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==2021 Kabul airport bombing==

==2021 Kabul airport bombing==

{{See also|Fall of Kabul}}

{{See also|Kabul airport bombing}}

[[File:Kabul airport suicide bombing August 26, 2021.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Kabul airport suicide bombing, August 26, 2021.<ref>https://twitter.com/shahidjourno19/status/1430909284347379718</ref>]]

[[File:Kabul airport suicide bombing August 26, 2021.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Kabul airport suicide bombing, August 26, 2021.<ref>https://twitter.com/shahidjourno19/status/1430909284347379718</ref>]]

On August 18, 2021 [[NBC News]] reported that the U.S. was working with the Taliban to evacuate Americans and allies out of Afghanistan. Gen. Mark Milley stated, "Through the State Department, the Taliban are facilitating safe passage to the airport for American citizens, that is, U.S. passport holders."  An exchange with a reporter and defense minister Lloyd Austin went like this:

On August 18, 2021 [[NBC News]] reported that the U.S. was working with the Taliban to evacuate Americans and allies out of Afghanistan. Gen. Mark Milley stated, "Through the State Department, the Taliban are facilitating safe passage to the airport for American citizens, that is, U.S. passport holders."  An exchange with a reporter and defense minister Lloyd Austin went like this:

Stuart Ramsey of ''[[Sky News]]'' wrote shortly after being expelled from Afghanistan by the UK Ministry of Defense amidst all the mayhem,

Stuart Ramsey of ''[[Sky News]]'' wrote shortly after being expelled from Afghanistan by the UK Ministry of Defense amidst all the mayhem,

{{quotebox|"One hope lies in a possible uprising. I wouldn’t discount it because young people born in the past 20 years (nearly two-thirds of Afghans are under 25 years of age) are used to Western ways, the internet and smartphones and won’t want to go back to some sort of medieval nonsense run by a bunch of criminals.  And they are, by and large, just that, the most influential security people within the Taliban organization belonging to the Haqqani Network, a cartel that sells opium around the world.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934115/STUART-RAMSAY-sends-vivid-angry-dispatch-Afghanistan.html</ref>}}

{{quotebox|"One hope lies in a possible uprising. I wouldn’t discount it because young people born in the past 20 years (nearly two-thirds of Afghans are under 25 years of age) are used to Western ways, the internet and smartphones and won’t want to go back to some sort of medieval nonsense run by a bunch of criminals.  And they are, by and large, just that, the most influential security people within the Taliban organization belonging to the Haqqani Network, a cartel that sells opium around the world.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9934115/STUART-RAMSAY-sends-vivid-angry-dispatch-Afghanistan.html</ref>}}

==September 2011 Kabul Attack==

==September 2011 Kabul Attack==

{{See also|September 2011 Kabul Attack}}

{{See also|September 2011 Kabul Attack}}