Tweets On Afghanistan

The Taliban’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, declared victory at Kabul's airport, standing on the tarmac where the last American plane had departed Afghanistan. https://t.co/gWyIbKf1yu

— NYT At War (@NYTimesAtWar) August 31, 2021

Taliban enter Kabul airport and celebrate by posing in aircraft https://t.co/MQ81g6U4sc

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 31, 2021

"I don't think we need to look at the news wires, you just have to listen to the skies above us in Kabul, if that isn't confirmation I don't know what is. Just listen to the crackle of gunfire"@BBCLyseDoucet speaks as the final US soldiers leave Kabulhttps://t.co/F46hXcaz8L pic.twitter.com/cU6euCwPy1

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 31, 2021

Thousands of Taliban supporters on Tuesday poured on to the streets of #Afghanistan's second-biggest city #Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Islamist movement, waving flags and shouting "God is greatest", celebrating the momentous US exit https://t.co/Jm8Tyz9Ikk

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 31, 2021

With the last U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan, here's a by-the-numbers look at the war that began nearly 20 years ago. Generations of Americans to come will be paying off its cost, in the trillions of dollars. https://t.co/0KBIyygVaM

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 31, 2021

Fleeing the Taliban into Pakistan and leaving dreams behind https://t.co/xAomRXXt0y

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 31, 2021

JUST IN: Biden Admin Withheld from Congress Vital Info About Risks of Afghanistan Withdrawal -- Biden waived mandate to first inform Congress about risks of removing troops, details that could have been used to prevent current debacle https://t.co/b7FrJjCMwp

— Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) August 31, 2021

Jackson welcomes home the family of Rylee McCollum, one of the thirteen service people killed in Afghanistan last week. pic.twitter.com/fvimtSFCPS

— Alexander Shur (@AlexBShur1) August 30, 2021

20 years pic.twitter.com/tW6vUYOia4

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 31, 2021

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