Afghan president addresses nation as Taliban close in on Kabul

[mystery-ak]

Afghan president addresses nation as Taliban close in on Kabul
Issued on: 14/08/2021 - 06:58

 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivered a televised address on Saturday in a bid to rally troops defending Kabul as the Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations.

Ghani said he was ordering the Afghan military to remobilise as they seek to defend the capital from the Taliban after the insurgents’ astonishing blitz through Afghanistan over the past week.

“In the current situation, the remobilisation of our security and defence forces is our top priority, and serious steps are being taken in this regard,” he said.

The focus must also be on “preventing further instability, violence and displacement of people”, Ghani added.

With the country's second- and third-largest cities Kandahar and Herat having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has become the besieged last stand for government forces who have offered little or no resistance elsewhere.

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https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20210814-taliban-close-in-on-kabul-as-us-scrambles-to-evacuate-from-afghan-capital

[dfwgator]

"Adios, Mofos!"

[PeteS in CA]

Yeah, well, where was Ashraf Ghani in the years when the Afghan government was harassing and demonizing US military people?! What sane country would be fool enough to come running into that?

Scroom, and periodically bomb any terrorist training camps into the Stone Age.

[DB]

And all the Americans who died there died for nothing.

Our country's moral compass is dead.

[bilo]

And all the Americans who died there died for nothing.

Our country's moral compass is dead.

Not our country, our leadership, especially our military leadership.

The soldiers who served over there are among the best of us. It's up to the military leadership to demand that their lives are not wasted. They failed us terribly. They had 20 years to create a viable security force there and didn't even come close. If our military leadership didn't know there was no will to fight among the Afghani's they are incompetent. If they knew and continued to support our policy there they are evil. I believe it to be the latter.

[Fishrrman]

Mr. Ghani had better start making inquiries at Kabul International about getting "a seat out".

Because if he does not, within a couple more weeks he may find himself being strung up at a lamp post.

Or worse...

[Fishrrman]

Well... looks like Mr. Ghani heeded my advice above:
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/afghan-president-fled-the-country-as-taliban-moved-in-on-kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan’s embattled President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as the Taliban moved further into Kabul, officials said. His countrymen and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

[catfish1957]

Well... looks like Mr. Ghani heeded my advice above:
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/afghan-president-fled-the-country-as-taliban-moved-in-on-kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan’s embattled President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as the Taliban moved further into Kabul, officials said. His countrymen and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

Like dfwgator said a few posts back....  adios mofos