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Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1; Taliban mass near Panjshir
ABC News ^ | 23 Aug 2021 | AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

Posted on 08/23/2021 1:55:17 AM PDT by blueplum

The shooting near the military side of the airport came as the Taliban sent fighters to the north of the capital to eliminate pockets of armed resistance to their lightning takeover earlier this month. The Taliban said they retook three districts that fell the day before and had surrounded Panjshir...

....Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the group's forces have surrounded nearby Panjshir, the only one of Afghanistan's 34 provinces yet to fall to the militants.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; northernalliance; panjshir; taliban
from what I've read, Panjshir has never been successfully overtaken.
1 posted on 08/23/2021 1:55:17 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

More lamestream lies, no way that the murder happy Taliban only killed 1 person. I’m sure a person died along with hundreds of others that Biden is responsible for.


2 posted on 08/23/2021 2:12:03 AM PDT by trailboss800
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Massive air drop support to the Panjshir resistance! Give um hell boys!


3 posted on 08/23/2021 3:20:45 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: blueplum
 
 
Find yourself a terrain map of the area and you'll see why. Advantage to the defenders.
 
 

4 posted on 08/23/2021 12:59:00 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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