nytimes August 26, 2021 1:00am U.S. Says 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan as Withdrawal Deadline Nears #afghanistanwar2001 #terrorism #womenandgirls #humanrightsandhumanrightsviolations #evacuationsandevacuees #islamicstateiniraqandsyriaisis #taliban #mujahidzabiullah #kabulafghanistan #afghanistan #blinkenantonyj #news U.S. Says 1,500 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Evacuation Enters Final Days The State Department is frantically trying to track down U.S. citizens. Tens of thousands of Afghan allies will all but certainly be left behind.
nytimes August 20, 2021 6:00pm How the Taliban Can Use Social Media to Tame Afghanistan #afghanistan #socialmedia #censorship #afghanistanwar2001 #newsandnewsmedia #computersandtheinternet #wirelesscommunications #cellulartelephones #propaganda #taliban #mujahidzabiullah #news How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control In the 1990s, they banned the internet. Now they use it to threaten and cajole the Afghan people, in a sign of how they might use technology to build power.