Air of unease in Kabul as military crumbles With Taliban advancing and US troops leaving, Ghani and aides have become increasingly insular
With his military crumbling, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan fired a crucial part of his command structure and brought in a new one. He created a nebulous “supreme state council”, announced months ago, that has hardly met. And as districts fall to the Taliban across the country, he has installed a giant picture of himself outside the airport’s domestic terminal.
On Friday, US officials announced the definitive closure of Bagram Air Base, the nerve centre of 20 years of American military operations in Afghanistan, in the functional end of the American war here. As the last troops and equipment trickle out of Afghanistan, an atmosphere of unreality has settled over the government and Kabul, the capital.
As Afghan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital
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As Afghanistan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital
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