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[Link] National Geographic green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to Italy
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said on Thursday.
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[Link] The CIA’s Afghan Proxies, Accused of War Crimes, Will Get a Fresh Start in the U.S.
Read: 7/11/2021 theintercept.com
Before the Taliban took control of Kabul in August, the U.S.-backed Afghan commandos known as Zero units were the ghosts of the Afghan battlefield. Along with their CIA advisers, they were feared and, in recent years, virtually invisible.
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[Link] ‘Honest mistake’: US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was legal, says Pentagon
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said after an investigation.
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[Link] The Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Read: 11/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The US has agreed to provide humanitarian aid but refused to give political recognition to Afghanistan's new rulers, the Taliban says. The statement came at the end of the first direct talks between the former foes since the chaotic withdrawal of Coalition troops at the end of August.
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[Link] Biden sets himself apart by placing Afghanistan blame at predecessors’ feet
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Victory speeches are easy; conceding defeat is much harder. On Tuesday, Joe Biden tacitly blamed his predecessors for the failure of America’s longest war but implied that, against all odds, one winner had emerged: him.
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[Link] Does the fall of Kabul increase the terror threat to the west?
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
In three days in earlier this month Islamist militants killed more than 120 civilians in a series of attacks in the Sahel, a belt of increasingly anarchic and violent territory across Africa, where such groups have gone from strength to strength in recent years.
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[Link] Women can continue working in Afghan government, say Taliban
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Women can continue to work in government in Afghanistan but are not guaranteed cabinet or other senior positions, a Taliban spokesman has said.
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[Link] The Taliban Captured Lots of Very Expensive Aircraft in Kabul. None of Them Work.
Read: 31/8/2021 www.vice.com
America’s longest war is over after 20 years following the final withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
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[Link] ‘We Will Hunt You Down’: Biden Promises U.S. Retaliation for ISIS Attacks in Kabul
Read: 27/8/2021 www.vice.com
President Joe Biden has indicated that the United States will retaliate against the ISIS-affiliated suicide bomb attacks at Kabul’s international airport on Thursday afternoon – promising to “hunt down” the terrorists responsible. At least 90 Afghans and 12 U.S. Service Members – 11 U.S.
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[Link] Who is ISIS-K, the Islamic State offshoot in Afghanistan that has the Taliban worried?
Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Deadly explosions have rocked the edge Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport overnight killing and injuring locals wanting to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, as well as US military personnel trying to help the evacuation effort.
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[Link] Afghan Soldier Killed As Unknown Sniper Opens Fire at Kabul Airport
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
An unknown sniper opened fire on US and German troops guarding the entrances to Kabul airport killing an Afghan soldier and wounding three others on Monday.
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[Link] Taliban have captured more than 100 military helicopters, Russia says
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Taliban have captured more than 100 Russian-made helicopters in various states of operability, the head of a Russian state arms exporter has said, but will be largely unable to use them with little access to maintenance crews and spare parts.
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[Link] 2 ‘Moronic’ Congressmen Went to Kabul But No One Wanted Them There
Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com
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