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In a scene mirroring that of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war, a US Air Force helicopter was seen taking off from the US Embassy in Kabul earlier today, as Taliban fighters move in to the capital.
The Pentagon has two weeks to rescue 30,000 US staff, translators and other Afghans who helped our troops by August 31 as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is set to hand over power.
As Taliban forces continue a sweeping offensive and are nearing the capital, trust in Afghanistan s government is dwindling despite the Afghan president s vow to prevent further instability.