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'''Afghanistan''' (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان), officially the '''Islamic Republic of Afghanistan''',<ref>http://www.president.gov.af/</ref> is a country in [[South Asia]] which borders the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east and [[Iran]] to the west. Afghanistan was the scene of the defeat of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Soviet-Afghan war]] of 1979–1988. In the 1990s an extremist Islamic [[Taliban]] movement took control and allowed Osama bin-Laden and his Al-Qaeda to operate there and plan the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the U.S. An international invasion led by the U.S. overthrew the Taliban in 2001, but they have rebuilt strongholds in the south, along the Pakistan border, and have escalated the insurgency. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] withdrew [[American]] forces from the country in a way that enabled its nearly immediate recapture by the [[Taliban]]. In August 2021, with jihadi Taliban blitzkrieg advances posing for pictures in the presidential palace<ref>[https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/taliban-assumes-control-of-afghanistan-reports/ Taliban takes control of presidential palace, poses for pictures inside]

'''Afghanistan''' (Pashto/Dari: افغانستان), officially the '''Islamic Republic of Afghanistan''',<ref>http://www.president.gov.af/</ref> is a country in [[South Asia]] which borders the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east and [[Iran]] to the west. Afghanistan was the scene of the defeat of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Soviet-Afghan war]] of 1979–1988. In the 1990s an extremist Islamic [[Taliban]] movement took control and allowed Osama bin-Laden and his Al-Qaeda to operate there and plan the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the U.S. An international invasion led by the U.S. overthrew the Taliban in 2001, but they have rebuilt strongholds in the south, along the Pakistan border, and have escalated the insurgency. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] withdrew [[American]] forces from the country in a way that enabled its nearly immediate recapture by the [[Taliban]]. In August 2021, with jihadi Taliban blitzkrieg advances posing for pictures in the presidential palace<ref>[https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/taliban-assumes-control-of-afghanistan-reports/ Taliban takes control of presidential palace, poses for pictures inside]

Mark Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, NYPost,

Mark Moore and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, NYPost,

August 15, 2021</ref> and shooting kids in front of their parents,<ref>[https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/taliban-shooting-kids-in-front-of-their-parents-23186832 Taliban shooting kids in front of their parents] Mid-Day, Aug 8, 2021.

August 15, 2021</ref> and shooting kids in front of their parents,<ref name=mid-day>[https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/taliban-shooting-kids-in-front-of-their-parents-23186832 Taliban shooting kids in front of their parents] Mid-Day, Aug 8, 2021.

''According to local media reports, the Taliban have murdered more than 40 civilians in Malistan in the past one week. Most of these civilians were Hazaras.''</ref> it is becoming a great humiliation<ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3454321 Biden let Afghanistan manage on its own against the Taliban. It ended in great humiliation than Vietnam]

''According to local media reports, the Taliban have murdered more than 40 civilians in Malistan in the past one week. Most of these civilians were Hazaras.''</ref> it is becoming a great humiliation<ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3454321 Biden let Afghanistan manage on its own against the Taliban. It ended in great humiliation than Vietnam]

''The US president wanted to end the long war in American history on the symbolic date of September 11. Instead, al-Qaeda allies will celebrate the occupation of the country, which fell faster than Saigon in 1975.''

''The US president wanted to end the long war in American history on the symbolic date of September 11. Instead, al-Qaeda allies will celebrate the occupation of the country, which fell faster than Saigon in 1975.''

''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref>

''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref>

Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref>

Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref>