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Link-dump of Afghanistan-related Web-links
al-Jazeera timeline live-updates article on the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan
(still being continuously updated per Aug. 17, 2021)
๐ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/16/taliban-says-afghanistan-war-over-as-president-diplomats-fleea US war veteran of the US Afghanistan occupation shares her feelings (on Twitter) about Afghanistan today
(link to non-tracking mirror of Twitter thread)
๐ https://nitter.eu/LauraJedeed/status/1426689324284841987Beau of the Fifth Column weighs in on three questions heโs been getting a lot regarding the US withdrawal from Afghanistan (10-minute video)
๐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mYE6xQPoFwHeartbreaking: Afghanistanโs Paralympic Team Canโt Travel To Tokyo, With Airports In Turmoil
๐ https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028072127/afghanistan-paralympics-team-tokyo-airport-kabul-talibanMy own potentially stupid & cancel-able suggestion to the Taliban, posted publicly to my personal blog:
๐ https://minddumpster.wordpress.com/2021/08/16/hot-take-opportunity-for-taliban/
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