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Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	4 11:29 Andy Bourbon4939 [11126]
Taliban kill woman for not wearing burqa on same day it vows to honor women's rights	15 17:27 Sluse Grealet9429 [11132]
The Defense Department has confirmed that Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan, and applying for visas to the United States, will be sent to U.S. military bases in Texas, Wisconsin, and Virginia.	3 16:51 ed in texas [11124]
Psaki WON'T commit to evacuating all US citizens trapped in Afghanistan after August 31 withdrawal deadline amid Taliban takeover: Up to 40,000 Americans remain with warlords firing on crowds at Kabul airport	28 22:00 Blossom Flomomble2114 [11125]
Turkey bombards Rojava town, causing civilian casualties: reports	0 [11126]
Police fire tear gas to break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir	0 [11128]
Taliban terrorists speak Malayalam in their victory celebration video; Shashi Tharoor shares on Twitter	20 12:25 Rhinemann [11129]
NIA arrests two Kannur women for alleged ISIS links	1 16:37 Gunter FootStomp [11125]
AU troops killed civilians after Al-Shabaab ambush, insists Somali governor	0 [11127]
Deutsche Welle live updates, Day 2: UN casts doubt on Taliban promises	1 09:03 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11127]
Some Govt Offices Reopen in Herat	1 10:56 M. Murcek [11127]
Kabul airport stampede, shootings leave 40 dead	1 09:06 Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 [11126]
One dead, three wounded in artillery fire in Aleppo, Hama	0 [11128]
Three members of the Iraqi army were killed, another wounded in a critical condition in a terrorist attack with a sniper that targeted a security point in Muqdadiya	0 [11128]
Three other US military convoys targeted in Southern Iraq	0 [11125]
Gunmen killed a police officer and six employees of Nigerian oil and gas services company	0 [11131]
Iraq's Security Cell: three hideouts for terrorists found in Tarmiyah	0 [11125]
Turkish warplanes target a military hospital in Sinjar with three consecutive airstrikes, reports of multiple casualties	0 [11124]
Iraq's Security forces detonate an ISIS den in Nineveh	0 [11124]
Hamas calls for general strike after 4 young Palestinians martyred by Israeli fire in Jenin	0 [11124]
Saudi jets conduct fresh military raids in Yemen	0 [11128]
US officials are ‘talking’ to Taliban about safe passage for refugees	11 19:00 swksvolFF [11127]
Nations Rush to Repatriate Citizens after Taliban Takeover of Kabul	0 [11124]
37 civilians killed in attack in western Niger: Local sources	0 [11126]
Rashida Tlaib: ''...the horrible consequences of endless war and failed US policy going back to the 1980s when we backed the Taliban against the Soviets...''	10 17:03 magpie [11130]
12 armed and masked Syrian soldiers approach Israel border overnight, train near IDF outpost in area without border fence	0 [11127]
IDF strike observation post in Syria across the Golan Heights moments ago	0 [11124]
Mullah Baradar, the co-founder of Taliban, lands in Kandahar, Afghanistan after 20 years via special flight from Doha, Qatar	0 [11125]
U.S.: About 5,000-9,000 Passengers/day Can Leave Kabul Airport	3 11:01 M. Murcek [11134]
Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir	2 14:23 Angstrom [11132]
Belarusian riot police pushed migrants to cross Lithuanian border illegally, and violated border themselves	0 [11123]
Terrified Afghans scramble to delete their digital history amid fears Taliban have seized Afghanistan's biometric database and will use it to hunt down 'enemies’; US agencies ditto	6 14:44 CrazyFool [11131]
Thousands of Top al-Qaeda, ISIS Terrorists Freed As Taliban Takes Afghanistan	2 23:53 Dron66046 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Ashraf Ghani Safe in the UAE. For now...	1 16:08 Raj [11130]
$1 TRILLION worth of US failures in Afghanistan: DOD report tears into ‘mind-boggling' mistakes from Bush to Biden, the US funneling money into corruption and advisors using 'American TV shows' for inspiration	17 22:23 Spavise the Furry8602 [11127]
Turkey donates armoured vehicles to Somali troops	0 [11127]
Sending troops to Afghanistan to fight for others was a mistake: Biden	3 15:33 Tom [11125]
Mass job terminations hit hundreds of Yemenis in Saudi Arabia	0 [11126]
Lebanon’s Mikati says chances of forming new govt. greater than chances of him stepping down	0 [11127]
USA may continue diplomacy in Afghanistan after Aug 31 if 'safe': State Dept	1 18:15 Skidmark [11127]
Israel not striking Gaza in order to give Hamas negotiations a shot – report	0 [11128]
Robert Spencer: Taliban Leader Obama/Biden Released from GITMO in Swap for Deserter Bergdahl Just Resurfaced	1 04:35 Skidmark [11127]
Supply trucks enter Gaza for first time since May conflict	0 [11125]
Mullah Yaqoob in a audio message instructs Taliban fighters ‘’No one has the right to go to anyone’s home. No one has the right to take weapons’’	1 10:15 Mike Kozlowski [11128]
Iran accelerates enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade, IAEA says	1 06:37 NN2N1 [11129]
Taliban spox asked by a female reporter if women can continue to work. Answer: ''They will be allowed to work within Sharia law.''	2 20:13 KBK [11125]
Texas requests mortuary trailers as COVID precaution amid border crisis while readying for Afghan refugees	3 13:17 swksvolFF [11130]
Border Patrol chief forced out by Biden tells agents the REAL national security crisis at the border is the record number of known and suspected terrorists flooding into the US	3 17:30 Procopius2k [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Businesses that fail to comply with New York City's mandate requiring them to discriminate against unvaccinated individuals by denying entry will face up to $2,000 in fines, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced Monday.	13 18:55 SteveS [11128]
Atlas takes on PARKOUR! Boston Dynamics' two-legged robot leaps around an obstacle course and performs backflips in incredible new footage	4 07:53 Nguard [11126]
Marauding gang of teens are robbing people 'at all hours' in Chicago, cops warn - while Mayor Lori Lightfoot remains silent after war of words with officers over killing of Ella French	11 21:25 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [11129]
Website about the huge network of tunnels under Washington DC contacted FBI after seeing a spike in visitors prior to the Jan 6 riot	1 19:51 Blossom Flomomble2114 [11125]
Chinese state media chief calls for war with US over troop numbers in Taiwan	4 11:22 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11130]
Rapidly expanding CaldorFire in northern California prompts mandatory evacuation orders for residents living in ElDorado County	3 15:07 Abu Uluque [11124]
More assets to Haiti: 8 helicopters, 2 P-8 patrol planes, Coast Guard cutters and amphibious warship USS Arlington underway from Norfolk soon	3 15:39 Tom [11126]
Bob Dylan sued for allegedly sexually abusing 12-year-old girl in 1965	7 18:53 49 Pan [11125]
Wildfires rage outside Athens, villages evacuated	0 [11124]
Shocking video shows bloody hatchet attack at Manhattan ATM	2 19:59 ruprecht [11127]
Video shows elderly Chicago woman ambushed, shot dead in her car	1 08:16 NN2N1 [11123]
Western states face first federal water cuts	3 08:21 NN2N1 [11129]
Texas murder suspect released after massive police data loss puts trial evidence in jeopardy	6 12:16 james [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Leading rabbi: Treat vaccinated coronavirus patients first	5 15:26 g(r)omgoru PB [11129]
Aljazeera - Why did the Afghan army disintegrate so quickly?	0 [11123]
This Is Worse Than Saigon	2 18:26 Skidmark [11132]
Taliban Finances - Let's Follow the Money	3 14:47 Abu Uluque [11128]
You'll Never Guess Who Was Also Involved in the 1975 Debacle in Saigon	4 18:30 Skidmark [11124]
If Biden resigns, The Democrats Can't Use the 25th Amendment	9 20:24 KBK [11129]
Jake Sullivan Presides Over Yet Another Foreign Policy Disaster	2 08:10 M. Murcek [11125]
FNC's Tucker Carlson: ‘Why Did the Taliban Win? How Did the 6th Century Triumph over the 21st Century?'	12 23:51 swksvolFF [11132]
China Producing Videos Calling White Americans Racist and Promoting CRT	7 12:33 Abu Uluque [11130]
Page 6: Politix
Whoa… Tens of Thousands of Photocopied Ballots for Biden	9 15:10 SteveS [11124]
Vice President Kamala Harris vanished from public view for five days as President Joe Biden and his administration tackled their worst foreign policy blunder to date.	8 22:32 Rob Crawford [11126]
Afghan debacle shattered foreign policy establishment's 'expertise' mystique	14 20:11 CrazyFool [11135]
Ayanna Pressley, 'cancel rent' advocate, discloses thousands of dollars in rental income	5 09:12 g(r)omgoru [11127]

    
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                        21:25 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589

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Who's in the News
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13	Taliban/IEA
12	Taliban
4	Islamic State
3	Hamas
3	Sublime Porte
2	Houthis
2	Commies
2	Govt of Syria
2	Human Trafficking
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1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	MEND
1	Ottoman Proxies
1	Govt of Iran
1	Devout Moslems
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2021-08-18
Former Vice PR and Now President Of Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Amrullah Saleh In Panjishir

Tue 2021-08-17
Reports say Ghani in Oman to escape to US

Mon 2021-08-16
Taliban Declares Victory and Announces ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' From Presidential Palace

Sun 2021-08-15
Kabul has fallen, Taliban is killing political leadership and religious minorities in Afghanistan

Sat 2021-08-14
Herat: Ismail Khan captured by the Taliban

Fri 2021-08-13
Source: US tells Ashraf Ghani to step down

Thu 2021-08-12
Bangladesh Police Arrest 3 Men Suspected of Planning Drone Attacks

Wed 2021-08-11
Taliban takes control of border with Uzbekistan

Tue 2021-08-10
Cuomo finally resigns!

Mon 2021-08-09
Taliban say capital of Afghanistan's Takhar province seized

Sun 2021-08-08
Taliban take over Kunduz

Sat 2021-08-07
IDF attacks Hamas headquarters in response to balloon fires

Fri 2021-08-06
Jihadists kill 30 in north Burkina Faso, says official

Thu 2021-08-05
Israel moves cyber sabotage units to UAE to turn Persian Gulf into crisis hub

Wed 2021-08-04
375 Taliban killed in past 24 hours: MoD

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