Taliban taking over. 📂 Archived Message Posted by johnlilburne on August 12, 2021, 11:10 pm Herat and Kandahar have fallen to the Taliban, apparently. Kabul next. Get that chopper over the US Embassy, pronto. Send in Tobias and Johnny. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/thousands-troops-heading-afghanistan-us-embassy-departures/story?id=79425797 Two decades of death, destruction and expense. For what exactly? Looks like main beneficiary will be US's economic arch-rival, China. Message Thread: Taliban taking over. - johnlilburne August 12, 2021, 11:10 pm Re: Taliban taking over. - Tomski August 12, 2021, 11:18 pm Re: BBC forgetful again - Sir Michael Mouse August 13, 2021, 12:46 pm Re: BBC forgetful again - Mark Doran August 13, 2021, 1:50 pm Re: BBC forgetful again - Sir Michael Mouse August 13, 2021, 2:24 pm Re: BBC forgetful again - Mark Doran August 13, 2021, 2:48 pm Re: BBC forgetful again - Sir Michael Mouse August 13, 2021, 3:57 pm Re: Johnson: UK 'can be extremely proud' - Sir Michael Mouse August 13, 2021, 6:43 pm Asking for evidence is lese majeste - Keith-264 August 13, 2021, 9:30 pm Re: Taliban taking over. - Keith-264 August 13, 2021, 9:28 pm Taliban reportedly just 50km from Kabul today - Tomski August 13, 2021, 8:56 pm Re: Taliban reportedly just 50km from Kabul today - Adamski August 14, 2021, 11:23 am Re: Taliban reportedly just 50km from Kabul today - Tomski August 14, 2021, 3:53 pm Interesting video about US trained Afgan army morale - Tomski August 14, 2021, 1:56 am From memory ... - Tomski August 16, 2021, 1:11 am « Index   Searching