If there was or had ever been a proper military planning process for the Afghanistan withdrawal, how would you know? There is a catastrophic failure at all levels of the military command chain.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/us/politics/afghanistan-biden-taliban.html …
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Among worst case scenarios for Kabul in the next 24-72 hours: the Taliban take Kabul, allow peaceful free passage to the airport for extraction of Western personnel - but this depends on leaving local Afghan contractors & interpreters etal behind in Taliban custody. Caveat
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Gray Connolly Retweeted CasualtiesOfTheDay
The Taliban believe in their mission. The NATO/ISAF coalition were marking time, one year at a time. Our local hirelings knew we would leave. Absent serious military colonialism, this end was inevitable.https://twitter.com/i/status/1426713093099249669 …
Gray Connolly added,
0:17CasualtiesOfTheDay @Ayei_EloheichemTaliban commander to CNN: "It's our belief that one day mujahideen will have victory, and Islamic law will come not to just Afghanistan, but all over the world. We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day. Jihad will not end until the last day." pic.twitter.com/XN60idZvT46 replies 24 retweets 131 likesShow this thread -
Reports of the Taliban in Maidan Shahr & now in Jalalabad. Kabul now in the Taliban pincers & its capitulation is only a matter of time. Note that the Bagram airfield complex was abandoned last month - when its capacity is needed now more than ever. A total military catastrophe.pic.twitter.com/hRNvN1OJKD
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At this stage, the 20th anniversary of September 11 will see the Taliban in occupation of Kabul and occupying what were the US and other Coalition embassies.pic.twitter.com/7Z5XayB5Jy
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The end in Kabul seems almost nigh here - the July abandonment of the Bagram airfield complex was incredibly stupid then & could prove utterly catastrophic now esp if the Taliban start rocketing and mortaring the airfield and its runways/helipads.pic.twitter.com/JfGV96Ojkj
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The end is actually nigh now - the Taliban may want a permissive extraction of westerners …. Regardless we are all hostages now to the trigger sensitivities of multitudes of Pashtun gunmen who have fought across Afghanistan to achieve this momenthttps://apnews.com/article/taliban-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5 …
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Taliban statement from
@leaoffice to the effect that their Emirate says: - Taliban fighters not to enter Kabul by force - no retribution against Ghani govt - Afghans to stay home - future for everyone in a “future Islamic system” (Via@sidhant )pic.twitter.com/jPl3J3EkXo
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Replying to @GrayConnolly @pegobry and
Soooo who is going to save the little girls these perverts are raping?
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and it's the Taliban fighters that are saving them from US backed forces. USG is shockingly evil.
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