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Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has fled the country as Taliban moved in on Kabul
Fox News ^ | August 15, 2021 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/15/2021 7:29:21 AM PDT by Trump20162020

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; ashrafghani; biden; ghani; globalism; taliban
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1 posted on 08/15/2021 7:29:21 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Afghanistan — From someone at Embassy: All Americans out. Landed in Doha. Local nationals left behind.— Michael Yon (@Michael_Yon) August 15, 2021


2 posted on 08/15/2021 7:29:34 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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All Americans out. Landed in Doha.

Do we still need to bother sending 5,000 troops? Seems a little late for that. Not worth a single U.S. servicemember.

3 posted on 08/15/2021 7:31:22 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Trump20162020

So where do we send the second place trophy?


4 posted on 08/15/2021 7:31:28 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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Bush in 2001: “Taliban regime is coming to an end.”
https://rumble.com/vl6p0m-bush-in-2001-taliban-regime-is-coming-to-an-end..html


5 posted on 08/15/2021 7:32:43 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: cgbg

A bunch of women hating rag tag degenerates beat the almighty US.


6 posted on 08/15/2021 7:34:02 AM PDT by RummyChick (R.I.P. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3974843/posts?q=1&;page=1)
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To: Trump20162020

https://twitter.com/i/status/1426909693868400642

Hello Tajikistan.


7 posted on 08/15/2021 7:34:23 AM PDT by gandalftb
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Richard Engel
@RichardEngel
Seeing Taliban fighters on streets in kabul now. Armed.


8 posted on 08/15/2021 7:35:07 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Drew68
This happened so fast, it caught our brilliant intelligence community flatted footed and foolish.

Again.

9 posted on 08/15/2021 7:35:16 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion

Hasn’t anyone figured out that the U.S. intelligence community is a propaganda outfit and has nothing to do with nation defense or foreign affairs?


10 posted on 08/15/2021 7:36:46 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Trump20162020

No Afghans were included in the ransom Biden paid.

Which is a shame because then the cut of the ransom money paid back to The Democrat Party Crime Syndicate would be larger.


11 posted on 08/15/2021 7:37:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Drew68

We’ve already left them enough military equipment to arm a regional power. The last thing we need is to send them 5K POW.


12 posted on 08/15/2021 7:37:27 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: Alberta's Child

Intelligence serves the Deep State, they don’t serve us.


13 posted on 08/15/2021 7:37:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: KC_Lion

The definition of an “expert” these days is someone who never sees anything coming...because they are friggin morons.


14 posted on 08/15/2021 7:37:35 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: KC_Lion
All Americans out. Landed in Doha.

Feminists are flying in from New York on Monday morning to escort the girls to school.

15 posted on 08/15/2021 7:37:36 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Trump20162020

Our crack, woke generals lose another war. In spectacular fashion. But hey, white privilege, ya know.


16 posted on 08/15/2021 7:39:36 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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“A bunch of women hating rag tag degenerates beat the almighty US.”

No, they didn’t, any more than the VC did - they beat a bunch of apparatchiks.


17 posted on 08/15/2021 7:39:36 AM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: janetjanet998

Bush in 2021: “It’s all Trump’s fault. Bring them all to the US.”


18 posted on 08/15/2021 7:40:46 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves; Bikkuri

Seeing Taliban fighters on streets in kabul now. Armed.— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 15, 2021


19 posted on 08/15/2021 7:41:05 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Drew68

Seeing Taliban fighters on streets in kabul now. Armed.— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 15, 2021


20 posted on 08/15/2021 7:41:09 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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