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14 Aug, 6 tweets, 2 min read
#Taliban soldiers have reportedly entered the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghan soldiers withdrawing.
Taliban media claims soldiers freed prisoners from the city jail and are continuing to advance through the city.
Per @Natsecjeff, the entire city has been deserted. ANSF commander abandoned the security belt and the Afghan defense line failed. Government officials fleeing towards the airport.
@Natsecjeff Afghan soldiers retreating towards the border with Uzbekistan.
@Natsecjeff Mazar-i-Sharif is the fourth-largest city in all of #Afghanistan, with a population estimate of 500,207. It is the capital of Balkh province. Linked to Kabul and Kunduz by highway.
Violent clashes now on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif.

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15 Aug
Whether or not the U.S. should have stayed in #Afghanistan is irrelevant. I think most would agree that we should have left, but I think we would ALL agree that we did it in the worst way possible.

There is no other way to describe this, this was a MASSIVE security failure --
on behalf of the United States. The U.S. fucked it up somewhere along the line. I don't know if we failed in regards to intelligence, that we didn't know the Taliban would make such an aggressive and fast push. Maybe we didn't have the intelligence that the Afghan's wouldn't --
put up a fight in any of the cities conquered by the Taliban.

20+ years, $2 trillion plus spent, an unbelievable number of deaths for not just Americans but others around the world that also served in Afghanistan. It's just sickening, I don't think there's any other word.
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15 Aug
Multiple Taliban leaders surrounded by heavily armed guards are now within the Presidential Palace. Appears the Taliban has full control of the Presidential Palace now.
Al Jazeera live from the Presidential Palace currently with Taliban senior members.

aljazeera.com/live/
Additional images of Taliban inside of the Presidential Palace.
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13 Aug
The Taliban has also allegedly seized numerous U.S. ScanEagle mini-UAVs.

(Images ht @oryxspioenkop)
Aforementioned howitzers seized by the Taliban were older Soviet howitzers, not American. Thanks @PacAnalytica!
Following the capture of Herat, the Taliban took control of multiple military airports and captured numerous aircraft including an allegedly operational Su-17 and Mi-24. (ht @JulianRoepcke)
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13 Aug
The Taliban has seized a slew of U.S. weapons in a compound in Afghanistan. Massive amount of weapons taken. (ht @Natsecjeff)
Ginormous weapons cache discovered by the TB.
Since there's some confusion I'll specify.

There's American guns there, but that doesn't mean that this was an American position. It's likely that these weapons were provided to the Afghans that once held those positions. They leave/surrender/whatever, TB gets the loot.
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12 Aug
The Taliban has taken control of the governor's headquarters in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province. NDS HQ also falls to the Taliban. Weapons & ammunition captured by the Taliban. Significant surrender by pro-government soldiers. (ht @Natsecjeff)
@Natsecjeff Video from Qala-e-Naw
@Natsecjeff Video showing the large number of weapons seized by the Taliban. Huge weapons cache.
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11 Aug
Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers Party of Korea (also sister of Kim Jong-un) has released a statement on the joint U.S.-South Korean military drills.

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"The U.S. and the South Korean Army started joint military exercises further aggravating the unstable situation despite the unanimous denunciation and rejection at home and abroad."

KYJ calls the exercises an "unwelcoming act of self-destruction for which a dear price should --
be paid as they threaten the safety of our people and further imperil the situation on the Korean Peninsula."

KYJ says that the "diplomatic engagement" and "dialogue with no strings attached" pushed by the Biden administration is "hypocrisy to cover up its aggressive nature."
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