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Biden Set to Announce Withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan by 9/11/2021
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 76169541" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p>That estimate from last week may have been hopelessly optimistic. It's pretty much Fall of Saigon time.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/" target="_blank">Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse</a></strong></span></p><p>Taliban forces entered Kabul through the city’s four main gates Sunday morning, according to two Afghan security officials and civilian eyewitness accounts, in a move that could trigger the collapse of the national government and signal a return to power for the Islamist group two decades after the United States invaded Afghanistan.</p><p></p><p>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that the group’s fighters had been instructed not to push further into the city with force. The militants had made recent gains after negotiating with local leaders. “We want to enter Kabul with peace, and talks are underway” with the government, he said.</p><p></p><p>The Taliban’s lightning quick advance to the Afghan capital came as helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy early Sunday and armored diplomatic vehicles were seen leaving the area around the compound, the Associated Press reported. Diplomats scrambled to destroy sensitive documents, sending smoke from the embassy’s roof, the AP said, citing anonymous U.S. military officials.</p><p></p><p>Department spokesman Ned Price said Thursday that the departure of Americans from the embassy was “not an evacuation,” but rather “a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint."</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210815041320-01-kabul-afghanistan-0815-us-helicopters-large-tease.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 76169541, member: 294566"] That estimate from last week may have been hopelessly optimistic. It's pretty much Fall of Saigon time. [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/']Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse[/URL][/B][/SIZE] Taliban forces entered Kabul through the city’s four main gates Sunday morning, according to two Afghan security officials and civilian eyewitness accounts, in a move that could trigger the collapse of the national government and signal a return to power for the Islamist group two decades after the United States invaded Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that the group’s fighters had been instructed not to push further into the city with force. The militants had made recent gains after negotiating with local leaders. “We want to enter Kabul with peace, and talks are underway” with the government, he said. The Taliban’s lightning quick advance to the Afghan capital came as helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy early Sunday and armored diplomatic vehicles were seen leaving the area around the compound, the Associated Press reported. Diplomats scrambled to destroy sensitive documents, sending smoke from the embassy’s roof, the AP said, citing anonymous U.S. military officials. Department spokesman Ned Price said Thursday that the departure of Americans from the embassy was “not an evacuation,” but rather “a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint." [IMG]https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210815041320-01-kabul-afghanistan-0815-us-helicopters-large-tease.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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