#US-trained Afghan pilots and other personnel boarded a US-brokered flight out of Tajikistan, ending a nearly three-month detention ordeal that began when they escaped there in their aircraft during the #Taliban takeover, Afghan sources say.https://t.co/vPEYM5px8v
“It's a relief,” said David Hicks, a retired US brigadier general who is helping lead a charity called Operation Sacred Promise working to evacuate and resettle Afghan air force personnel.
The Afghan personnel in Tajikistan represented the last major group of US-trained pilots who fled abroad and were still known to be in limbo.
The group of evacuees included a US-trained Afghan pilot at an advanced stage of pregnancy, who had expressed fear for her unborn baby in an interview with.
The group flew to Tajikistan in military aircraft at the end of the war, was detained by Tajik authorities and had been awaiting a US relocation - hoping the transfer to the Middle East will lead to eventual US resettlement.
Rooters detailed accounts from the pregnant pilot and other members of the group about their frustrations with their detention, and was first to report US plans to relocate them.
The Pentagon estimated that the expected group of evacuees totaled about 191 - larger than the more than 150 Afghans previously known to be at two sites in Tajikistan. It did not explain the figures.
Afghan air force personnel flew dozens of military aircraft to Tajikistan and to Uzbekistan in August as the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... swept to power.
In September, a US-brokered deal allowed a larger group of Afghan pilots and other military personnel to be flown out of Uzbekistan to the United Arab Emirates.
Even before the Taliban's takeover, the US-trained, English-speaking pilots had become prime targets of the Taliban because of the damage they inflicted during the war. The Taliban tracked down the pilots and assassinated them off-base.
Afghanistan's new rulers have said they will invite former military personnel to join the revamped security forces and that they will come to no harm. But pilots who spoke with Rooters say they believe they will be killed if they return to Afghanistan.
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At least, US trained pilots are not flying for the Taliban.
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#2
I'm glad they actually got them out. To where, who knows. I suspect the Klingons have a project somewhere.
The happy part is that this means that the equipment that they flew or maintained becomes unusable.
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This turns out to be the second batch flown out. The first group were all pilots, and the plane went to UAE. Don't know if any moved on from there.
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[KavkazUzel] A large number of coins in the form of two treasures were found by archaeologists following the workers who were improving the city square in Derbent and stumbled upon a complex of the 11th-12th centuries.
"During the excavation of the archaeological complex of the XI-XII centuries, copper coins were found in the central square of the city of Derbent. The complex itself was discovered in the course of a comprehensive improvement of the city square," the press service of the Derbent administration reported.
Two hoards with a large number of coins were located in one of the investigated rooms. One hoard was a collection of coins, while in the second they were scattered across the floor. The coins will be exhibited in the Derbent Historical, Architectural and Archaeological Museum-Reserve, the press service of the mayor's office said.
"In Derbent, it is a rather unique case that such a number of coins were left in a dwelling," Interfax quotes Kydyrali Shaushev, a researcher at the Scientific and Production Center for Tourism and Local History, Kydyrali Shaushev.
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote earlier that in October scientists from the Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences found tools and objects of the Early and Middle Paleolithic era in the Derbent region of Dagestan
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[KavkazUzel] Representatives of the Volgograd Jewish community and officials took part in the unveiling of a memorial sign at the site of the mass execution of Jews during the Battle of Stalingrad today.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote , the foundation stone at the site of the execution of more than 600 Jews killed in 1942-43 was installed in the Volgograd park named after March 8 at the end of 2007.
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[RIA Novosti] The Communist Party plans to submit a report on the incident with the deputy Valery Rashkin after November 8, when the regional week ends, Nikolai Ivanov, chairman of the central control and audit commission of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti.
"The party is investigating, examining the situation around Valery Fedorovich Rashkin," he said.
The politician added that the party statement on the Rashkin case will be ready after all the deputies return from the regions, after the end of the regional week.
"Now the deputies are in the regions, and the central committee, too, and the control and audit commission. This will be after the 8th ... then, accordingly, we will return to this issue," the parliamentarian added and noted that a report will be drawn up following the results of the proceedings. for the party.
Earlier, the Committee for Hunting and Fisheries of the Saratov Region told RIA Novosti that Rashkin was caught with a dead elk carcass in a car. According to the deputy himself, he found the carcass while walking in the forest, and decided to take it home with him. However, not far from the car, the inspectors found the skin and other parts of the animal.
A criminal case on illegal hunting has been opened on the fact. In the current qualification, the case involves up to two years in prison, but, as the lawyers explained to RIA Novosti, in the future the charge may be toughened, and the sanction will be up to five years.
CIA Director Bill Burns made a rare trip to Russia to hold talks with their national security officials, who are directly involved in the troop buildup
The United States is growing more and more concerned by the activity, multiple sources said
Burns also spoke to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone, a senior State Department official told CNN
#4
Russia is a wet noodle and poses zero threat to Europe.
However the CIA would very much like to find an excuse to invade. Such a war would likely go nuclear and kill millions of Americans, but that's a price the CIA is willing to pay. Our lives are worth literally nothing to them.
#7
Sure, we're not all veterans of the intelligence community.
But the rest of us, they couldn't care less. Remember back when they ran mind control experiments and dosed us with LSD without our consent or knowledge?
#8
I always miss out. I got my COVID vax before they started bribing people to get it. I never got any CIA LSD.
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#9
Russia is a wet noodle and poses zero threat to Europe
Tell that to the Armenians and Ukrainians. Now go to lunch and listen to those of the old Baltic states. It's easy to be dismissive of other people sitting thousands of miles away.
Doesn't mean I believe in supporting the Euros who should have take over responsibility for their own defense by the end of the last century. Russia is a demonstrative threat in its region.
Sweden’s government announced that Sweden is going to increase military spending by almost 40% in the next five years and also double the number of people conscripted into its armed forces. The level of funding to the Armed Forces will have increased by SEK 27.5 billion, compared with 2020. In total for five years, 79 billion will be allocated to military defence during the period. The navy will get an extra submarine, increasing the number to five, and the corvette fleet will be updated, while the army and air force will get upgraded weapons systems. This agreement is accorded between the government parties, the Centre Party and the Libera Party. This decision shows that in comparison to 2014, in 2025 the military defence funding will be increased by 85%. - cite.
#10
the CIA would very much like to find an excuse to invade. Such a war would likely go nuclear and kill millions of Americans
Dude, put down the pipe and back away. There may be local squabbles but no one is playing Global Thermonuclear War with Russia. Russia is much more useful as a boogeyman. Having an actual war would spoil the game.
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