#BBC anchor receives surprise call from Taliban live on air

#BBC anchor receives surprise call from Taliban live on air

“#BBC anchor receives surprise call from Taliban live on air” An Afghan-born BBC anchor received a startling call from a Taliban spokesman while she was reporting live on air after the extremist group toppled the government. Yalda Hakim kept her poise when Suhail Shaheen dialed her mobile phone while she was conducting an interview, according…

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#US speeds chaotic evacuation as Taliban seek to project calm

#US speeds chaotic evacuation as Taliban seek to project calm

“#US speeds chaotic evacuation as Taliban seek to project calm” KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military struggled to manage a chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan on Monday as the Taliban patrolled the capital and tried to project calm after toppling the Western-backed government. The Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled the…

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#Joe Biden’s defeat will echo for eternity: Devine

#Joe Biden’s defeat will echo for eternity: Devine

“#Joe Biden’s defeat will echo for eternity: Devine” The scenes out of Afghanistan are infuriating and tragically predictable.  It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that President Biden and the geniuses surrounding him have made such an almighty hash of the withdrawal from that godforsaken country.  Look at everything else he has messed up.  His…

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#This is Joe Biden’s Jimmy Carter moment

#This is Joe Biden’s Jimmy Carter moment

“#This is Joe Biden’s Jimmy Carter moment” The utterly nauseating and unnecessary abandonment of Afghanistan to its fate recalls a similar humiliation at the hands of Islamist radicals in the Jimmy Carter administration.  President Biden’s profligate spending policies are unleashing inflation that is sparking voter distrust so noticeable that even NPR is sounding the alarm. …

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