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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClarissa Ward reporting on the streets of Kabul right now
Jesus, this is just extremely dangerous at this point
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)WarGamer
(12,494 posts)dalton99a
(81,678 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)Folks will be allowed to leave, thousands of them... I read this here on DU a few minutes ago..
Don't know name of the post..
Irish_Dem
(47,719 posts)So we shall see what happens.
sir pball
(4,766 posts)It was really just to allow an orderly drawdown/removal with no harm to Americans; they didn't promise to not take over the country in a matter of hours. I suspect they'll let Westerners flee unmolested if for no other reason than to not give us a reason to retaliate or even return.
Irish_Dem
(47,719 posts)for them. Hopefully that is what they will do.
Takket
(21,681 posts)How can she not literally be terrified that shes going to beheaded at this point?
jmbar2
(4,914 posts)Mad respect for the brave female reporter.
But I was totally distracted by the appearance of eyeliner on the men. Apparently this IS a thing with Afghan men.
Along with health benefits, there is also a religious aspect attached to wearing surma. It is known to be religiously beneficial when worn on Friday night. Similar to how Sunday is the Holy Day for Catholics, Friday is to Muslims. On Fridays, it is believed that if you wear perfume and surma then God will be watching you. Not that the Afghan people do not wear perfume regularly, but on Fridays it is considered to be more significant, religiously.
https://benawhat.wordpress.com/tag/why-do-afghan-men-wear-eyeliner/
0rganism
(23,984 posts)I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the former embassy compound turned into a Taliban "Justice Center" or some such, complete with jails and execution yards.
BannonsLiver
(16,542 posts)Clarissa: But they seem friendly.
Our national media is a joke.
likesmountains 52
(4,100 posts)that they are friendly.
IcyPeas
(21,932 posts)learned from their past mistakes and they are trying to portray a different image to the world now.... (paraphrasing)
Bonx
(2,079 posts)Vinca
(50,323 posts)Taliban likes CNN because it reports on them and I hope he's right for her sake.