{"id":324403,"date":"2021-08-14T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/marines-arrive-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-captures-gateway-to-kabul\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T12:50:15","slug":"marines-arrive-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-captures-gateway-to-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marines-arrive-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-captures-gateway-to-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"#Marines arrive in Afghanistan as Taliban captures gateway to Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Marines arrive in Afghanistan as Taliban captures gateway to Kabul<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Marines have landed.<\/p>\n<p>The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul late Friday to provide protection as the US evacuates diplomats and thousands of Afghans while the Taliban bears down.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, the insurgent forces captured Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province in Afghanistan, 40 miles south of Kabul and one of the gateways to the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said \u201celements\u201d of a Marine battalion were now in Kabul, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lifestyle-joe-biden-middle-east-evacuations-kabul-8ec855b3f943dafe80d3d3ca6b0953f2\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have arrived, their arrival will continue \u2019til tomorrow,\u201d a US official <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-troops-arrive-afghan-capital-assist-evacuations-2021-08-14\/\">told Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The troops that landed late Friday are the first of three Marine and Army battalions \u2014 about 3,000 soldiers and Marines \u2014  that the US is rushing to Kabul this weekend to help Americans and their Afghan colleagues get out.<\/p>\n<p>Additional troops are heading to Kuwait as a back-up force.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kirby-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Pentagon spokesman John Kirby \" class=\"wp-image-19131058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kirby-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kirby-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kirby-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said \u201celements\u201d of a Marine battalion were now in Kabul.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Susan Walsh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pul-e-Alam was the latest provincial capital to fall, a day after the Taliban took four others as the Islamist fighters swept across the country, often with little resistance from government troops. The swift advance has raised fears that they will soon reach Kabul, Afghanistan\u2019s largest city. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cClearly from their actions, it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears as if they are trying to get Kabul isolated,\u201d Kirby said at a Pentagon briefing.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul late Friday to provide protection as the US evacuates diplomats and thousands of Afghans while the Taliban bears down. 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