SITUATION UPDATE #AFGHANISTAN:
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So as of a short while ago, the #Taliban control 24 of 32 regional capital cities and were around 15km south of #Kabul. The #US has begun evacuation of the Embassy in Kabul, moving personnel to Kabul International Airport which...
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So as of a short while ago, the #Taliban control 24 of 32 regional capital cities and were around 15km south of #Kabul. The #US has begun evacuation of the Embassy in Kabul, moving personnel to Kabul International Airport which...
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...is a few miles north of the Embassy.
3,600 US and #UK troops are supposedly deployed to evacuate the remaining American and British citizens along with hundreds of Afghan interpreters who face death at the hands of the #TalibanTerrorists.
US Air Force & RAF flights...
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3,600 US and #UK troops are supposedly deployed to evacuate the remaining American and British citizens along with hundreds of Afghan interpreters who face death at the hands of the #TalibanTerrorists.
US Air Force & RAF flights...
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... have been seen on @flightradar24 and @ADSBexchange heading into the region non-stop at a significant rate in the last 48hrs. A mixture of C-5M, C-17A, C-130T, C-130J, KC-135R and KC-10As from the USAF, with A400M and A330-MRTT from the RAF.
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This afternoon footage has emerged showing an Mi-17 and Mi-2 helicopters (thanks to @vcdgf555 for the identify) captured by the Taliban in #Herat which we now believe they are flying. This is a limited capability with no spare parts or engineering ability that we know of...
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... but a concerning capability nonetheless.
As i stated yesterday, #OSINT analysis believes that #Kabul will be facing a full assault by the Taliban within the next 36hrs - US intelligence yesterday revised their "90 days" down to 72hrs (approx. 56hrs remaining)
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As i stated yesterday, #OSINT analysis believes that #Kabul will be facing a full assault by the Taliban within the next 36hrs - US intelligence yesterday revised their "90 days" down to 72hrs (approx. 56hrs remaining)
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In short, the fall of #Afghanistan is imminent. I sincerely hope that the US and UK are able to get all of their people and a good number of the Afghan interpreters out before the #Taliban arrive... but I'm not holding my breath.
Either way, the situation feels a lot...
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Either way, the situation feels a lot...
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... like another Saigon. Last-minute evacuation of forces from an enemy that is growing alarmingly stronger by the day...
20 years in #Afghanistan and ultimately #NATO's biggest failure is walking out just when the #Taliban were resurgent. The Afghan people will now...
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20 years in #Afghanistan and ultimately #NATO's biggest failure is walking out just when the #Taliban were resurgent. The Afghan people will now...
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... likely pay the price for the choices made by #US Presidents and other #NATO leaders... with their blood and their futures.
History will not look favourably on what happens next.
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History will not look favourably on what happens next.
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