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IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds
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Page 1: WoT Operations
A @usairforce C-17 Globemaster III safely transported 823 Afghan citizens	1 17:31 swksvolFF [2]
Satellite images show arsonists likely behind mass Jerusalem fires	1 10:35 M. Murcek [3]
Arrests of Convicted Sex Offender Migrants by Border Patrol Jump 171 Percent in 2021	1 07:37 g(r)omgoru [3]
Pentagon Won't Deny U.S. Is Buying Fuel from the Taliban for Afghan Airlift	5 21:28 Slenter Panda4300 [6]
'The Taliban doesn't control the whole country': SAS-trained Afghan commandos join armed guerrilla resistance movement led by deposed Vice-President Saleh in Panjshir Valley	3 21:16 Vinegar Threaling7392 [6]
Empty promises: Mercy plane leaves Kabul carrying wife of British ex-Marine but almost NO ONE else despite UK and US saying the evacuation was in full swing and with thousands desperate to flee Taliban	4 20:56 Besoeker [10]
2nd Day Old Bread::The Taliban Have Access To Us Military Aircraft. Now What Happens? [DefenseNews]	8 21:33 Unosh Hupinelet8756 [9]
UK announces plan to resettle 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan	6 09:10 NN2N1 [2]
Good Morning	9 21:40 trailing wife [16]
French Spec Ops police have rescued 216 French and Foreign nationals	2 14:09 Mercutio [4]
Security Forces Kill 25 Shabaab Fighters	0 [3]
Happy Holidays, y'all: 5 killed, 50 injured as blast hits procession in Pakistan	5 08:46 trailing wife [9]
Iraqi PMF seizes three boats for ISIS in Diyala	0 [2]
At least two people have been killed after the Taliban opened fire at a crowd celebrating independence day in Asadabad	0 [7]
Iraqi Forces Launch Security Operations in Samarra	0 [2]
Are American citizens actually being forced to pay for their own evacuation out of Afghanistan?	7 21:25 Omaviper Lumumba3702 [12]
Unconfirmed reports in Lebanon : fire was opened from Lebanon towards IDF navy vessels that took part in the strikes in Syria	0 [6]
Encounter started between militants and joint forces at Khrew, Pampore area of Awantipora. 2 hizb militants are believed to be trapped	0 [16]
IMF suspends Afghanistan's access to funds	0 [13]
Nasrallah in his speech today: ''Our first ship will sail from Iran within hours, carrying the needed material, and we give priority to the fuel.''	3 18:02 Grunter [9]
It can't happen here.	4 10:22 swksvolFF [5]
Attack by Israel tonight in the Qalamoun and Damascus areas	0 [11]
General Haibatullah Alizai, General Sami Sadat and many other brave commanders have arrived to Panjshir	2 10:07 M. Murcek [14]
Jabhat al-Nusra Bad Guys launch attacks in Idlib in Syria	0 [21]
The two bravest dudes on the planet: Locals in Kabul replace the Taliban flag with the Afghan national tricolour	4 14:53 Skidmark [7]
Taliban (gruesome) executions have begun	3 15:44 M. Murcek [7]
Page 2: WoT Background
Germany To Pay 100.000.000€ ~~Ransom~~ Humanitarian Aid To Afghanistan	4 19:11 Besoeker [2]
China Admits Taliban Ties Aimed at Getting Afghanistan's $3 Trillion in Rare Earths	7 21:19 Vinegar Threaling7392 [6]
Texas Judge Blocks Biden's ‘Sanctuary Country' Orders for Illegal Aliens	0 [15]
EU condemns Belarus' 'aggressive' attempts to 'destabilise' bloc as police in full riot gear are filmed illegally pushing migrants over its borders	0 [4]
ABC News is accused of editing Biden's car-crash interview to avoid him seeming 'incoherent and confused': Transcripts from unaired segments reveal he mistakenly said his son Beau served in the Navy in Afghanistan not the Army elsewhere	5 11:43 swksvolFF [3]
15th Turkish International Defense Industry Fair To Conclude Today - [ForeignBrief]	0 [5]
Pakistan cheers Taliban out of ‘fear of India' – despite spillover threat	2 17:30 Rhinemann [4]
Nigeria: Doubts Trail 'Surrender' of Boko Haram Members	0 [6]
Billions Not Enough to Defeat Somalia's Al-Shabaab	3 18:12 swksvolFF [2]
'Ghani betrayed his country'	1 10:24 M. Murcek [12]
A strong Islamic, inclusive gov. to be formed very soon	1 11:28 Dale [5]
'US, NATO have clear obligation to compensate in Afghanistan'	4 13:18 CrazyFool [15]
Iran ~~pooh poohs~~ reacts to latest report of IAEA	0 [18]
US is thinking of contingencies in case the JCPOA talks collapse including signing a wholly separate deal with new parameters	2 18:20 jpal [8]
AQAP: ''Two decades of jihad, steadfastness, and willpower in the struggle with the Crusader West and infidel forces around the world have culminated in complete victory in the proud land of Afghanistan''	0 [9]
A journo with Israeli Kan TV conducted an interview with the Taliban's spokesman without informing him that he is Israeli. Moslems clutch their pearls	1 18:14 swksvolFF [3]
Russia significantly reduced capabilities of terrorists in Syria says Russian envoy to UN	0 [10]
WSJ: Confidential State Department Cable in July Warned of Afghanistan’s Collapse	2 08:18 Besoeker [10]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Health Ministry discontinues use of DiaSorin Rapid Response serology test	4 10:26 M. Murcek [3]
The Amazonification the U.S. Economy: Data Hosting, Warehousing, Courier Services Explode Higher	3 15:46 Lord Garth [3]
Don't make our costly mistake, Britain: Israeli scientist Professor ERAN SEGAL gives a warning on front line of new Afghan surge despite a UK-beating vaccine drive	0 [2]
'Fake ecstasy' from China is flooding UK clubs: Dealers are selling synthetic substitute likened to METH that users say causes memory loss and terrifying hallucinations of 'shadow creatures'	4 14:06 Procopius2k [3]
[As if the pain of flying wasn't enough] American Airlines extends ban on main cabin alcohol sales through 2022 after FAA revealed it has dished out $1MILLION in fines to unruly passengers this year	0 [3]
New Secnav Lays Out His Priorities For The Navy And Marine Corps	16 23:41 Fleck Spoluse7620 [8]
One dead in attack on a Denver Yeshiva	8 21:49 trailing wife [10]
Live streamer who threatened to detonate explosives outside of the Capitol Building complex is out of his truck and has SURRENDERED to police	3 10:09 M. Murcek [6]
Georgia police shot and killed a motorist who had been ''driving erratically'' before leading officers on a brief chase near Atlanta	6 17:07 Chris [6]
Why young Arab Israelis are not vaccinating, and what we can do about it	8 10:02 The Walking Unvaxed [2]
Routine Russian Recon Report: 41	0 [3]
TS Henri threatens E. Massachusetts	14 23:29 trailing wife [8]
Lawrence Sellin on the capabilities of the Chinese biological warfare program	1 01:44 Besoeker [5]
Who was this Irishman, Brendan Bracken (video)	0 [6]
Round up: Summer is fire season, and then the arsonists get excited	3 14:23 Skidmark [4]
Page 4: Opinion
What I Learned While Eavesdropping on the Taliban	16 21:35 trailing wife [6]
Steyn: The Desert Before the Storm	4 15:11 Skidmark [6]
The Afghan gov't overthrown by Taliban never existed - ex-soldier	3 17:09 Chris [2]
Assabiya Wins Every Time	3 11:31 Elmerert Hupens2660 [7]
The Coming American Hostage Crisis in Afghanistan	0 [11]
Durham Grand Jury Investigating If Someone Presented FBI With Fabricated Evidence in 2016 Russia Probe	10 14:17 CrazyFool [8]
Australia Beyond Hope - Democracy Dead - COVID Totalitarian Government Killed It - (3 Videos) [CittizenFreePress]	5 10:34 Angstrom [3]
Gavin Newsom is cheating in California recall election… ‘Votes are visible through the envelope' - (Videos) [CitzensFreePress]	0 [3]
Government Propaganda: Fauci's message to Texas and Florida - 3 Videos [CitizensFreePress]	0 [5]
Louisiana vs Arkansas vs Mississippi: Data AGAIN Proves Face Diapers Do Not Stop Covid-19 (Big Graph} [LibertyDaily]	2 16:00 swksvolFF [3]
From Afghanistan, With Love: ‘You Destroyed Not Afghanistan But The World’ (Video)	0 [6]
The Flight from Kabul and the Legacy of General Soleimani	0 [4]
Sukhanovo: The forgotten estate of the Volkonskys	2 15:34 746 [3]
Farewell to Bourgeois Kings	12 09:57 M. Murcek [5]
AFG Assessment from a friend	3 16:04 Dron66046 [5]
Erik Prince: Afghanistan Proves Taiwan Should Buy Nukes	9 21:35 Matt [6]
Ann Coulter: Joe vs. the Swamp	1 07:31 Procopius2k [6]
The federal law that criminalizes illegal reentry to the United States is unconstitutional because it is "racist" against "Latinx" illegal aliens, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.	6 13:34 Omaviper Lumumba3702 [4]
Blinken: Poland must ‘provide justice' for Holocaust victims	13 21:58 trailing wife [5]
Page 6: Politix
‘Obama Variant' Strikes Martha's Vineyard: Super-Spreader Birthday Bash Overwhelms Island's Only Emergency Room	6 17:35 Grampaw Cooky [3]
Abbot saved by the court	4 16:37 Silentbrick [12]
Google Whistleblower: Search Engine ‘Rewrote Algorithms to Go After Trump'	2 09:48 M. Murcek [4]
Facebook Caves, Bans Accounts Identified by White House	2 10:28 Greater the Anonymous5721 [3]
Joe Biden Calls a Lid on Public Appearances and Remarks Indefinitely	12 20:44 Besoeker [5]
Fully Vaxxed Sens. King, Wicker and Hickenlooper Test Positive for COVID [New York Post]	7 11:23 M. Murcek [5]
OPEC tells a weak, incompetent US president to drop dead	7 13:26 swksvolFF [7]
Judge stays further work by SpaceX on Moon Rocket with Bezo's lawsuit.	3 12:01 M. Murcek [7]
Report: TV Networks Hide Joe Biden's Mass Migration	0 [9]

    
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22	Taliban/IEA
4	Govt of Iran
4	Human Trafficking
2	Commies
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
2	Islamic State
2	al-Nusra
2	Hezbollah
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1	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Pak Taliban (TTP)
1	Sublime Porte
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Two weeks of WOT

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

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

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