Breaking News : Huge Explosion at Kabul Airport

[Meengla]

Biden speech comin up. As I said, after Aug. 15, this is the Pivotal Moment for major decisions. Europeans are already leaving--and they wanted America to stay on longer only yesterday! Things to watch will be Biden's words about the Taliban and the ISIS... and the withdrawal date..

 

[SQ8]

Biden speech comin up. As I said, after Aug. 15, this is the Pivotal Moment for major decisions. Europeans are already leaving--and they wanted America to stay on longer only yesterday! Things to watch will be Biden's words about the Taliban and the ISIS... and the withdrawal date..

Well - dems are getting only term for now

 

[ghazi52]

US invaded Afghanistan to eliminate Afghan Taliban & ended up in requesting security from Afghan Taliban to have safe evacuation from Kabul International Airport.

 

[KaiserX]

US invaded Afghanistan to eliminate Afghan Taliban & ended up in requesting security from Afghan Taliban to have safe evacuation from Kabul International Airport.

Worst is the US core objective was to destroy al-qaeda, which they mostly did, but now they have left with ISISK which is far more dangerous.

 

[LeGenD]

US invaded Afghanistan to eliminate Afghan Taliban & ended up in requesting security from Afghan Taliban to have safe evacuation from Kabul International Airport.

Correction: Al-Qaeda Network (officially stated and documented).

Afghan Taliban-led government was toppled in the process due to obvious reasons.

Afghan Taliban fought back for their rights but realized that they have to curb 'spoilers' in the country as well; Afghan soil will not be misutilized for launching attacks on other countries. This is the core aspect of the deal with USA in fact.

Latest is that the Biden administration have decided to hunt ISIS-K across Afghanistan and elsewhere. Interesting turn of events.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Western news say it is a DAESH attack. If true it's an affront to Talibans. How will they react ?

Taliban will react by publicly executing Daesh fighters. they already executed many after raiding the jails.
there is a lot of bad blood between them. if they become friends then it is bad news for Afghans, the neighbors and the rest of the world.

 

[Village life]

US invaded Afghanistan to eliminate Afghan Taliban & ended up in requesting security from Afghan Taliban to have safe evacuation from Kabul International Airport.

People should now learn Allah subhana tallla is best planner ,not America nor the liberals of PDF ))

 

[F-22Raptor]

Its being reported that the US Marines that were guarding the Abbey Gate had been briefed that a suicide bomber could strike their position. And they all stood their position and continued processing Afghans to gain entry. God bless them.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Biden speech comin up. As I said, after Aug. 15, this is the Pivotal Moment for major decisions. Europeans are already leaving--and they wanted America to stay on longer only yesterday! Things to watch will be Biden's words about the Taliban and the ISIS... and the withdrawal date..

he has said that America is committed to the deadline and will continue to vacate Afghanistan.

 

[Mirzali Khan]

Definitely an inside job

 

[Stryker1982]

Well you have thousands of people storming the airport. Almost impossible to stop these suicide bombers. Its an extremely high risk operation for US military personnel.

Indeed, the John Kirby is calling it a "complex" attack , probably to absolve themselves of the lack of security measures.

Apparently according to the ISIS statement, the bomber was just 5 meters away from US troops. One can simply drive a VBEID by the gate or wear a vest and be within meters of US troops. Not a particularly sophisticated operation, either they played this high risk game and proceeded with processing Afghans or they really neglected to enhance protection of their troops that most pdf member here would've known could happen.
Stopping suicide vests are extremely difficult if not impossible in this case but no American should be killed by a VBEID. I'm guessing the US casualties came from suicide vest and not car bomb.

This should be a case study for US commanders in the future.

 

[Meengla]

he has said that America is committed to the deadline and will continue to vacate Afghanistan.

Yes sir. So Biden Press Conference just ended and a few takeaways:
1) The attack was from ISIS.
2) There is some understanding with the Taliban--on that he referred to Gen. McKenzie's statement and mentioned 'mutual interests' with Taliban.
3) The Aug. 31 deadline is going to be kept. No surprise because yesterday Blinken also stressed adhering to the deadline and that evacuations would continue after that. But both Blinken yesterday and Biden today stressed that not many Americans are left. And today Biden even alluded to 'millions of Afghans' may not be eligible to leave Afghanistan--a BIG SLAP on the Western Media who have been protesting about Taliban stopping people from leaving Afghanistan.
4) Biden said USA is going to go after the ISIS targets and there are some known targets. That can't be possible now without the on-the-ground Taliban help because the Taliban control over 95% of Afghanistan.
5) Taliban are 'not nice' but that's as far as he went. No more we would bomb them into this or that as was being said just a few days ago!

People really need to understand how America works. It is a country with many 'centers of powers'. A country where major policies can change with the change of the Presidency. A country where, ABOVE ALL, the 'public opinion' can make even the President of America to change strategic policies unless there is a 'manufacturing of consent', as Chomsky had put it.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Really saddened by this insane violence. Wish the ones responsible are brought to justice soon.

 

[LeGenD]

People should now learn Allah subhana tallla is best planner ,not America nor the liberals of PDF ))

Al-Qaeda Network was the primary spoiler and target in the region.

Afghan Taliban were secondary targets for being shortsighted but Allah Almighty have given them another chance.

All stakeholders have something to learn from this war.

ISIS-K in hot waters now. Joe Biden have given the nod to curb this threat. Let us see what Afghan Taliban will do in this regard.

Terrorism in any shape or form is unethical and evil.

 

[SecularNationalist]

Tragedy of afghanistan