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Taliban hails 'our Air Force'; More Black Hawks than most nations; Trump demands return of all military equipment
The Taliban announced they are now flying American Black Hawk helicopters that were left behind by the Biden administration. Read More.
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Twitter serves as mouthpiece for new Taliban rulers’ propaganda
In a video from Afghanistan uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, a TV presenter talks about the collapse of the Afghan government and said people should not be afraid of the Taliban rulers of the new Islamic Emirate. While he speaks, armed Taliban soldiers lurk behind the presenter. Read More.
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Meanwhile in Vietnam: Kamala Harris poses in front of statue of Ho Chi Minh
In what has been described as the worst photo op since (Hanoi) Jane Fonda in 1972 put on a helmet and posed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun (or one of the best if you are a diehard communist), Kamala Harris posed with Vietnamese communist leaders in front of a statute of the murderous Ho Chi Minh. Read More.
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Qatar parlayed its media, PR skills to emerge as power broker in Kabul
Qatar is seemingly walking a tightrope between both sides of the dangerous situation in Afghanistan, and is doing so with practiced finesse. Read More.
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Who signed off on Bagram? The hinge of fate
The warning flags were clearly there but Team Biden chose not to heed them. A top secret State Department Memo in mid-July, cited by the Wall Street Journal, signaled swift advances of the Taliban and the impending collapse of the Afghan military. Nobody seemed to notice? Read More.
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Priorities: Top N. Korean in prison camp for allowing Covid to disrupt child communism classes
Within 48 hours of being dragged out of a meeting and arrested, the former head of the North Korea Workers’ Party’s science and education department was transported to a prison camp, reports say. Read More.
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After meeting with CIA chief Burns, Taliban announces no extension on Aug. 31 deadline
The Taliban won't extend the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Read More.
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Leaderless USA: Team Biden issues 'strongly worded' letter to Afghan terror group
As the Taliban terror organization was seizing control of Afghanistan, carrying out its brand of brutal Sharia justice, and thousands of Americans remained stranded behind enemy lines, Team Biden proclaimed that, yes, indeed, it had a plan of action. That plan was in the form of a "strongly worded" letter to the Taliban. Read More.
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Biden's end game: Afghanistan’s Saigon scenario triggered by 'appalling incompetence'
Sadly, we have seen this movie before. In the Spring of 1975, the collapse of South Vietnam coming to crescendo with the fall of Saigon indelibly marking a generation. Read More.
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'A big change has come': Kabul airport reopens but flights leave empty as Taliban blocks access
Despite the re-opening of Kabul airport for military and civilian flights, access remained nearly impossible for tens of thousands of Americans waiting to be evacuated and many more thousands of Afghans seeking to flee the Taliban's Sharia law control, reports say. Read More.
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U.S. intel official: North Korean nuclear ambitions tied to regime survival
North Korea’s nuclear capability is “designed to ensure the survival” of the dynastic regime currently headed up by Kim Jong-Un, a U.S. intelligence official said. Read More.
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Sale to Taiwan of precision-guided M109A6 155mm artillery angers China
While the process to make this purchase goes back to 2019, on Aug. 5 the Biden Administration announced the approval for sale to Taiwan of the BAE Systems M109A6 modernized mobile 155mm artillery system. Read More.
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Taliban say they have captured six provincial capitals in four days
Taliban forces continued their offensive toward total control of Afghanistan by reportedly capturing several provincial capitals in a four-day span. Read More.
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China ‘sends message’ to U.S. allies with economic statecraft
The communist government in China has unleashed an economic pressure campaign which aims to punish U.S. allies in Asia who refuse “to fold to its demands,” a U.S. Air Force report said. Read More.

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