i am hearing from afghan security officials who have been directly involved and talking to people right now is that that august 31st deadline is not optional or the u.s., the taliban is telling the u.s. that they have to be out of the country by then. they are pushing for 100% power. they are ordering afghan officials who they are supposedly in talks with to swear allegiance to the taliban s islamic emirate. if you recall, it became the leader of al qaeda after bin laden, he swore publicly to the islamic at the right of the taliban, and they want to see the taliban flag flying over afghanistan for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. that is what afghan intelligence and security officials have been telling me, and they say there are no talks, that the europeans, everybody else knows it, and they are just grabbing up their people and running for the exits as fast as they can because this is going so far south. sean: and they are not having success getting to the
No fewer than 100 security officials in Afghanistan have been arrested over alleged negligence of their duties after the Taliban attacked the capital of Eastern Laghman province, officials said on Monday.
The militants were able to break through the security belt of the provincial capital, Mehtarlam, on Sunday night.
The criminals attacked the central prison before they were pushed back by security forces, said local councillors Gulzar Sangarwal and Atiqullah Abdul Rahimzai. x
According to a spokesman for the provincial governor, the deputy of the National Directorate of Security secret service was among the 100 officials arrested after the attack was repelled.