Afghanistan ( Current Status )
mark94
Arizona
Friday, August 20, 2021 1:20 PM
The other thread on Afghanistan has over 200 comments so it’s difficult to load. This is a place holder if anyone wants to continue the discussion.
Here is the current situation
- it is estimated there are 45,000 citizens of NATO countries, including 15,000 US citizens, still in Afghanistan.
- It is estimated there are 80,000 Afghanis who helped us in the war effort, and were promised safe passage by us if the government failed.
- There are also untold thousands of Afghan women who ran schools or held government office, whose lives are at risk.
- The only military remaining in Afghanistan are about 5,000 ( mostly American ) troops at Kabul airport.
- The Taliban has surrounded the airport and is letting very few people in. Some have snuck in over walls. Some have bribed their way in, but very few. Planes are flying out almost empty.
- Opposing these 5,000 troops are hundreds of thousands of Taliban freshly armed with Billions of dollars of armored vehicles, weapons, and ammunitions left behind.
-The Taliban have just announced that all foreign troops must leave Afghanistan by Sept 11 ( the 20th anniversary ).
- President Biden is on vacation at his home in Delaware ( reportedly….he’s no where to be found ).
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