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9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Veterans group uses intel, satellite images to direct Afghan interpreters around Taliban checkpoints	8 22:02 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1790]
Pentagon commandeers commercial jets for Afghanistan rescue	0 [1753]
U.S. Considers Ordering Commercial Airlines to Help in Afghan Evacuation	7 20:17 illeagle [1785]
'No nation will be able to get everyone out': Defence Secretary admits desperate Afghans trying to escape to the UK will have to make their own way past the Taliban after August 31 - as four women are crushed to death in Kabul airport stampede	7 23:20 trailing wife [1784]
DISASTER! Taliban Making It On Us Cargo Planes Enroute To USA	3 16:32 Lord Garth [1756]
Good Morning	7 23:05 trailing wife [1792]
Villagers killed in western Niger attack: Local official	1 07:42 Besoeker [1763]
Baghlan: 9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab, 6 of them Pak; locals retake 3 districts	1 09:44 Bertie Crains2651 [1832]
Kabul Airport Stories	11 16:46 JohnQC [1760]
IDF carries out airstrikes in Gaza Strip	1 06:58 Frank G [1752]
Russian envoy to Kabul: Taliban offering a deal to Pandjir Valley	2 19:15 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1780]
14 arrested in Assam over supporting Taliban on social media	0 [1768]
J&K Apni Party worker killed by terrorists in Kulgam	0 [1773]
Puwalma district, Kashmir: 8 JeM turbans toes up in two days	0 [1760]
Biden meets with security team at the White House as chaos mounts in Afghanistan after cancelling trip to Delaware as desperate Americans are warned to stay away from Kabul airport	1 17:46 Skidmark [1754]
The Taliban Just Showed Their Opinion Of Their Victory...	6 16:36 Secret Master [1786]
Page 2: WoT Background
Antony Blinken Admits Diplomats Sent Cable Warning of Potential Swift Taliban Takeover … He Ignored It	6 15:33 jpal [1749]
Blinken says 12 nations to host Afghan evacuees	0 [1754]
FLEECED! How aid billions were squandered in Afghanistan: £4 million on Tuscan goats for the cashmere trade, £120 million on Dubai villas for corrupt politicians and £400 million on aircraft left to rot	3 13:48 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [1752]
Who's who in the Taliban leadership	0 [1767]
AMISOM admits that people killed by UPDF were not Al-Shabaab members	0 [1750]
US military releases civilian casualty report in Somalia	0 [1763]
Politico, a leftist site, details Aug 11-13 WhiteHouse shambles	7 14:12 Retard Strength [1748]
Iran says it is expanding defense beyond borders, will continue missile program	1 12:29 Mike Kozlowski [1756]
No co-education in universities, first FATWA by Taliban; no music or women’s voices on TV	2 16:08 Jomorong Snore4868 [1746]
President Cancels His Trip Home To Delaware Amid Afghan Crisis And Convenes His National Security Team In The White House	3 14:33 Tom [1751]
Brother of former Afghan President swears allegiance to Taliban	0 [1752]
Portland City and County Leaders Ask Biden Administration To Admit Afghanis, Send Them Here	11 11:36 Besoeker [1764]
With a Taliban takeover, what is the JeM demanding in Afghanistan	0 [1761]
No strikes: Jihad in Kerala is focused more on changing mindset of the local Muslim	6 17:28 Rhinemann [1775]
Financial resource mobilisation of ISIL has become more robust: Jaishankar	0 [1746]
30-year-old Afghan man deported from Nagpur has joined Taliban, say cops as his gun-wielding snap surfaces	0 [1748]
Greece extends border wall amid European fears of Afghan migrant wave	1 10:57 Skidmark [1783]
Gay men in Afghanistan say life under Taliban 'nightmare,' could be killed on the spot	8 19:04 Crusader [1827]
New Jersey bans jails from contracting with ICE to hold immigration detainees	0 [1783]
West Virginia AG sues Biden admin over border policy reversal tied to ‘devastating' fentanyl flow	0 [1790]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Nearly 1,000 members of the @CalGuard are activated for fire missions in the air and on the ground	0 [1753]
Russian Organized International Army Games 2021 To Begin Today	0 [1754]
State Department is hit by a cyber attack	4 13:21 Besoeker [1749]
SAS hacker squad's cover is blown... by a job advert: Special Forces pull listing for £33,000-a-year role to work for secretive Computer Network Operations Exploitation Unit	8 19:36 Speart Whealet3245 [1768]
COVID-19 cases hit record-high in the U.S and deaths surge 300%: Florida releases data dump which shows there were more than 150,000 new infections in a week as hospitals in the state buckle under pressure	15 23:15 trailing wife [1779]
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections to Time-from-vaccine; Preliminary Study	8 14:45 Greater the Anonymous5721 [1751]
Phoenix homeowner opens fire at four armed robbers who kick his door down	7 19:50 Mercutio [1809]
Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife Jacqueline, 77, are hospitalized with COVID in Chicago: Former presidential candidate is fully vaccinated	4 13:29 magpie [1743]
Megaship Ever Given passes back through the Suez Canal without any issues - after it blocked the waterway in March and stopped £42billion of world trade	2 00:24 SteveS [1747]
Moment unhinged thug pushes 70-year-old man off New York City bus, leaving him with a broken hip	3 09:38 NN2N1 [1746]
Algae Kills: Deaths of Google engineer husband, wife and baby found dead with dog on California hike are being treated as a HOMICIDE: Cops refocus investigation after initially treating the scene as a 'hazmat situation'	9 19:35 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums [1788]
Henri will hit New York as Category 1 hurricane with gusts up to 100mph: Cuomo warns it will be as dangerous as Superstorm Sandy, declares state of emergency and tells people in flood zones to 'get out NOW'	16 11:46 M. Murcek [1750]
Georgia dad's emotional TikTok leads to outpouring of support to help escape homelessness	0 [1754]
Every fireball meteor that has hit Earth's atmosphere in the last 33 years is revealed in new map - including giant 65-foot rock that exploded over Russia in 2013	2 15:31 Thineger Spaviper6414 [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
The outsized influence of Greenland's elections	1 19:29 Knuckles Slererong5344 [1791]
The ‘Afghan Napoleon' gave the Soviets hell – until al-Qaeda got him	7 16:12 Jomorong Snore4868 [1758]
Donald Trump: Countries ‘Emptying Their Prisons' into U.S. Thanks to Biden's Open Border	1 15:57 Airandee [1750]
Bin Laden Sent Damning Warning About Biden That's Coming True Now	3 19:43 CrazyFool [1786]
Aussies Fight Back Lock Downs: Mass Arrests - A Nation Doing This To Their People Has No Future.	2 18:25 Glenmore [1789]
Panjshir Valley: Afghanistan's Armed Resistance to the Taliban Enjoys First Successes	0 [1765]
The War for Somalia in 2020	1 11:47 NN2N1 [1758]
Pakistan to expect new US chasm as Taliban win	1 09:18 Frank G [1765]
With a complete Taliban takeover, where does it leave the Islamic State in Afghanistan	0 [1772]
Review: Sunshine: a film about an unfinished war	2 17:21 badanov [1766]
Afghanistan Proves Our Failed Generals No Longer Care About Winning	18 19:35 Woodrow [1790]
Nationalist views and anti-Semitic agitation in Siberia during the Civil War: Part 2	0 [1766]
Page 6: Politix
Rep. Claudia Tenney: Biden Must Resign After Afghanistan Failure	3 12:09 Lord Garth [1754]
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick slammed as racist after he blamed COVID-19 surge in the state on 'African Americans who have not been vaccinated'	8 13:25 NN2N1 [1778]

    
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22	Taliban/IEA
3	Islamic State
2	Human Trafficking
2	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Devout Moslems
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Narcos
1	Commies
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1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hamas

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Sat 2021-08-21
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Fri 2021-08-20
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Thu 2021-08-19
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Wed 2021-08-18
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Tue 2021-08-17
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Mon 2021-08-16
Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace

Sun 2021-08-15
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Sat 2021-08-14
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Fri 2021-08-13
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Thu 2021-08-12
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Wed 2021-08-11
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