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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Washington Post:
After Taliban triumph, Biden faces even greater test in preventing extremist resurgence in Afghanistan — Even before the Taliban's stunning takeover this week, American military and intelligence officials were racing to devise plans for containing extremist threats emanating from Afghanistan …
Politico:
Biden was barreling toward perilous political waters. Then Afghanistan happened. — Joe Biden's approval numbers are slipping. The majority of surveys show Americans believe the nation is on the wrong track. Democrats fear the White House has faltered in getting out its message on core agenda items.
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 …
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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 …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's promise to restore competence to the presidency is undercut by chaos in Afghanistan — Joe Biden presented voters with a core argument why he, more than anyone else, was the best choice to replace the wildly unorthodox Donald Trump: He would bring competence.
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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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban — WASHINGTON (AP) — Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turned out to be the Taliban.
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John McCormack / National Review:
What Biden Left Out When He Blamed Afghans for the Taliban's Swift Victory
What Biden Left Out When He Blamed Afghans for the Taliban's Swift Victory
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Afghan security forces' wholesale collapse was years in the making
Afghan security forces' wholesale collapse was years in the making
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans
Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans
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Dana Loesch / Dana Loesch's Chapter and Verse:
The Blame for Afghanistan — We saw a revolving door of officials yoke an entire generation …
The Blame for Afghanistan — We saw a revolving door of officials yoke an entire generation …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence
Joe Biden is facing a crisis of competence
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Washington Post:
The debacle in Afghanistan is the worst kind: Avoidable
The debacle in Afghanistan is the worst kind: Avoidable
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Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Poll: Support for Afghanistan withdrawal plummets as Taliban seize control
Poll: Support for Afghanistan withdrawal plummets as Taliban seize control
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Right That It's Time for Us to Leave Afghanistan
Biden's Right That It's Time for Us to Leave Afghanistan
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
China Touts ‘U.S. Humiliation’ in Afghanistan in Warning to Taiwan
China Touts ‘U.S. Humiliation’ in Afghanistan in Warning to Taiwan
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Americans deserve assault weapons like the Taliban
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Americans deserve assault weapons like the Taliban
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ABC News:
Afghanistan updates: Chaos at Kabul airport, world responds
Afghanistan updates: Chaos at Kabul airport, world responds
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Claire Sanford / Rev:
Joe Biden Speech Transcript on Afghanistan & Taliban Takeover
Joe Biden Speech Transcript on Afghanistan & Taliban Takeover
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Global Times:
Afghan abandonment a lesson for Taiwan's DPP: Global Times editorial
Afghan abandonment a lesson for Taiwan's DPP: Global Times editorial
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France 24:
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after rout
China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban after rout
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Wesley Morgan / Washington Post:
He spent his adult life helping U.S. soldiers. Now, he's desperately fleeing Afghanistan.
He spent his adult life helping U.S. soldiers. Now, he's desperately fleeing Afghanistan.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Support for Afghanistan Withdrawal Tumbles Amid Taliban Resurgence
Support for Afghanistan Withdrawal Tumbles Amid Taliban Resurgence
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Anatol Lieven / Politico:
Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms
Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms
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Wall Street Journal:
Afghans in America Try to Save Family Members as Options Dwindle
Afghans in America Try to Save Family Members as Options Dwindle
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Politico:
Who's to blame for Afghanistan?
Who's to blame for Afghanistan?
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NBC News:
Chinese state media rips U.S. over chaotic Afghanistan exit
Chinese state media rips U.S. over chaotic Afghanistan exit
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Biden's choice to follow through is a catastrophe.
Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Biden's choice to follow through is a catastrophe.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Antonio Planas / NBC News:
Female mayor in Afghanistan says she's waiting for Taliban to ‘come ... and kill me’ — One of Afghanistan's first female mayors said Sunday that she is waiting for the Taliban to come and kill her as the Islamic militants reached the capital, Kabul. — “I'm sitting here waiting for them to come.
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Newly Elected U.S. Senator — Federal prosecutors said Eduard Florea of Queens posted menacing threats online against Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Congress before and during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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