"The intelligence community did not say, back in June or July, that in fact this was going to collapse like it did.” - Biden to Stephanopoulos https://t.co/2LY8Keel1r
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Michael Howard Saul
A confidential State Department cable in July warned of Afghanistan’s collapse wsj.com/articles/confi… via @WSJ
RT @NoahCRothman: “[A]bout 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan… there is no plan to evacuate Americans who are outside Kabul, as they do not have a way of getting through the Taliban checkpoints outside the Afghan capital.” https://t.co/vw44IK7wMd
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Washington Post
Taliban strikes conciliatory tone, consolidates power as de facto leader returns to country
The Taliban on Tuesday announced a general amnesty for government officials and ordered fighters to maintain discipline as an uneasy calm settled over the capital, Kabul.
"We don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people.” - Sec’y of Defense Lloyd Austin https://t.co/ur2UhyiqL5
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Alex Tiffin
Over the past 48 hours, the elite tactical unit of the French Police, RAID, have made multiple trips into Kabul to rescue people sheltering in the French Embassy. So far, they have taken 216 French and Foreign nationals to the secure area of Kabul Airport…
Unfortunate that Biden, Milley, Austin, or basically anyone in the admin didn’t think to destroy any of this before leaving. https://t.co/5pzrPwl8HV
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Idrees Ali
U.S. officials tell Reuters that the current intelligence indicates that the Taliban control at least 2,000 U.S.-made armored vehicles, between 30 and 40 aircraft and an untold number of small arms.
HOO BOY "US left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander" https://t.co/Wduc510Z8L
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US left Afghan airfield at night, didn't tell new commander
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans' departure more than…
The time to consider this is ... over a month after we close Bagram, sure https://t.co/ev4GFKqVgp
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Axios
The Biden administration is considering launching airstrikes against the larger equipment, but they also fear that such a move could provoke the Taliban at a time where the U.S. is focusing on evacuating people from the country. axios.com/taliban-war-ch…
RT @MatthewBetley: 🔥🔥🔥@DLoesch is on fire on @seanhannity right now calling out the hypocrisy of so-called feminists like the Squad who have been silent on the subjugation of women by the Taliban.
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Matthew Betley 🇺🇸
🔥🔥🔥@DLoesch is on fire on @seanhannity right now calling out the hypocrisy of so-called feminists like the Squad who have been silent on the subjugation of women by the Taliban.
RT @CurtisHouck: .@DLoesch on leftwing feminists: "They are silent on this b/c they're fake, they're frauds, they're grifters" who've "turned the idea of third & fourth wave feminists into a cottage industry to secure their own interests instead of...the interests of women everywhere." https://t.co/r3IeFWzl0f
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Curtis Houck
.@DLoesch on leftwing feminists: "They are silent on this b/c they're fake, they're frauds, they're grifters" who've "turned the idea of third & fourth wave feminists into a cottage industry to secure their own interests instead of...the interests of women…
RT @AndrewKerrNC: The Biden admin said nearly 4 hours ago it had no intention of seeking reimbursement from people fleeing Afghanistan. This is what the form that Americans are REQUIRED to complete to secure their flight out of Afghanistan says RIGHT NOW: https://t.co/IYAYQFYJJW
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Andrew Kerr
The Biden admin said nearly 4 hours ago it had no intention of seeking reimbursement from people fleeing Afghanistan. This is what the form that Americans are REQUIRED to complete to secure their flight out of Afghanistan says RIGHT NOW:
RT @ian_mckelvey: Right. So there was no insurrection. And Trump was impeached for nothing. Again. https://t.co/rRJvLZxwAm
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Ian McKelvey
Right. So there was no insurrection. And Trump was impeached for nothing. Again.
RT @brithume: Some insurrection: "...cells of protesters, incl followers of the far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys groups, had aimed to break into the Capitol. But [the FBI] found no evidence that the groups had serious plans about what to do if they made it in.." https://t.co/f2RnJqRlhI
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Reuters
EXCLUSIVE FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources
The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.