of the other Neo-scum. I hope vacation Joe is doing well with a fresh diaper and pudding pops.


19 posted on 08/15/2021 10:26:57 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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....hmmmmm...probably C-130s would be more like it...
the C-135 is a pretty large aircraft to land or take off from a crude airstrip....

“The Boeing C-135 Stratolifter is a transport aircraft derived from the prototype Boeing 367-80 jet airliner in the early 1950s. It has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the 707. Boeing gave the aircraft the internal designation of Model 717. “


20 posted on 08/15/2021 10:27:28 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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