US ‘messed it up’ in Afghanistan (PM Khan)

PBS NewsHour; DW News (Germany); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan extend hands to Taliban in control of Afghanistan (newsweek.com)

U.S. ‘really messed it up’ in Afghanistan, says Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

(PBS NewsHour, July 27, 2021) The United States will have completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of [illegal] war. But for those two decades, Afghanistan's eastern neighbor, Pakistan, stood accused by American and Afghan forces of supporting the Taliban. Judy Woodruff speaks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan about his country's fraught relationship with the U.S. and Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan: How long will Kabul international airport be able to operate?

(DW News, Aug. 16, 2021) Afghans [who betrayed their country by siding with the invading imperial power they thought would rule forever] scramble to Kabul's airport, which is being secured by the exiting imperialist American invaders.

US Puppet A. Ghani flees

The airport is the only way out for now as the "Taliban" has encircled the capital. Commercial flights from Kabul were canceled Monday as Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) announced Kabul airspace had been released to the military.

On its website the ACAA announced the "civilian side of Hamid Karzai International Airport (Kabul airport) is closed until further notice."

US Puppet Ashraf Ghani in front of his flag

Civilian aircraft over Afghanistan were advised to reroute because any transit through Kabul-controlled airspace, which includes all of Afghanistan, was likely to be uncontrolled.

In a message to reporters, the Kabul Airport authority announced, "There will be no commercial flights from Hamid Karzai Airport to prevent looting and plundering. Please do not rush to the airport."

Lufthansa Airlines said all its flights would reroute to avoid Afghan airspace starting Monday.

Afghanistan's Untold Story

Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed commercial flights including an Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi and a Terra Avia plane traveling from Baku to Delhi had changed course to avoid an Afghan overflight.

US troops reportedly fired shots in the air Monday, claiming to be "securing" the Kabul airport, as chaotic scenes unfolded with Afghans scrambling onto the tarmac in the hopes of catching a flight out of the country after the Taliban took charge over night.

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Where is formerly Buddhist Afghanistan? Gandhara, Central Asia, upper left