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9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Phoenix homeowner opens fire at four armed robbers who kick his door down
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Motive? What do they believe is in that house to do that?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2021 7:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Too early in the year for Christmas tree robberies.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 7:22 Comments || Top||

#3 

I can already hear BLM and the thugs mothers on the news.

BLM
there was no need to shoot these men trying earn recover things the White community has stolen from US the Blacks of America.

MAMA's
Why did they shoot my innocent baby... he was a good provider.

ADDITIONAL DATA
Suspect #1 is described as a Black male with a dreadlock hairstyle, wearing a red bandana, black t-shirt, red Adidas pants, black shoes, and black rubber gloves. He was carrying a black duffle bag.

Suspect #2 is described as a Hispanic or Black male wearing a dark t-shirt, jeans, black baseball hat, a dark bandana over his face, and fingerless gloves. He has a sleeve tattoo on his left arm.

Suspect #3 is described as a Black male who was wearing a dark bandana and a dark hooded sweatshirt with lettering on it.

Suspect #4 is described as a Black male who was wearing a black clothing covering his face and head. He was wearing a white t-shirt.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 8:58 Comments || Top||

#4  Must have been the FBI on another mission to crush dissent.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 08/22/2021 9:49 Comments || Top||

#5  needs more range time... nothing in the x-ring
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/22/2021 10:11 Comments || Top||

#6 
^^
Its amazing what a few 12 GA deer slugs reloaded with 5/8" finishing nails, can do to improve a persons target acquisition ☺.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 11:22 Comments || Top||

#7  ^^ But the spackling.....
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/22/2021 19:50 Comments || Top||


Moment unhinged thug pushes 70-year-old man off New York City bus, leaving him with a broken hip
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The NYPD is hunting for a thug
    ...wifebeater, needed both hands to hold up his pants, lotsa tattoos, do-rag — the usual big city thug accoutrements...
    Should be easy to spot with those moobs.
    who brutally pushed a 70-year-old man off a bus, causing him to break his hip

  • The elderly man was getting on an MTA bus in the Bronx borough around 8.30pm on July 8 when the man was pushed off the step

  • The surveillance footage shows the elderly man climbing the stairs as a man in a white tank top yelling at the bus driver

  • Officials report the elderly man broke his hip in the process and was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx

  • The NYPD released the video today in hopes of someone being able to identify the suspect
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why bother? He'll be immediately released without bail. Welcome to the end of civilization.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2021 7:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Obviously tribal domestication and cultural integration remain a challenge. I personally think it's something in the waters. Perhaps someone should check the waters.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 7:26 Comments || Top||

#3 

A usual, Black Thug showing his cultural tribal upbringing by assaulting a NYC Sr. Citizen.

NYC needs another Bernhard Goetz?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 9:38 Comments || Top||


Algae Kills: Deaths of Google engineer husband, wife and baby found dead with dog on California hike are being treated as a HOMICIDE: Cops refocus investigation after initially treating the scene as a 'hazmat situation'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Jonathan Gerrish, wife Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter Muji and the family dog were found dead on Tuesday a day after being reported missing

  • Police are now investigating the deaths as a homicide after initially treating the scene as a hazmat scene until Wednesday

  • Authorities are awaiting the results of the autopsy and toxicology reports

  • The family were discovered Tuesday in Devil's Gulch, Sierra National Forest

  • Police were exploring the possibility that they were poisoned by algae or gasses from mines but could not find any disused shafts in the vicinity

  • Forest officials last month warned about 'extremely dangerous' algae blooms
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm leaning toward the carbon dioxide belch theory.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 6:06 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Yep, although Devil's Gulch is near the bay area
Invisible CO2 Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2021 7:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Radon gas emissions known to precede earthquakes

Wait for the autopsy report from the dog's remains, which have been report to be taking place.
Posted by: Whusong Ebbing3280 || 08/22/2021 8:05 Comments || Top||

#4  I'd be checking for dead field mice, etc in the area.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/22/2021 13:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Interesting place name.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 08/22/2021 13:36 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ CO2 is killing trees?--Thought trees loved CO2.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/22/2021 16:57 Comments || Top||

#7  under certain levels
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2021 17:26 Comments || Top||

#8  With your volcanic gases, you also get some sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Plants don't care for that stuff.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 18:26 Comments || Top||

#9  Maybe rename area to ‘Devil’s Belch’.
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums || 08/22/2021 19:35 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife Jacqueline, 77, are hospitalized with COVID in Chicago: Former presidential candidate is fully vaccinated
Haven't missed many meals lately, have they?
Life is good when you're at the top of the Kommie food chain
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Former presidential candidate is fully vaccinated

Which means that he, probably, won't die.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/22/2021 3:07 Comments || Top||

#2  There is that old axiom about death and the young.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 7:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Which means that he, probably, won't die.

Not of COVID anyway.
Posted by: Angstrom || 08/22/2021 11:14 Comments || Top||

#4  After Jesse Jackson Junior crashed and burned Jesse Sr. has been quiet...
Posted by: magpie || 08/22/2021 13:29 Comments || Top||


Megaship Ever Given passes back through the Suez Canal without any issues - after it blocked the waterway in March and stopped £42billion of world trade
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wonder how many refugees that would hold?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/21/2021 18:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Vertical or stacked like cordwood?
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 0:24 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Nearly 1,000 members of the @CalGuard are activated for fire missions in the air and on the ground
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/22/2021 13:06 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


COVID-19 cases hit record-high in the U.S and deaths surge 300%: Florida releases data dump which shows there were more than 150,000 new infections in a week as hospitals in the state buckle under pressure
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 06:28 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
USA WEEKLY FIGURES

Last updated: August 22, 2021, 12:20 GMT

US "Reported" Ranking in the World

WE'RE #1


957,732 Cases in the last 7 days
934,261 Cases in the preceding 7 days
Note: The above figures include an overlap of already infected, still infected and newly found infected.

There was +3% growth in counted infected numbers fro the previous week

2,874 Cases in the last 7 days/1M pop.

5,622 Deaths in the last 7 days
4,735 Deaths in the preceding 7 days
+19% Weekly Death % Change

17 Deaths in the last 7 days/1M pop

333,209,597 US Population

ADDED FINGER POINTING
#1 State in the USA - California with 9,122 new cases and 58 Deaths.
Running roughly 1 in 20 persons tested were found infected.

#1 City in the #1 State in the USA - Los Angeles with 3,864 and 29 Deaths Running roughly 1 in 7 persons tested were found infected.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Feb 13, 2021 -- 6,798 dead. One day.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/22/2021 10:00 Comments || Top||

#3  and not one death from the flu.....
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/22/2021 10:09 Comments || Top||

#4  COVID is a respiratory disease. It should not peak during summer, when people are out in the sunlight and vitamin d levels are high. Last summer it tapered off. So what's different this year?
Posted by: Angstrom || 08/22/2021 11:17 Comments || Top||

#5  ^Maybe, just maybe, the virus is not familiar with your theories.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB || 08/22/2021 12:42 Comments || Top||

#6  #5 Oof!
Posted by: Rhinemann || 08/22/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Cold and flu season soon. OH, what joy. Children starting school so covid alarms will sound. We will see at least eight years of this. Constant daily stress. So look for many more developments. All bad of course. Public is polarized as ever. Turn off the TV. Don't read the newspaper and avoid internet. A mass psychosis is occurring. The fun has just begun.
Posted by: Dale || 08/22/2021 12:51 Comments || Top||

#8  Maybe, just maybe, the virus is not familiar with your theories.

A most excellent snark!
But Angstrom does raise an interesting question. Something is different.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 12:52 Comments || Top||

#9  #4 yes, indeed. I have met those who survived the Spanish flu. They speak plainly. No extreme views. Being outside did work without masks. 80% Higher death rate among those who wore masks and of course they shamed those who did not wear masks. Then of course to those who feel they are the anointed ones your words are blasphemous.
Posted by: Dale || 08/22/2021 13:04 Comments || Top||

#10  It should not peak during summer, when people are out in the sunlight and vitamin d levels are high.

It peaks when people are crowded together indoors. In the American south, that would be summer air conditioning season. We went through this last summer, too.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 14:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Wth I never asked for coronavirus. God, I had prayed for longest summer vacation not a pandemic. (。_。)
Posted by: Wren || 08/22/2021 14:18 Comments || Top||

#12  Appreciate your thoughtful comment, TW. AC is something I hadn't considered.

I kind of arbitrarily picked Florida. Numbers are here, but I'm open to other sources. Click on "historical" to get everything through Jan, 2020.

It shows a steep rise peaking on July 1. I suspect that has more to do with ramping up testing than with actual case numbers, but again, open to alternative interpretations.

I didn't see a good month by month of AC usage, so I, again arbitrarily, picked Miami average temperature. This breaks 80 in March and stays over 80 through November.

I don't see a clear connection between what I would think of as AC usage months and case loads, or hospitalizations or deaths. I do see a clear drop off in August which starts rising again in October which appears to better fit a seasonality interpretation. However, I suspect that teasing out AC numbers specifically might be tough. Lots of states use it, not all of them in the South.

I haven't put in the time, but it would be interesting to look at seasonality in poor, hot countries where we would not expect widespread AC usage, and seasonality of other respiratory diseases. Common cold (another coronavirus) and flu (because there is a vaccine) could provide useful insights.
Posted by: Angstrom || 08/22/2021 18:44 Comments || Top||

#13  So what's different this year?

Vaccines. These mRNA vaccines set the stage for increased infection rates. I'll be branded a kook, so be it. But soon you'll see a major die off of the vaccinated, exactly as intended.
Posted by: Speart Whealet3245 || 08/22/2021 19:30 Comments || Top||

#14  If there is to be a major die-off of the vaccinated, Speart Whealet3245, I’ll say my goodbyes now against future need. You’ll know what happened when there are no more articles posted by me for a few days in a row, and no periwinkle in-lines. Mr. Wife, trailing daughter #1, and final daughter also had the Pfizer vaccine, as did my 95 year old mother, so someone will need to stop by the house in Cincinnati to arrange for our bodies to be buried before the field mice and the raccoons get carried away with their feast.

My thanks in advance for the kindness.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 23:13 Comments || Top||

#15  Angstrom, I purely love watching thinkers think aloud. Carry on. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/22/2021 23:15 Comments || Top||


Henri will hit New York as Category 1 hurricane with gusts up to 100mph: Cuomo warns it will be as dangerous as Superstorm Sandy, declares state of emergency and tells people in flood zones to 'get out NOW'
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Of course they learned from Sandy and made the infrastructure flood proof, right? ...Right?...
Posted by: magpie || 08/22/2021 0:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Bastardi Comments on Hurricane Henri
29 mins ago 8/22/2021 from Charles Rotter 1 Comment

Posted by: Grins Floluque8934 || 08/22/2021 5:45 Comments || Top||



#5 
AccuWeather

Henri is rated a 2 on the AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes in the United States due to the anticipated rainfall, damaging winds and storm surge set to impact Long Island and New England. As of Sunday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Tropical Storm Henri was swirling over the Atlantic about 125 miles south-southeast of Montauk Point, New York, which is the very end of Long Island.
Posted by: Whusong Ebbing3280 || 08/22/2021 7:45 Comments || Top||

#6  I thought Cuomo resigned
Posted by: Retard Strength || 08/22/2021 9:01 Comments || Top||

#7  does that ever shut them up?
Posted by: Chris || 08/22/2021 9:07 Comments || Top||

#8  #6 - seen the letter of resignation? Nobody else has
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2021 9:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Cuomo still Governor until Midnight 23 August.

New Gov takes over 24 August 12:01am
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/22/2021 10:18 Comments || Top||

#10  "Due to the impacts of Hurricane Henri, I feel I must rescind my resignation to lead the people of New York. I know they would want me to."
Governor "Party Nipples" Cuomo

/s
Posted by: Frank G || 08/22/2021 10:22 Comments || Top||

#11  Re: Henri,

at 800EDT, the Hurricane was downgraded to a Tropical Storm by the NHC

it was weakened when it moved north of the gulf stream and lost the oceanic heat

new alert will come out at 1100EDT

Not as dangerous as Hurricane Sandy which was a larger system, a stronger system and had a more dangerous trajectory, i.e., it hit from the east
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/22/2021 10:24 Comments || Top||

#12  Maybe Henri will wash away the sour milk smell.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/22/2021 10:25 Comments || Top||

#13  North Nassau County at 11.00am...barely any wind..a little rain.
Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 || 08/22/2021 11:17 Comments || Top||

#14  at 1100EDT the storm had weakened again and the water temperature in the path is not high enough to re-energize the storm,

the threat from high wind and storm surge is minimal, although not zero

almost all the damage will be from excess rain
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/22/2021 11:35 Comments || Top||

#15  Take shelter in the retirement homes!
Posted by: Slappy || 08/22/2021 11:38 Comments || Top||

#16  Media tries to figure out how to make it "Trump's Katrina."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 11:46 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Georgia dad's emotional TikTok leads to outpouring of support to help escape homelessness
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Organized International Army Games 2021 To Begin Today
[DailyBriefForeignBrief] International Army Games 2021 (ArMI-2021) will kick off today under the organization of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The 7th such games in a row, ArMI-2021 will see 277 teams from 42 countries compete to take home medals in 34 military contests—covering nearly every aspect of combat—which will be held over a period of 19 days. In addition to Russia, 11 other nations will host ArMI-2021 events.

These “Combat Olympics” are an important forum for developing combat tactics, sharing skills, and building rapport amongst the participants.

ArMI-2021 will coincide with Russia’s International Military-Technical Forum, Russia’s largest weapons and military technology exhibition. 15 foreign nations are anticipated to participate in the forum. Last year, Belarus, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and South Ossetia hosted national exhibition pavilions.

These events roughly sketch out countries allied with Russia or equipped with Russian military hardware. Notably, India is a regular participant in the games and the forum, despite India’s closer alignment with the U.S. led Quad. During the events, expect Russia to promote its Checkmate fifth-gen fighter to India and others, attempting to build international support for the fighter program.
Posted by: Daniel Rizcaeke8221 || 08/22/2021 08:18 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:


Cyber
State Department is hit by a cyber attack
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 06:57 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ☻Did they forget to kill the Kabul US Embassy Data Stream also when leaving?☻
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 9:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Certainly not, NN2N1.

They had 'Top Men' on it, I'm sure.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/22/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Since it was the State Dept, did the hackers come in thru a "backdoor"?
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 12:45 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ If the SOTD hadn't already been awarded....

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 13:21 Comments || Top||


SAS hacker squad's cover is blown... by a job advert: Special Forces pull listing for £33,000-a-year role to work for secretive Computer Network Operations Exploitation Unit
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 06:47 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is there nobody left with even the vaguest concept of security, stealth, and deception?
Posted by: Cesare || 08/22/2021 9:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Consider the quality of personnel you would attract at that salary.
Posted by: Angstrom || 08/22/2021 11:18 Comments || Top||

#3  One never really knows. All may not be as it appears.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 11:31 Comments || Top||

#4  A cyber dangle?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/22/2021 12:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Let's all go apply! Maybe we can get a free copy of Palantir.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS || 08/22/2021 12:55 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ That just could be Snark O'The Year.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/22/2021 13:18 Comments || Top||

#7  Consider the quality of personnel you would attract at that salary.

Didn't have an age requirement?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/22/2021 13:53 Comments || Top||

#8  Consider the quality of personnel you would attract at that salary.

The rate in USD works out to be $44,954.58/year. Not great, but not bad for Britain.
Posted by: Speart Whealet3245 || 08/22/2021 19:36 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections to Time-from-vaccine; Preliminary Study
[MedRxiv] - The short-term effectiveness of a two-dose regimen of the BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA BNT162b2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine was widely demonstrated. However, long term effectiveness is still unknown. A nationwide vaccination campaign was initiated early in Israel, allowing for a real-world evaluation of the interaction between protection and time-from-vaccine. The Delta (B.1.617.2) variant became the dominant strain in Israel in June 2021, as Israel is currently experiencing a new surge of cases. Leveraging the centralized computerized database of Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS), we assessed the correlation between time-from-vaccine and incidence of breakthrough infection. We found that the risk for infection was significantly higher for early vaccinees compared to those vaccinated later. This preliminary finding should prompt further investigagions into long-term protection against different strains, and prospective clinical trials to examine the effect of a booster vaccine against breakthrough infection.

In other words, the protection is temporary.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/22/2021 03:11 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And not only is the protection temporary, the decline in protection is not due to the change in virus strain (or at least that's how I read this.)
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/22/2021 3:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Early vaccinees are the most vulnerable.
Posted by: boomerc || 08/22/2021 4:12 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 Yes. To recollect:
35 Years of Research Into Coronavirus Infections Show Long-Term Immunity Is Unlikely
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/22/2021 5:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Fauxi: "I know what, let's do gain of function research on something we already know is difficult to innoculate against effectively."

The research community: "Tony, we are in awe. Ideas like that are why you get the big bucks..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/22/2021 6:54 Comments || Top||

#5 
So, as many here have said very early on.
The C-19(?) seems to be like a Seasonal Flu and questioned whether Shots would cover all strains?

Either way, the C-19 has already mutated 2x in just 3 months and now a 5th time in 8 months since Nov. 2019 with the C-19(I) strain.

But unlike the Old Normal season based Flu. The "New Normal" C-19(?)seems to do well year round and much better in some months.

Which sounds like the US population will be expected to line up for the most recent, not fully tested, Government provided Fix every few months.

Pretty soon whoever controls the Vax and Needle supplies will be the actual ones in charge.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/22/2021 8:36 Comments || Top||

#6  ^^^
Thank you - finally someone (a guy living in Georgia) gets it. I appreciate your clarity and candor (applause 👏)
Posted by: Thrailing Untervehr4604 || 08/22/2021 8:50 Comments || Top||

#7  It is a virus. It will always mutate rapidly and get around our defenses. They have for billions of years and we will always be one step behind and reacting.

Putting a nation on lockdown because of it is stupid and cultural and economic suicide.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/22/2021 10:23 Comments || Top||

#8  It was known to be a single strand virus, which are far more likely to mutate more often. This was talked about right after the DNA was sequenced. Why are people acting surprised now?

Also reminder that correlation is not causation, so be careful about jumping to conclusions.
Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721 || 08/22/2021 14:45 Comments || Top||


Every fireball meteor that has hit Earth's atmosphere in the last 33 years is revealed in new map - including giant 65-foot rock that exploded over Russia in 2013
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/22/2021 7:55 Comments || Top||

#2 
I've discerned a pattern here,
Paging Arthur Dent and Ford Perfect;
Second opinion requested...
I think we are about to experience a change
Posted by: Thineger Spaviper6414 || 08/22/2021 15:31 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sun 2021-08-22
  9 Talbanis surrender to Resistance Forces in Andarab; 6 of them Paks
Sat 2021-08-21
  U.S. charges man who made bomb threat near U.S. Capitol
Fri 2021-08-20
  IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds
Thu 2021-08-19
  US freezes assets of Afghanistan central banks as Taliban takeover
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


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