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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4964577" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><h3><span style="font-size: 15px">Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse</span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/[/URL]</span></h3><p>“Taliban forces entered Kabul Sunday morning, according to a senior Afghan security official and eyewitness accounts, in a move that could trigger the collapse of the national government and signal a return to power for the Islamist group two decades after the United States invaded Afghanistan.</p><p></p><p>The Taliban’s lightning quick advance to the gates of the Afghan capital came as helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy early Sunday and armored diplomatic vehicles were seen leaving the area around the compound, the Associated Press reported. Diplomats scrambled to destroy sensitive documents, sending smoke from the embassy’s roof, the AP said, citing anonymous U.S. military officials.”</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4964577, member: 48469"] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse[/SIZE][/HEADING] [HEADING=2][SIZE=4][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/[/URL][/SIZE][/HEADING] “Taliban forces entered Kabul Sunday morning, according to a senior Afghan security official and eyewitness accounts, in a move that could trigger the collapse of the national government and signal a return to power for the Islamist group two decades after the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban’s lightning quick advance to the gates of the Afghan capital came as helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy early Sunday and armored diplomatic vehicles were seen leaving the area around the compound, the Associated Press reported. Diplomats scrambled to destroy sensitive documents, sending smoke from the embassy’s roof, the AP said, citing anonymous U.S. military officials.” [/QUOTE]

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