Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse: Vivian Salama, WSJ, Aug. 19, 2021 — An internal State Department memo last month warned top agency officials of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the U.S.’s Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the document.
BIDEN, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE iMPLICATIONS OF AMERICA’S GREAT-POWER DECLINE
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Kabul: An Inside View: EXCLUSIVE: Kabul Reporter Tells of Airport Chaos and Strange Street Scenes Amid Taliban Takeover: Epoch Times, Aug. 20, 2021 — Kabul-based reporter Ali Latifi says he goes out each day to the streets to face his fear and to show the Taliban, he’s “not going to stop living [his] life.”
Biden’s Presidency Is Between a Rock and Afghanistan: Journal Editorial Report, Fox News, Aug. 21, 2021 — The president’s political support collapses.
Afghanistan is a ‘Crisis of Biden’s Making’: Sky News Australia, Aug. 22, 2021 — The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan is a ‘crisis of Biden’s making’, according to Adoni Media managing director Leisa Goddard.
National Security Expert Slams Biden: ‘Biden is Wrong About the Facts’: Fox News, Aug. 20, 2021 — Former VP Cheney national security adviser John Hannah discusses President’s Biden foreign policy on ‘Fox Business Tonight.’
US General Tells British Special Forces: Stop Rescuing People In Kabul, You’re Making Us Look Bad: Washington Examiner, Aug. 21, 2021 — I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told the commander of the British special forces at the Kabul airport to cease operations beyond the airport perimeter.
