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Herat: Ismail Khan captured by the Taliban
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Weapon seizures 'massive boon' for Taliban as cities fall	32 23:52 Enver Clolung1116 [24]
Major tragedy averted ahead of I-day: Pakistani terrorist planning attack on J&K highway killed	0 [30]
IDF says troops downed Hamas drone from Gaza two days ago	0 [15]
Australia Urgently Evacuates Afghans Threatened by Taliban	0 [11]
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces over work at Hebron’s Tomb of Patriarchs	0 [18]
Civilian killed in Turkey-PKK conflict in Duhok	0 [18]
Turkey Holds Dozens More after Attacks on Syrian Shops	0 [16]
Egyptian Armed Forces kill 13 terrorists in exchange of fire in Sinai: Army	0 [23]
Pakistani Forces Clash with Afghan Protesters in Spin Boldak	0 [15]
Over half of Afghanistan’s provinces fall to Taliban	0 [27]
Good Morning	15 23:39 Enver Clolung1116 [51]
Two rappers affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan were shot dead in Portland	7 18:06 SteveS [19]
Four SDF members wounded in Syria's Deir ez-Zor	0 [20]
Shelling by Turkey and armed factions of Syria's Tel Tamr left material losses to the villagers' property	0 [14]
Areas held by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham HTS and other opposition factions are witnessing broad spread of weapons	0 [21]
Government forces shell Syria's Idlib countryside	0 [22]
Armenian armed forces subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army’s positions in the Nakhchivan direction	0 [11]
Libya’s Military Prosecution orders arrest of Saif Gaddafi	0 [23]
Herat: Ismail Khan captured by the Taliban	1 15:00 Angstrom [30]
Taliban took 3 more provincial capitals: Pol-e-Alam (Logar), Firuzkoh (Ghor) and Qalat (Zabul)	1 01:28 Sluse Grealet9429 [17]
Convoy of Afghan army military vehicles fearing Taliban capture, fled to Iran today through Gomshad border bazaar	0 [13]
Reliable sources say the Taliban have begun internal leadership talks about the structure of their future government	0 [14]
Maidan Shar city has surrendered	0 [12]
Dostum paying ANSDF Blackhawk pilots to fly north. $1million/bird. Pilot included	7 15:27 Procopius2k [20]
Ruthless Boko Haram Commander, His Three Wives, Children Surrender To Nigerian Troops	0 [26]
Fighting in Armenia continues	0 [20]
Critics slam Biden's long-weekend silence as Afghanistan falls to Taliban	1 14:04 NoMoreBS [32]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel to permit entry of Gaza merchants for first time in 18 months	2 07:46 M. Murcek [10]
US places sanctions on oil broker for allegedly supporting Quds force	2 17:04 trailing wife [11]
France, Western powers to boycott UN anti-racism conference over concerns about 'anti-Semitic statements'	1 12:04 SteveS [7]
Boko Haram Surrender: It Should Not Be Blanket Amnesty And Pampering — Ndume	1 19:21 Claviger Sluger2932 [19]
Taliban promises amnesty to all security forces and officials of Afghanistan	2 21:08 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [19]
Page 3: Non-WoT
How Many Websites Are There? Or Of All The Gin Joints In All The Towns In All The World, She Walks Into Mine.	5 21:48 CrazyFool [22]
Coronavirus: 20% of Americans believe at least one COVID conspiracy	7 17:50 M. Murcek [13]
Who are Israel's COVID-19 anti-vaxxers? New survey	5 13:38 Dale [17]
The number of white people in America has declined for the first time since 1790	17 21:10 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [30]
South Africa’s Descent into Chaos	3 10:10 Besoeker [11]
Nebraska governor vows to continue fighting critical race theory as university rejects resolution	1 07:37 Procopius2k [16]
Communist China ‘Indefinitely' Closes Critical Port over One Coronavirus Case	4 16:47 trailing wife [22]
Belgrade expects KFOR to protect Serbian villages in Kosovo	1 08:38 M. Murcek [16]
Man gets six kidney beans stuck in doinker while trying to 'express' himself	7 11:01 SteveS [31]
Handheld railgun that is as powerful as an air rifle and uses electromagnets to fire ammo at 200ft per second is set to go on sale in the US	13 17:55 crazyhorse [13]
Sydney is plunged into a TOUGHER lockdown with a swathe of new rules including a ban on ANYONE leaving the city without a permit - as it's revealed people will be PAID to get tested	7 15:20 Raj [15]
Fair Russia party rules out merging with the Communist Party	2 16:58 ed in texas [10]
Page 4: Opinion
Who killed Ashli Babbitt (podcast)	4 20:14 SteveS [24]
Re: Russia and China. Follow this twitter thread.	1 06:24 Procopius2k [13]
When it comes to the 'Right Stuff,' it's up to us	1 11:03 Matt [19]
Tara Reade Calls Biden a 'Powerful Predator'; Calls for 'Real Investigation' Into Him After Cuomo Resigns	0 [16]
Liberals Look in the Mirror and Scream	0 [13]
Harvard Economist Breaks the Bad News About Rising Paychecks Under Biden	0 [17]
The special regiment Nazis in the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: the combat history of militants	0 [12]
233 New Plandemic Cases. Curious, no ?	31 23:11 Woodrow [20]
Russian FSB: Soviet POWs in WWII recruited into SS units in Yugoslavia	0 [9]
Page 6: Politix
Judge Orders Biden To Reimplement Key Trump Border Policy	3 21:07 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [22]
Shocking and Dehumanizing Discrimination Against the Unvaccinated Is About to Make Life VERY Difficult [Conservative Playbook]	4 18:05 Grampaw Cooky [8]
"Double Death Tax": Joe Biden Wants to Tax Your Dead Body	7 19:50 Oscar Bonaparte9639 [24]
Holder encourages Democrats to protest in the streets, get arrested for voting rights	3 23:17 JohnQC [28]
Bill Gates Pledges $1.5 Billion for Climate Change Initiatives – as He Prepares to Mine Greenland	3 17:24 Chris [18]
Zuckerberg's Data Says Amnesty Gives Economic Windfall to Wealthy States	4 23:15 JohnQC [36]
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey calls for Biden's DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to RESIGN over leaked audio of him saying the border crisis is 'unsustainable' and 'we're going to lose' with crossings at a 21-year high	2 10:15 Abu Uluque [10]
That's one way to defund police: Two St. Louis deputies FIRED for working for Squad member Cori Bush's private security team she has spent $70K on in two-and-a-half months	1 07:40 M. Murcek [14]
Texas House sergeant-at-arms visiting homes looking for Democrats who fled: report	1 00:38 The Walking Unvaxed [12]
Chicago Mayor Blames Medical Examiner For Canceling Of Murdered Cop's Tribute, ME Disagrees	3 10:55 CrazyFool [15]
Biden says he bears 'zero responsibility' for Afghanistan debacle	8 23:34 Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums [21]
Recreation of Bill Clinton's hug with Monica Lewinsky is seen for the first time in full trailer for Impeachment: American Crime Story which former White House intern helped to produce	2 07:36 Frank G [13]
Biden administration has considered mandating vaccine for interstate travel as part of tougher measures to get more shots in arms, report claims	10 23:13 Woodrow [21]
Why Does Congresswoman Chu Want The FBI To Back Off Chinese Spies?	6 17:51 746 [23]
Ted Cruz saved America at 3:30 AM last night	7 15:44 swksvolFF [25]

    
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                        19:50 Oscar Bonaparte9639

                        19:42 Grampaw Cooky

                        19:30 FLASH Afghanistan Has Fallen

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Who's in the News
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12	Taliban
3	Commies
3	Sublime Porte
2	Hamas
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
2	Human Trafficking
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Iran
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1	Islamic State
1	Narcos
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Arab Spring
1	al-Nusra
1	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,
1	Govt of Pakistan

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