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7:50 PM ET, August 16, 2021

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Tara Copp / Defense One:
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban  —  The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.  — AFGHANISTAN - WHITE HOUSE - AIR FORCE - CIVILIANS
Discussion: The US Sun
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden must rescue thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Afghanistan  —  As the situation on the ground in Afghanistan's capital continues to deteriorate, thousands of U.S. citizens are trapped in and around Kabul with no ability to get to the airport, which is their only way out of the country.
Daniel Silverberg / The Atlantic:
Biden Was Right  —  In 2017, I arrived at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport as part of a congressional staff delegation.  Even though the U.S. embassy stood a mere four miles away, safety concerns necessitated our helicoptering from a recently constructed multimillion-dollar transit facility instead of traveling by road.
The Bulwark:
'Please Don't Leave Us Behind.  We Will Be Great Americans.'  —  An interview with a U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilot, now hiding from the Taliban.  —  AFGHAN AIR FORCE PILOTS LAND THEIR UH-60 BLACKHAWKS ON A NARROW LANDING STRIP DURING A RESUPPLY MISSION TO AN OUTPOST IN GHAZNI PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Afghan security forces' wholesale collapse was years in the making  —  In the summer of 2011, Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV made a round of public appearances to boast that he had finally solved a problem that had kept U.S. troops bogged down in Afghanistan for a decade.
Associated Press:
The latest on Afghanistan: Four Afghans dead after fall from US plane wheel well  —  Here's the latest on the rapidly unfolding events related to Afghanistan:  —  Report: Afghans who worked for US may temporarily go to bases in Wisconsin and Texas  —  The U.S. intends to evacuate tens …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
US reaches deal with Taliban on evacuations: report  —  The U.S. has reached a deal with the Taliban to ensure that evacuations from Kabul's airport can take place without interference from the group, according to a report by The Associated Press.  —  The deal was reached in talks in Doha …
The Guardian:
An Afghan woman in Kabul: ‘Now I have to burn everything I achieved’  —  A university student tells of seeing all around her the ‘fearful faces of women and ugly faces of men who hate women’  —  arly on Sunday morning I was heading to university for a class when a group of women came running out from the women's dormitory.
Wall Street Journal:
Three Killed in Kabul Airport as Afghans Scramble to Escape Taliban
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
After Sunday It's Even More Clear Biden Was Right
Washington Examiner:
WATCH LIVE: Biden delivers remarks on Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Discussion: Fox News and Crooks and Liars
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
White House weighs response as Biden faces mounting criticism over Afghanistan crisis
Anatol Lieven / Politico:
Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Support for Afghanistan Withdrawal Tumbles Amid Taliban Resurgence
Wesley Morgan / Washington Post:
He spent his adult life helping U.S. soldiers. Now, he's desperately fleeing Afghanistan.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Times
Brett Bruen / USA Today:
Ex-Obama adviser: Why Biden must fire his national security adviser for Afghanistan failure  —  The people, plans and processes that President Joe Biden has put in place to keep America safe are not working.  —  President Joe Biden needs to shake up his national security team.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence  —  (CNN)At the heart of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign was a single word: competence.  —  After four years of Donald Trump's incompetence in, well, everything, the Biden argument was that the country badly needed a steady hand on the tiller …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Americans deserve assault weapons like the Taliban
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans
Ben Sasse / National Review:
Worse Than Saigon  —  In yielding Afghanistan to the Taliban, Joe Biden has engineered …
Axios:
Scoop: Investigation finds fired Tennessee vaccine official mailed dog muzzle to self  —  A Tennessee investigation found evidence that the state's fired vaccine chief, Michelle Fiscus, purchased a dog muzzle that she previously claimed someone had mailed in an attempt to intimidate her.
The New York Times Company:
Group Statement Sent to President Biden on Behalf of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post  —  Dear President Biden:  —  For the past twenty years, brave Afghan colleagues have worked tirelessly to help The New York Times, The Washington Post …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Fox News
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
In a First, U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, Forcing Water Cuts  —  Arizona farmers will take the initial brunt, but wider reductions loom as climate change continues to affect flows into the river.  —  With climate change and long-term drought continuing to take a toll on the Colorado River …
Ricardo Lopez / Minnesota Reformer:
MNGOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan resigns from board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities  —  Embattled Minnesota Republican Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan on Saturday resigned from the board of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities organization, a spokeswoman said.
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Dave Orrick / Twin Cities:
Ugly drama inside MN GOP threatens chairwoman's job
Discussion: Fox News
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
A conservative cardinal who criticized the vaccine caught covid.  Days later, he was put on a ventilator.  —  Most days during the coronavirus pandemic, Cardinal Raymond L. Burke could be found strolling down the streets of Rome maskless and carrying rosary beads.
NBC News:
Texas requests five mortuary trailers in anticipation of Covid deaths  —  With Covid-19 surging across the state, Texas has requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies, state officials told NBC News.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz, and the ugly attacks on CNN's Clarissa Ward  —  The political right has plenty to work with right now on Afghanistan.  The withdrawal from that country has gone poorly — significantly more poorly than the Biden administration predicted it would — legitimizing long-standing GOP arguments …
 
 
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