In 8 days, the Taliban took control of 16 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces and 18 of its provincial capitals. With the collapse of Ghazni and Logar, the path to Kabul is open. By @LongWarJournal
— Bill Roggio (@billroggio) August 13, 2021
This map keeps changing fast. Am working on a time lapse version, it is ... depressing. pic.twitter.com/BBo1EPvLL3
"My father was killed by Taliban fighters and so was my brother. We escaped the fighting to come here"
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 13, 2021
The BBC's @yogital meets civilians fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan https://t.co/1IsA6LCKFx pic.twitter.com/DP0ruU9fmD
I still find this @margbrennan exchange the most illuminating/honest in how Biden thinks about Afghanistan
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 8, 2021
“Don’t you bear some responsibility for the outcome if the taliban ends up back no control & women end up losing the rights—-“
“No I don’t!”
pic.twitter.com/vxMV8J0YnV
The US Department of Homeland Security issues a new terrorism threat advisory ahead of the anniversary of the
Lord of the Rings bosses abandon 'Zero Covid' New Zealand to move $1bn production to the UK https://t.co/fFCb1NcjKD
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 13, 2021
John Durham, the federal prosecutor tapped to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, has been presenting evidence before a grand jury, a source told @AP. The development is a potential sign that Durham may be mulling more criminal charges. https://t.co/LzI6bJ76a5
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 13, 2021
Rare collection of avian specimens spotted in the skies over Michigan
— Observation Post (@MilitaryTimesOP) August 13, 2021
(📸Capt. Kippun Sumner) pic.twitter.com/ljd8joNzZe
