Kabul needs to do a better job securing airfields if its helicopter pilots don’t know how to land in open desert nearby.
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I guess the lukewarm phase is over
I guess the lukewarm phase is over.
Taliban also brutally took Kang, Nimruz yesterday, I guess they want to avoid that.
I don’t want to share brutality, but it’s relevant, so here it is, and the caption.
“Many soldiers were brutally tortured and there eyes were scooped out by the #Taliban in Kang, Nimruz.”
Prisoners held in Zaranj, Nimruz prison were also freed by Taliban.
Afghan government forces, local police, and government officials abandoning Zaranj, Nimruz, single file.
Nimruz officials negotiated Zaranj in exchange for amnesty and safe passage.
Taliban captured Zaranj, Nimruz, the first provincial capital to fall.
Wasn’t expecting that one, I guess neither did Kabul.
Taliban captured the Zaranj, Nimruz airfield.
Airlifting in reinforcements won’t be as simple now.
Taliban making gains in Sheberghan, Jawzjan and Zaranj, Nimruz.
Imagine being Abdul Rashid Dostum’s son, having to live in his shadow, having to live up to his name. He’s fighting around Sheberghan, rumored to be lightly wounded.
Democrat Arizona State senator arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a child.
The Arizona State Senate is split down the middle with respect to the Arizona audit and subpoena enforcement, and it’s unclear to me if he can or will still vote, and if not what it means if one of the anti-audit votes is removed from the game.
Interesting turn of events nonetheless.