As the US heads for the exits, Afghans brace for worse to come
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By Adam Nossiter
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Kabul: 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 AEST, US officials announced the definitive closure of Bagram Airfield, the nerve centre of 20 years of US military operations in Afghanistan, in the functional end of America’s 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.
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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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