2021: Taliban getting hoist qualified before you do.

Also first time in my life that I ever thought I would need to call something the “Taliban Air Force”

UK MoD has stated that up to 1100 eligible Afghans and 150 British nationals were left in Afghanistan after the British military finished its evacuation mission on Saturday. “Some” were said to have stayed willingly, but what percentage is unknown. The term “staying willingly” has been highly criticized as some of those “willingly” staying behind are only doing so to be with their family members who were not eligible to leave.

Last American plane out of HKIA. It’s officially over.

HKIA is officially lost

In regards to Taliban aircraft, I think some of you may have forgotten that literally every single Afghan military instillation was taken over by militants with all of their means of keeping up maintenance on these aircraft. Also it is known many Afghan pilots and mechanics defected to the Taliban. They have the means to keep these things running.

Celebratory gunfire by Taliban across Kabul

For those asking about the C-RAM earlier

Also again with the ear pro over the helmet 🤧

Footage by Nabih Bulos of Taliban militants entering a hanger at HKIA after US forces left. The Sea Knights used by the US state department to evacuate the embassy (also involved in Saigon evac) are clearly visible. They were made inoperable.

250k followers WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In regards to working dogs left in Kabul, I am still trying to verify information on specifics.

Just throwing this out here: I have been talking to a few people who were either directly or indirectly involved in the evacuations at the airport. From what they tell me, no American work dogs were left at HKIA and that the stories blowing up the internet largely involve Afghan working dogs or pets that people attempted to evacuate with. Still trying to get clarification on a lot of information.

I truly don’t understand the mental gymnastics people go through to think I am condoning/ going against something when I attempt to verify information.

“But..but….but…. My local congressman was sure the military left a bunch of American MWDs at the airport based off of viral Twitter posts” man stfu

Any Netflix or Hulu recommendations.

Found an even clearer picture of that guy hoisted by a Taliban Blackhawk in Kandahar yesterday. BBC reported they were attempting to plant a Taliban flag on a government building.