Edward Snowden has given his two cents on the war in Afghanistan - was 20 years of conflict worth it? https://sptnkne.ws/HbXN

The story of Farzaneh A (not her real name), who fled from Afghanistan to Delhi to escape her Talib husband, where she now lives with two of her three daughters. Her other daughter was sold by her husband to a Talib friend.

She spoke to Sputnik about her life and the future of Afghanistan: https://sptnkne.ws/Hcba

❗ US officials reportedly warn it will be 'challenging’ to meet Biden’s August 31 deadline

⚡ Pentagon spokesman reportedly confirms US troops fired shots at Kabul Airport as 'crowd control measure'

👀 Abu Dhabi сonfirms that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in the UAE

❗ 'There will be no democratic system at all' in Afghanistan, senior Taliban figure reportedly says

Ex-president Ghani, who fled Afghanistan, is reportedly in hospital in Abu Dhabi

#BREAKING | 'They are lies': Fugitive Afghan president Ghani refutes claims he fled country with millions

Details: sptnkne.ws/Hcgc

Ghani says he is in consultation with others to return to Afghanistan

❗ Turkey is ready to cooperate with Taliban, President Erdogan says

The ex-president of Afghanistan has released a video message to Afghans. Here are the key points from his address:

🔸 he confirmed that he’s in the UAE;

🔸 the ex-president was forced to leave Afghanistan – and he didn’t want to be the cause of bloodshed in Kabul;

🔸 he was informed of a conspiracy against him in Afghanistan;

🔸 Ghani plans to return to Afghanistan in the near future;

🔸 he calls the allegations that he has taken $169 million with him “lies”;

🔸 The Taliban promised that they would not enter Kabul but surrounded the presidential palace in advance

😄 The masterpiece billboard appeared on the road in North Carolina. The owner of Tedder Billboards said an anonymous buyer called to order a stinging ad. He also hopes people will “start questioning what the country is doing".

🍦 Perhaps the billboard and its depiction of the president with his favorite 'chocolate-chocolate chip' ice cream now will remind Biden of the bitterness of his unsuccessful withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan

🇺🇸Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance charged Ex-New York Observer Editor-in-Chief Ken Kurson with cybercrimes despite his being pardoned in January by then-President Donald Trump.

While announcing the charges related to allegations of Kurson spying on his wife in 2015-2016, Vance said:

“We will not accept presidential pardons as get-out-of-jail-free cards for the well-connected in New York."

#BREAKING | Biden says he did not see way to withdraw from Afghanistan without 'chaos ensuing'

UPDATE | Biden acknowledges Trump's deal with Taliban helped avoid attacks against American forces in Afghanistan

#URGENT | 3 high school students shot in drive-by in South Carolina, suspect on the loose, reports

UPDATE |Biden: US Forces will stay in Afghanistan until all Americans are evacuated

Biden did this to celebrate on September 11th when in actuality the celebration is our enemies and the fact that we already have the Taliban flag flying over our Obama-Biden built $1 Billion U.S. Embassy in Kabul.