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August 25, 2021 Source: Al Mayadeen Hugh Barnes Twenty years ago, I rode a horse over the Hindu Kush to Kabul to see the fall of the Taliban. I was part of an invading army of journalists there to cover America’s ‘war on terror’. On the journey, I met an American spy who had come […]
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How the Taliban chased the West out of Afghanistan
August 26th, 2021 
Awake Goy Days after the Taliban drove into Kabul on August 15, its representatives started making inquiries about the “location of assets” of the central bank of the nation, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), which are known to total about $9 billion. Meanwhile, the central bank in neighboring Uzbekistan, which has an almost equivalent population of approximately 34 million people compared to […]
Taliban Occupies World’s Largest Lithium Deposits After US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
August 26th, 2021 Awake Goy It’s been more than a decade since we penned “The US “Discovers” Nearly $1 Trillion In Mineral Deposits In Afghanistan” in which we highlighted the colossal untapped mineral deposits that reside in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden’s decision to rapidly and completely withdraw from Afghanistan makes even less strategic sense if readers go back […]
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No Comments »Surrender: Antony Blinken Says U.S. Must Get Taliban Permission to Evacuate Americans
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not deny that the U.S. must ask the Taliban for permission to get Americans out of Afghanistan during an interview over the weekend, days before President Joe Biden caved to the jihadis’ August 31 evacuation deadline. Blinken made it clear on Sunday that the Taliban is calling the shots […]
Posted in taliban Tags: Americans.., antony, blinken, evacuate, permission, surrender, Taliban No Comments »Matthew Dowd: Biden Should Be Congratulated for ‘Extremely Good Job’ on Afghanistan
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Former George W. Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd said Tuesday on CNN’s “OutFront” that President Joe Biden has “done an extremely good job” on Afghanistan. Dowd said, “Joe Biden’s drift down of his approval ratings didn’t start with Afghanistan. It started with the COVID and the spread of the virus. I think Americans, not disapproval of him […]
Watch: Angry Afghan Screams ‘Go to Hell, Biden!’ as Taliban Take Over
August 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Video captured an angry Afghan man raging at reporters outside the British Embassy in Kabul this week, screaming “go to hell, Biden!” amid the chaos unfolding as the Taliban take over the country. The passionate moment occurred during an ITV News report profiling the chaos outside the British Embassy where crowds flooded the makeshift entrance as […]
Greek American Gold Star Father Xiarchos Deplores Biden’s “Lack of Leadership”
August 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Massachusetts Representative Stephen R. Xiarhos, a Gold Star father, spoke to Greek Reporter about the death of his son in Afghanistan. Illustration: Greek Reporter Massachusetts State Representative Steven Xiarchos, a Gold Star father whose son was killed in Afghanistan, had some harsh words to say to United States President Biden after the lightning-fast takeover of […]
Posted in taliban Tags: american, biden, deplores, father, greek, leadership, xiarchos No Comments »U.S. Afghan regime was corrupt and humiliating, and Taliban controlled half the country in ’09 — says book ignored by mainstream apologists
August 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy A wave of apologists are arguing these days that if the U.S. had stayed in Afghanistan the current tragedy could have been staved off indefinitely. But no one who reads journalist Nir Rosen’s book, Aftermath, which appeared in 2010, will be at all surprised at the unfolding events. Rosen reported for 7 years across the […]
Posted in taliban Tags: afghan, controlled, corrupt, country, humiliating, regime, Taliban No Comments »Anti-Taliban Forces Say They’ve Taken 3 Districts in Afghanistan’s North
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Forces holding out against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan say they have taken three districts close to the Panjshir valley where remnants of government forces and other militia groups have gathered. Defense Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi, who has vowed to resist the Taliban, said in a Twitter post that the districts of Deh Saleh, Bano, […]
Posted in Middle East, taliban Tags: Afghanistan, districts, forces, North, taken, Taliban No Comments »UK Says Russia, China Needed for ‘Moderating Influence’ Over Taliban
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a “moderating influence” over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said. “We’re going to have to bring in countries with a potentially moderating influence like Russia and China, however uncomfortable that is,” Raab told The […]
Posted in International, russia, taliban Tags: china, influence, moderating, needed, rússia, Taliban No Comments »Exclusive: Jay Collins, Green Beret Veteran Wounded in Afghanistan, Calls Biden’s Withdrawal ‘Heartbreaking’
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy United States Special Forces veteran Jay Collins, who was wounded multiple times in combat in Afghanistan, called the disastrous nature of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal “heartbreaking,” in an interview with Breitbart News this week. “We’ve spent a lot of blood, sweat, and tears in that country over the last couple of decades in giving back […]
Posted in taliban Tags: Afghanistan, beret, collins, exclusive, green, veteran, wounded No Comments »Total Calamity: Biden May Activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). United States airline companies have been put on alert since Friday that the CRAF is a possibility, according to multiple reports. If Joe Biden activates the CRAF, this would mean that commercial airlines companies can possibly be required to help with the evacuation process in Afghanistan after […]
Posted in taliban, white house Tags: activate, biden, calamity, civil, fleet, reserve, total No Comments »Chuck Schumer Dances with Stephen Colbert While Americans, Allies Are Stranded in Afghanistan
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, was caught on camera dancing around outside with Stephen Colbert, the late-night talk show host, at the same time, thousands of Americans are trapped in Afghanistan with Afghan allies. In a clip over 20 seconds long, Schumer is seen dancing with a mask on and Stephen […]
Posted in state department, taliban Tags: Americans.., chuck, colbert, dances, schumer, Stephen, while No Comments »News conference following Russian-German talks
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy August 20, 2021 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66418 With Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel at a news conference following Russian-German talks. Photo: TASS With Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel at a news conference following Russian-German talks. Photo: TASS (The formal transcript is not fully released yet, but this page will be updated as it gets released.) Update: […]
Inside US Afghanistan pullout : The Grayzone interviews Pepe Escobar
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Posted on August 21, 2021 by martyrashrakat August 19, 2021 [embedded content] Share this: Like this: Like Loading… Related Filed under: Afghanistan, China, Russia, Taliban, War on Afghanistan | Tagged: CIA, CIA’s Opium Trade, cold war, cold war 2, Pepe Escobar | Source
Posted in CIA, russia, taliban Tags: Afghanistan, escobar, grayzone, inside, interviews, pullout No Comments »The Crimes Of The West In Afghanistan
August 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy Above Photo: An anti-war placard is seen during the demonstration in Parliament Square. Demonstrators gathered in protest against the Taliban, whose forces have taken over Afghanistan, as the UK Government debated the crisis. The protesters, some of whom are former translators for the British Army, also called on the UK Government to protect the citizens […]
Afghanistan: The end of the occupation
August 21st, 2021 Awake Goy A lot of nonsense about Afghanistan is being written in Britain and the United States. Most of this nonsense hides a number of important truths. First, the Taliban have defeated the United States. Second, the Taliban have won because they have more popular support. Third, this is not because most Afghans love the Taliban. It […]
Taliban Official: No Democracy in Afghanistan, Council Will Likely Rule
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy The Taliban terrorist group is considering using a council to govern Afghanistan after taking over the country, while leaving the movement’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, in overall charge. Akhundzada would likely play a role above the head of the council, who would be akin to the country’s president, Taliban official Waheedullah Hashimi, who has access to the […]
Portraits of Kabul: Crowded Hangars, Desperate Masses, Swarmed Barricades, A City in Chaos
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Less than a week has passed since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan following the U.S. withdrawal, and the emerging portrait is anything but peaceful. From hungry families sleeping on concrete to airport hangars filled at max capacity to desperate Afghans swarming the barricades, Kabul has descended into a warzone in the ashes of what […]
White House Sends Junior Official to Explain ‘Mission Was Accomplished’ at Kabul Airport
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy President Joe Biden did not take questions during a Wednesday appearance, nor did he say anything about Afghanistan, but the White House produced a junior official in a pink tie to explain which part of the “mission was accomplished” thus far. In a video released by the White House official Twitter account, Principal Deputy National Security […]
Posted in taliban, white house Tags: explain, house, junior, mission, official, sends, white No Comments »Biden: There Was No Intel. ‘Consensus’ on Taliban Takeover, Reports Said Takeover ‘More Likely’ to Be Towards End of Year
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” President Joe Biden said “there was no consensus” on the intelligence on the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, and that intelligence reports said a Taliban takeover was “more likely to be some time by the end of the year.” ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked, […]
Posted in Intelligence, taliban Tags: biden, consensus, intel, reports, takeover, Taliban, there No Comments »How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy August 18, 2021 By Pepe Escobar: The Saker Blog and cross-posted at the Unz Review. The first Taliban press conference after this weekend’s Saigon moment geopolitical earthquake, conducted by spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, was in itself a game-changer. The contrast could not be starker with those rambling pressers at the Taliban embassy in Islamabad after 9/11 and before […]
What You Are Not Being Told About The Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy The Afghan Taliban have won their 20 year war, waged upon them by the United States of America, which initially saw the group deposed from power in 2001. But the victory claimed by the Taliban, ousting its former US-backed President Ashraf Ghani, is beginning to open up many questions on what really just happened in […]
US Government Lied For Two Decades About Afghanistan
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy Above photo: The Taliban give an exclusive interview to Al Jazeera after taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021. Al Jazeera/YouTube. Using the same deceitful tactics they pioneered in Vietnam, U.S. political and military officials repeatedly misled the country about the prospects for success in Afghanistan. “The Taliban regime is coming to […]
إيران والطالبان وشيعة افغانستان
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy 2021-08-17 مجلة تحليلات العصر الدولية – محمّد صادق الهاشميّ A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim on January 31, 2021, shows Iran’ Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) of the Taliban in Tehran. – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for the formation […]
Afghan Lesson For Uncle Sam’s Running Dogs
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy August 15, 2021 Finian Cunningham Afghanistan is the most glaring proof of the American treachery. It’s a cautionary tale for others who incredibly still seem trusting in hitching their wagon to a U.S. alliance. U.S. President Joe Biden said this week that he has “no regrets” about pulling American forces out of Afghanistan as the […]
The return of the Taliban 20 Years later
August 19th, 2021 Awake Goy On August 15, the Taliban arrived in Kabul. The Taliban’s leadership entered the presidential palace, which Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had vacated when he fled into exile abroad hours before. The country’s borders shut down and Kabul’s main international airport lay silent, except for the cries of those Afghans who had worked for the U.S. and NATO; […]
Kabul & Saigon: A Tale of Two US Failures
August 18th, 2021 Awake Goy August 18, 2021 Source: Al Mayadeen By Ali Hamouch Each time the US decides to invade a country, it starts with a poorly thought-out mass mobilization and ends up dealing with disgraceful consequences. Kabul & Saigon: A Tale of Two US Failures A new dawn is embracing Kabul today – a dawn that bears with […]
NEW HORRIFYING FOOTAGE EMERGES AS EVACUATION FROM KABUL RESUMES (VIDEOS, 18+)
August 18th, 2021 Awake Goy 17.08.2021 This photo taken on May 8, 2018, shows people arriving at the domestic terminal of the Hamid Karzai International Airport of Kabul. (Photo by Dominique FAGET / AFP) (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via Getty Images) The evacuation of foreign and local civilians continues in Afghanistan that came under the Taliban’s control on […]
Posted in taliban Tags: emerges, evacuation, footage, horrifying, kabul, resumes, videos No Comments »UK Did Not See Taliban Takeover Coming: Foreign Secretary
August 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has admitted the UK government did not see the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan coming, adding it will have to engage with them in the future in order to hold them to account for their actions. Raab said several nations were “caught off-guard” by the quick and hostile nature of the militant […]
