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An iconic bridge sees US allies flee Afghanistan as Soviets did

Hushed exit - Newspaper - DAWN COM

Mahir Ali IN one of his earliest published works, the World War I poet Wilfred Owen describes a trainload of young Englishmen unceremoniously being dispatched to the front. A line from that poem came to mind when the news broke about American forces abandoning their Bagram airbase in the dead of night: “So secretly, like wrongs hushed up, they went.” It was a few hours before the Afghan commander expected to take charge of Bagram realised that his allies had pulled the plug. The ensuing blackout served as a signal to would-be looters on the periphery of the base, who plundered it before the local troops woke up.

Afghans must decide their own future, says Biden - Newspaper

President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his decision to pull US forces out of Afghanistan. Reuters WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his decision to pull US forces out of Afghanistan, saying the Afghan people must decide their own future, rather than sacrificing another generation of Americans in an unwinnable war. Speaking in the White House, Biden said the Afghan military has the ability to repel the Taliban, whose major advances in recent weeks have raised fears the country will slide into civil war. Biden set a target date of Aug 31 for the final withdrawal of US forces, minus about 650 troops to provide security for the embassy in Kabul.

Afghanistan Headed for Apocalypse, India Must Brace for a Wave of Terror

Afghanistan Headed for Apocalypse, India Must Brace for a Wave of Terror News18 12 hours ago © Provided by News18 Afghanistan Headed for Apocalypse, India Must Brace for a Wave of Terror The Taliban version of blitzkrieg in Afghanistan is being watched with ‘shock and awe’, not just in Western capitals and regional countries, but also in Pakistan, which for two decades has supported and sponsored the Taliban war effort. Since May 1 when the US troops started their withdrawal, the Taliban have doubled the number of districts under their control. The districts have fallen like nine pins because, in most cases, the resistance to the Taliban advance is either half-hearted or non-existent. It is almost as if the Afghan National Army (ANA) is crumbling before the Taliban, without so much as putting up a fight.

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