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Taliban takes control of presidential palace, poses for pictures inside
NY Post ^ | August 15, 2021 | y Mark Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Posted on 08/15/2021 1:43:06 PM PDT by conservative98

The Taliban took control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday — brazenly posing for pictures inside vacated Afghan government offices and meeting rooms.

The images show heavily armed fighters from the extremist Islamic group standing around one Taliban leader as he sits at the desk of departed President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the capital city, according to reports.

Another photo shows more than a dozen rebels sitting at a long conference table inside the Afghan government building, Al Jazeera reported.

The group announced from the palace that they will reestablish the Islamic emirate that was disbanded after US forces invaded in 2001.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; joebiden; kabul; lloydaustin; markmilley; nancypelosi; sleepyjoe; taliban; waronterror
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To: FlyingEagle

P-sack will be out front blaming Trump tomorrow…


21 posted on 08/15/2021 1:54:11 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: KC_Lion
US troops guarding the perimeter of the Kabul International Airport tonight.

And if you wondering how those troops will get out, well, I bet pretty quickly we'll see a little demonstration of why the V-22 Osprey was developed. Except we probably won't actually see it, at least not right away.

22 posted on 08/15/2021 1:54:25 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: conservative98

Nice ! Armed with M4’s decked out with suppression and night vision scopes. Thanks Sleepy Joe !


23 posted on 08/15/2021 1:54:37 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: conservative98

the fighter on the left is carrying an M16A4 with ATN MARS-HD 384/640 thermal optic.

So much for our edge on night fighting. You wonder how many will be sold all over the world now.


24 posted on 08/15/2021 1:54:58 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Disambiguator

“They don’t look happy about their success. The should be high-fiving and crushing beer cans on their foreheads.”

They don’t strike me as fun-loving people.

I wonder if they are thinking, “what do we do now?”.


25 posted on 08/15/2021 1:55:34 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: conservative98

Nazi Pelazi needs to set up some phony kangaroo court and impeach these insurrectionists.


26 posted on 08/15/2021 1:55:51 PM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: conservative98

27 posted on 08/15/2021 1:56:36 PM PDT by McGruff (Resistance is futile, you will be vaccinated.)
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To: conservative98

An eyewitness described the scene at Kabul airport to the BBC:

The departure hall turned into chaos after people said boarding passes were being printed secretly for officials and high-profile people who showed up at the airport.

I saw three former MPs, a few deputy ministers and some celebrities queuing up. Some didn’t even have a booking. We waited for almost eight hours, until airport staff started leaving their desks - first the check-in counters and then the migration and passport desks… different rumours created chaos. Some escaped from the airport and some rushed towards the gates.

No-one was in any of the passport check cabins and the QR scan doors were destroyed. There wasn’t a security check before getting to the gates.

We walked through and saw that the big glass doors between the gates and the airplanes were shattered. People ran towards the last plane (it seems the first plane, which was ours, was filled by officials and took off) and there was a second flight which people started to board.

It was almost a stampede.

We walked back and saw many hopeful passengers just sitting under the airplane near the runway. People were shocked and didn’t know what to do, running from one plane to the other.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1427000691407654914

We then walked towards the exit to get in the car. Armed men in plain clothes were guarding the airport.

People were very desperate, some were running towards the airport, some were escaping. In order to stop people from getting into the airport, the guards opened fire into the air.

When I was getting out, there was a guy shooting in the air. A few minutes away on the airport’s road, I saw several police vehicles left alone on the road with doors open.

I can still hear sporadic gunshots and helicopters.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-58219963#:~:text=An%20eyewitness%20described,gunshots%20and%20helicopters.

Taliban to declare ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ soon – report

The Taliban, who have rampaged across Afghanistan in recent days and earlier today entered the capital, Kabul, are on the verge of declaring that they have taken control of the country and that it is now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, according to Press Association reports citing a Taliban official.


28 posted on 08/15/2021 1:58:52 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, China, Cuba, Canada, the UK, or Chicago! I'd move there! )
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To: McGruff

Wonder how Throughly Modern Milley feels about now.


29 posted on 08/15/2021 1:59:01 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: gandalftb

“...the fighter on the left is carrying an M16A4 with ATN MARS-HD 384/640 thermal optic.”

I’m not even sure if those optics can be imported, never mind exported. They really got a great haul!

It’s truly remarkable how a bunch of uneducated, but determined people outsmarted hundreds of Ivy-league educated experts pulling down mid-six figures.


30 posted on 08/15/2021 2:00:31 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: All
F50-E62-C9-42-B4-412-A-820-B-4571704-CF066

Milley focused all his attention in building up the number of Antifa to deploy.



31 posted on 08/15/2021 2:01:58 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: McGruff

“President Biden receives update on the situation in Afganistan”

Well, it doesn’t look like anyone wants to sit with him now...bunch of fair-weather friends, I’d say.

Success has many fathers; failure is a bastard.


32 posted on 08/15/2021 2:02:53 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: conservative98

33 posted on 08/15/2021 2:03:15 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: conservative98

What a smelly , ugly group of characters in both pictures.


34 posted on 08/15/2021 2:03:37 PM PDT by freedom1st (Build the Wall)
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To: The Antiyuppie

At least when they run the country back to the Stone Age, we’ll know it’s intentional.


35 posted on 08/15/2021 2:07:16 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: The Antiyuppie

“Disturbing idea: Biden resigns?”

Well, we could temporarily turn Camp David into a Jao Gitmo’ if he refused to leave and get back to “The Peoples’ Bidness” in the White Basement.


36 posted on 08/15/2021 2:08:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: libh8er

Those guys look pretty Caucasian.


37 posted on 08/15/2021 2:09:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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All the isolationists over the past 5 years want us to stay in Afghanistan.


38 posted on 08/15/2021 2:12:21 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: gandalftb

Hopefully the Woke Milley will have it all sighted in for him. /sarc


39 posted on 08/15/2021 2:13:10 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Totally agree! 😆


40 posted on 08/15/2021 2:14:11 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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