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Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Duplicate story: Taliban Leader Declared New President, Afghanistan to Soon Get New Name After 20-Year Insurgency	8 20:06 ed in texas [1749]
Gaza resort bombed for holding mixed-gender concert	5 22:47 Dron66046 [1773]
Shocking moment 'terrorists' blow up bus in Russia, killing bride-to-be, 22 and pastry chef, 55 as experts say explosive device may have been hidden behind a seat heater	0 [1746]
Good Morning	1 09:02 Procopius2k [1756]
Remote control: World asks 'where's Joe?' as he Zooms his National Security Council from Camp David while 'shameful' American retreat leaves chaos behind in Afghanistan	19 20:48 Skidmark [1786]
Three stowaways 'fall to their deaths from plane' and five are killed at airport as increasingly desperate Afghans climb on MOVING US Air Force jet as they flee from Taliban: All US Embassy staff have now been evacuated	10 20:50 Skidmark [1749]
US prepares to house thousands of Afghan refugees on American military installations	5 20:50 Skidmark [1747]
Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace	12 16:41 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1820]
August 16th - Total Chaos - Latest Videos from Kabul Airport - 'Saigon on Steriods'	1 08:38 M. Murcek [1743]
How Is This Not An Impeachable Offense: Very Advanced US Military Equipment Left Behind	10 20:52 Skidmark [1747]
ISIS emir arrested in Deir ez-Zor	0 [1764]
Victorious Taliban commander claims he 'spent eight years in Guantanamo Bay' in triumphant speech from Kabul palace as Islamists seize Afghanistan - while thousands fight to flee country in chaotic scenes at airport	6 10:16 746 [1746]
End of republic, Kabul’s first night under Taliban’s control	4 10:13 Bertie Crains2651 [1751]
Concerns Over Us Terror Threats Rising, More Troops Deployed As Taliban Takes Over [Military Times]	5 16:44 swksvolFF [1747]
USA Ramps Up Evacuation Efforts As Taliban Once Again Takes Over Afghanistan[Military Times]	3 20:56 Skidmark [1745]
“What The Hell Did They All Die For?”	27 22:40 Dron66046 [1767]
Gen. Frank McKenzie, CENTCOM commander, met with Taliban leaders today in Doha, Qatar to warn them not to attack Americans evacuating Kabul or else the U.S. military would 'strike back'	14 20:56 Skidmark [1745]
Pakistan closes Torkham border after Taliban capture Jalalabad	0 [1753]
Video showing one of the antifa militants stabbing someone at the beginning of the brawl in Los Angeles	0 [1748]
Chants of “Afghan Lives Matter” outside the UN Headquarters in New York	5 13:20 Grusose White8552 [1746]
Turkish forces bombarded villages of Aleppo northern countryside	0 [1756]
Turkish forces shell villages of Syria's northern Hasakah	0 [1755]
Government forces bombard opposition sites in Syria's northwest	0 [1792]
Masked men fired at two civilians in Syria's Deir ez-Zor	0 [1788]
Afghan Warlords Give Up to the Taliban with Surprising Ease	5 11:06 ed in texas [1756]
It Sure Looks Like Joe Biden Sabotaged the Afghan Air Force	2 09:45 Cesare [1741]
REPORT: Afghan Military Commanders Bribed by Taliban to Surrender Cities, Equipment in Advance?	10 13:18 g(r)omgoru [1755]
Western Wardak province falls to Taliban	0 [1776]
California Border Patrol agents fired upon from Mexico while detaining migrants in mountain range	6 23:19 Dron66046 [1787]
Marshal Dostum, Atta Muhammad Noor cross border into Uzbekistan	0 [1794]
Afghan President leaves country, Taliban directed to enter Kabul	0 [1798]
Page 2: WoT Background
Suspected Terrorists Crossing U.S. Border 'at A Level We Have Never Seen Before,' Outgoing Border Patrol Chief Says	4 23:56 crazyhorse [1765]
Staffers Openly Fighting In White House–Biden Goes To Sleep Early	17 21:02 Skidmark [1769]
Taliban Love Cricket so Everything is Fine!	3 21:05 Skidmark [1781]
Hamas congratulates Taliban for ‘defeating' US	1 10:15 M. Murcek [1740]
China and Russia prepare to accept Taliban rule of Afghanistan: Beijing officials pose with leaders of militants and Kremlin has 'no plans' to evacuate its embassy due to 'good relations'	3 15:25 Hupese Clinese4150 [1744]
Voice From The Past : ‘What's Happening Now Is Worse': Midway Skipper Who Pushed Choppers Off Deck In Fall Of Saigon	4 13:50 ruprecht [1746]
Anger, Worry Among Members Of Congress As Afghanistan Government Falls [Military Times]	2 10:28 Chris [1740]
This may become the most infamous press conference ever held by an American President	5 14:26 Gletch Clens3301 [1756]
ISIS crimes still in mind of Syria's Manbij residents after years of expulsion	0 [1752]
In photos: Fifth anniversary of ISIS expulsion from Manbij by the SDF and US-led Global @coalition	0 [1780]
Taliban Commander Vows Jihad Against the Whole World	11 15:55 Silentbrick [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
56 people shot, 7 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago	3 20:48 Cheaderhead [1752]
T-Mobile is investigating 'massive data breach': 100million customers' contact details, social security numbers, driver licenses and phone serial numbers are 'stolen by hacker now selling them for $270,000 worth of Bitcoin'	4 13:51 Dale [1755]
Your next smartwatch could be powered by SWEAT: Scientists develop a tiny battery that only requires 2ml of perspiration to discharge 20 hours' worth of electricity	0 [1746]
Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 1,297 with at least 5,700 injured: Rescuers rush to find survivors as tropical storm approaches the island	2 21:07 Skidmark [1785]
Retired Navy Capt. ‘Robbie' Roberts, One Of The Oldest Surviving Veterans Of WWii, Dies At Age 107 [Stars & Stripes]	0 [1742]
6 more persons arrested in Noor Muqaddam murder case	0 [1753]
The Sunday Times investigated how China undertook a concerted campaign over years to seize power in the WHO	6 09:19 Skidmark [1746]
Florida Issues Partial State Of Emergency After Fred Regains Strength - Atta Boy Fred, CoVid's Got Nothing on You	2 12:47 CrazyFool [1764]
Minnesota principals sign 'de-centering Whiteness' pledge, suggest unions, PTAs help White supremacy	10 21:55 Frank G [1762]
Page 4: Opinion
This is Joe Biden's Jimmy Carter moment	2 22:49 ed in texas [1781]
Lessons to Learn from the Loss of Afghanistan	10 23:12 Dron66046 [1776]
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan shows Israel must be self-reliant - ex-diplomat	2 13:16 Procopius2k [1749]
Afghanistan's winners: Qatar, Russia, China, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran	4 23:02 Dron66046 [1772]
Palestinians warn: Israel, Hamas headed toward another war	1 13:10 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani fled from the Taliban ‘in four cars and a helicopter filled with cash and had to leave some behind because it wouldn't all fit in', Russians claim	0 [1743]
NASA hits back at Russian claims that astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor drilled a HOLE in the ISS in 2018 to force an early return to Earth following an 'acute psychological crisis'	2 10:30 Frank G [1744]
The Lies Behind the ‘Pandemic of Unvaxxed' [Uncanceled News]	6 14:04 NN2N1 [1749]
Wall Street Is the Most Bullish on Stocks in Almost Two Decades	2 07:48 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1747]
Pakistan incomplete without Kashmir, maintains CM Buzdar	3 02:22 Dron66046 [1744]
Hollowed Out -- Alarming Diagnosis, Little Hope, For A Generation That Has Rejected Family & Tradition For A Digital Existence	6 16:49 Wren [1736]
Whitlock: Self-Aggrandizement Defines The Culture That Replaced Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream	10 17:32 rjschwarz [1743]
A Word from Colonel Schlichter (USA)(Ret)	1 07:38 Frank G [1742]
Biden Rejected Advice of Military Generals Ahead of Afghanistan Withdrawal: Report	5 17:21 Abu Uluque [1747]
Rozhin: Briefly on Afghanistan	0 [1754]
Mark Steyn: The Scale of Humiliation	4 21:14 SteveS [1765]
CNN Praises Taliban For Wearing Masks During Attack	0 [1744]
Page 6: Politix
Networks ABANDON 'Completely Wrong' Biden's 'Saigon on Steroids'	5 17:29 rjschwarz [1753]
NBC News complains the GOP has 'seized' on 'optical comparison' of the fall of Kabul and Saigon	2 21:15 Skidmark [1778]
Huge FBI team raided home of Georgia couple with far-right ties over US Capitol riots and held their daughter, 11, at gunpoint, dad claims	6 21:16 Skidmark [1783]
U.S. Congressional Rep. Ted Lieu Faces Scrutiny Over Campaign Donation After His Son is Admitted to Stanford	2 16:29 Raj [1756]
Articles Of Impeachment Filed Against Failed Joe Biden	5 14:48 Pholutle Greatch7289 [1750]
A Democrat City Councilman And Five Others Have Been Charged With Election Fraud In California	4 10:11 ruprecht [1788]
Nancy Pelosi Praises Biden, Focuses on Gender Amid Taliban Conquest of Afghanistan [Conservative Brief]	0 [1749]
Did Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother? Secret DNA Test in 'Wild Story' Claims Yes	2 11:37 Snakes Spoting7828 [1751]
Georgia Fulton County Elections Chief Ralph Jones Resigns – He Ran the Late Night Ballot Dump Operation in Atlanta	7 21:18 Skidmark [1774]

    
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4	Islamic State
3	Hamas
2	Human Trafficking
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1	Commies
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1	Antifa/BLM
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1	Govt of Syria

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