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    The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 15 Aug 2021

    BREAKING: Afghan official says troops surrender Bagram air base to Taliban; base is home to prison housing 5,000 inmates.http://apne.ws/lV2Ift3 

    4:03 AM - 15 Aug 2021
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      2. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 15 Aug 2021

        American diplomats in Afghanistan are being moved from the embassy in Kabul to the airport as the Taliban enter the capital, a U.S. official says. Military helicopters are shuttling between the embassy compound and the airport.http://apne.ws/lTRDg8j 

        116 replies 463 retweets 854 likes
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      3. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 15 Aug 2021

        BREAKING: Afghan officials tell AP that President Ashraf Ghani has left the country as Taliban say they will move further into Kabul.http://apne.ws/ID5eSzv 

        74 replies 532 retweets 735 likes
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      4. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 15 Aug 2021

        Secretary of State Antony Blinken described as "orderly" the evacuation from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as the Taliban enter the Afghan capital. Blinken rejected comparisons to the chaotic U.S. exit from Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War.http://apne.ws/nNBqk1k 

        127 replies 234 retweets 576 likes
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      5. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 15 Aug 2021

        BREAKING: The Taliban will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace in Kabul, an official for the militant group says. That was the name of the country under the Taliban government ousted by U.S.-led forces in 2001.http://apne.ws/iv67kxk 

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      2. Bubinator X‏ @Bubinator_X 15 Aug 2021
        Replying to @AP

        Maybe it was bad idea in hindsight to have just let the taliban keep growing opium or nah?

        2 replies 1 retweet 57 likes
      3. lil tachycardia 💓‏ @Purrff 15 Aug 2021
        Replying to @Bubinator_X @AP

        We can’t impose our way or life on other countries lol. Citizens and govt related ppl have to actively want that as well to sustain any efforts

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. O‏ @AnObliviousGeek 15 Aug 2021
        Replying to @AP

        Their 7days blitzkrieg campaign is one thing Their 20yrs of propaganda is anotherpic.twitter.com/YONioKKa6v

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      2. Matt Andrews‏ @MAMentoring 15 Aug 2021
        Replying to @AP

        What a mess this has turned into and so quickly. So much forgotten and not learned which may mean we see horrendous acts committed more frequently on other shores

        5 replies 1 retweet 26 likes
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