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ItsjustMe

(11,227 posts)
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 04:36 PM Aug 2021

Potential ISIS Security Threat to Kabul Airport, Americans Cautioned To Stay Away (MSNBC)

American citizens in Afghanistan were cautioned not to travel to Kabul's airport because of "potential security threats" as Taliban leaders arrive in the region to form a new government.

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Potential ISIS Security Threat to Kabul Airport, Americans Cautioned To Stay Away (MSNBC) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Aug 2021 OP
Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the city's airport... Ghost Dog Aug 2021 #1
MSNBC with their gloom and doom segments again? I'm shocked ... Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #2
T***p failed to get rid of ISIS. How bou' dat? Nt Baked Potato Aug 2021 #3
Naw, it's going swimmingly. Hoyt Aug 2021 #4
It isn't a surprise really, I would guess ISIS and this new Tailban have the same financial backing ShazamIam Aug 2021 #5
 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
1. Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the city's airport...
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 04:49 PM
Aug 2021

The EU’s top diplomat has declared it “impossible” for Europe to evacuate all of its Afghan allies from Kabul by the end of August. Josep Borrell blamed American troops at the city’s airport for preventing evacuees from leaving...

... “The problem is access to the airport,” Borrell explained. “The Americans' control and security measures are very strong. We complained. We asked them to show more flexibility. We are unable to get our employees through.”...

https://www.rt.com/news/532724-borrell-impossible-evacuate-afghans-eu/

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. MSNBC with their gloom and doom segments again? I'm shocked ...
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 04:54 PM
Aug 2021

I've don't think I've even heard ISIS and Afghanistan mentioned in the same sentence before, but now this scary group is suddenly organized in Kabul, and threatening the withdrawal?

I don't doubt there are 'security threats', obviously, but ISIS?

Color me skeptical.

ShazamIam

(2,564 posts)
5. It isn't a surprise really, I would guess ISIS and this new Tailban have the same financial backing
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 05:37 PM
Aug 2021

and it isn't from the masses, it seems to be about privatizing and documenting lands once collectively controlled by tribal groups.

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