Tweets On Afghanistan

President Biden says there is a "growing risk" of an attack by ISIS-K, an ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan that is also an enemy of the Taliban. He says every day the U.S. remains there is another day that ISIS-K could target the Kabul airport and U.S. forces https://t.co/L7Ta34I7td pic.twitter.com/5Qj1uNpaTS

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 24, 2021

After Taliban takeover, concerns mount over U.S. counterterrorism ability https://t.co/bKsnyEsXos pic.twitter.com/YrtN3d4wqt

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2021

Taliban appoint senior veterans to key ministerial posts https://t.co/IS91wYIaj5 pic.twitter.com/cvTtjy4tEw

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2021

The Taliban has been showing off its own "special forces" on social media, soldiers in new uniforms equipped with looted American equipment who contrast sharply with the image of the usual Afghan insurgent https://t.co/6PyDZgZ2LP

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 25, 2021

The Taliban are reportedly trying to use the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter left behind by the US Army pic.twitter.com/dcmZbO1R7e

— RT (@RT_com) August 25, 2021

BREAKING: Poland says it has halted airlift evacuations from Afghanistan after consultations with U.S. and British officials. https://t.co/UHpOfqtLxr

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) August 25, 2021

#UPDATE Huge crowds of Afghans faced an increasingly desperate race to escape life under the Taliban in their country on Wednesday after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacuations will end on August 31 https://t.co/sU6o0VkF9J #Afghanistan

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 25, 2021

Ahmad #Massoud, son of legendary Afghan rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and leader of a resistance movement to the Taliban, has vowed to never surrender but is open to negotiations with #Afghanistan's new rulers, according to an interview https://t.co/qrjdODmMsI #Panjshir pic.twitter.com/qB1fH2wQuu

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 25, 2021

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