21 August 2021 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age

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The Road from Kabul to Idlib. Afghanistan and the Role of Al Qaeda

‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to evacuate Afghan allies by end of August: EU foreign policy chief says Americans create problems
https://www.rt.com/news/532724-borrell-impossible-evacuate-afghans-eu/

Reflections on Events in Afghanistan – 5
https://www.indianpunchline.com/reflections-on-events-in-afghanistan-5/

Afghanistan – The New ‘Northern Alliance’ Resistance Has Already Fallen Apart
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/08/afghanistan-the-new-northern-alliance-resistance-has-already-fallen-apart.html

Afghanistan: Labour demands urgent action over evacuation crisis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58290593

Afghanistan: US tells citizens to avoid Kabul airport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58293832

Not Everyone Wanted War In Afghanistan
https://popularresistance.org/not-everyone-wanted-war-in-afghanistan-we-should-listen-now/

News on China | No. 64
https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/08/news-on-china-no-64/

Afghanistan
https://popularresistance.org/afghanistan/

The Crimes Of The West In Afghanistan
https://popularresistance.org/the-crimes-of-the-west-in-afghanistan/

Keep The US Embassy In Kabul Open
https://popularresistance.org/keep-the-us-embassy-in-kabul-open/

It’s Time To Create An Afghan-Central Asian Connectivity Platform
https://orientalreview.org/2021/08/21/its-time-to-create-an-afghan-central-asian-connectivity-platform/

Reflections on Events in Afghanistan — 4
https://williambowles.info/2021/08/21/reflections-on-events-in-afghanistan-4/

Taliban fighters killed & captured after Afghan militias seize 3 districts just north of Kabul – reports
https://www.rt.com/news/532708-anti-taliban-resistance-afghansitan-baghlan/

China wants to ‘emulate Taliban’, Taiwan claims, vowing to defend itself from Beijing
https://www.rt.com/news/532711-china-taiwan-taliban-us/

No Amount Of PR Can Mask The UK’s Failure In Afghanistan
https://southfront.org/no-amount-of-pr-can-mask-the-uks-failure-in-afghanistan/

CBS accused of eco-overreach after claiming CLIMATE CHANGE ‘helped strengthen’ Taliban
https://www.rt.com/news/532698-taliban-climate-change-afghanistan/

Afghan crisis: Russia plans for new era with Taliban rule

Media Turns On Biden: “Why Do You Continue To Trust The Taliban Mr. President?”

On the External Factor of the Afghan Problem
https://journal-neo.org/2021/08/21/on-the-external-factor-of-the-afghan-problem/

Reflections On Events In Afghanistan (IV)
https://orientalreview.org/2021/08/21/reflections-on-events-in-afghanistan-iv/

Science, Salvation and Heretics: From Monsanto to Pfizer, Same Old Playbook
https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/08/science-salvation-and-heretics-from-monsanto-to-pfizer-same-old-playbook/

Newspaper headlines: Evacuation efforts in Kabul and Al-Qaeda warning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-58288462

Tumult grips White House amid week of Afghanistan failures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58286766

How Afghanistan’s media is changing under Taliban rule
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58273011

Create Two, Three, Many Saigons
https://popularresistance.org/create-two-three-many-saigons-that-is-the-watchword/

The Collapse Of Afghanistan And American Illusions
https://popularresistance.org/the-collapse-of-afghanistan-and-american-illusions/

The Real Reason Biden Abandoned Afghanistan So Fast
https://journal-neo.org/2021/08/20/the-real-reason-biden-abandoned-afghanistan-so-fast/

The US Never Intended to Create a Self-Reliant Afghan Government
https://journal-neo.org/2021/08/20/the-us-never-intended-to-create-a-self-reliant-afghan-government/

Afghanistan: The desperate scramble to escape
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58286000

Biden warns lives could be lost in Kabul airlift
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58285923

Antiwar Sentiment In The Military Is Stronger Than Ever
https://popularresistance.org/antiwar-sentiment-in-the-military-is-stronger-than-ever/