#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban

#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban

“#Mazar-e-Sharif first Afghan city to fall to the Taliban” MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan – The fall was as fast as it was furious. The sounds of gunfire contrasted by impassioned prayers ricocheted through the dark sky as hundreds – possibly thousands – of Taliban fighters on motorcycles stormed through the strategic northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on…

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#Taliban fighters lounge in Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum’s mansion: video

#Taliban fighters lounge in Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum’s mansion: video

“#Taliban fighters lounge in Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum’s mansion: video” Gun-toting Taliban fighters were seen on video lounging in the opulent palace of an Afghanistan warlord after taking over Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the country’s last key cities to fall to the rapidly-moving insurgents, according to a report. The surreal scene of the insurrectionists relaxing…

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#Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east

#Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east

“#Taliban seize Jalalabad, cut off Afghan capital from east” Kabul now stands alone. The Taliban negotiated a “peaceful” takeover of one of Afghanistan’s last remaining free strongholds — leaving the capital of Kabul as the only major city left not under the insurgents’ control, according to reports. Jalalabad was taken by the Taliban early Sunday, apparently not…

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#Afghan women’s rights activist fears Taliban resurgence

#Afghan women’s rights activist fears Taliban resurgence

“#Afghan women’s rights activist fears Taliban resurgence” With the Taliban closing in on Kabul, Kamila Sidiqi knows she is in danger.  As one of Afghanistan’s most prominent women’s rights activists and a former government minister, she realizes how vulnerable she will be if the Taliban make it to the capital city.  “Every minute I think…

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#Taliban Afghan resurgence an ’embarrassment to our nation’: Kevin McCarthy

#Taliban Afghan resurgence an ’embarrassment to our nation’: Kevin McCarthy

“#Taliban Afghan resurgence an ’embarrassment to our nation’: Kevin McCarthy” The rapidly worsening situation in Afghanistan — where the Taliban has swept through the country amid the relatively swift end to America’s 20-year occupation — is an “embarrassment to our nation,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Saturday. As the insurgents claimed ever more territory,…

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#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness

#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness

“#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness” The speed of the Taliban’s advance across Afghanistan in the past few weeks left US veterans who served in America’s longest war “stunned and dismayed.” “This one will hurt for a long time, man,” Sean Gustafson, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who deployed to the city of Herat…

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