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Army, which collapsed instead of fighting. after the u.s. pulled out of bases and left them without air support. and the u.s. didnt see this coming? we reported on the tremendous security vacuum created when the u.s. left the air base two months ago, leaving it so undefended and empty, i was able to bike down the runway. the warning signs were there. and this weekend, kabul was taken without resistance. and the afghan president fled. still in the country are tens of thousands of afghan interpret...

Disperse. instead they ran along and clung to the undercarriage of military transport plane, as it taxied for takeoff. when u.s. military official told, me it was 100 times worse, than the humiliating american pull out from saigon. afghans are running from the taliban, now in full control. today setting up checkpoints, with the very weapons american taxpayers bought for the afghan army, which collapsed instead of fighting. after the u.s. pulled out basis, and left them without air support. in th...

A signal as "the wall street journal" editorial board writes today when the worlds rogue senses that a superpower lacks the will to support its friends. they look for other ways to take advantage. in terms of taking advantage, morgan brought up the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. we invaded afghanistan after 9/11 to take out al qaeda and its talent than sponsors ill point out the u.n. in a recent report said that the two groups quote remain closely aligned and show no indication of ...

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Creation here should have taught the west a lesson. and a security vacuum here will haunt them. we west a lesson. and a security vacuum here will haunt them.— here will haunt them. we must leave our conversation _ here will haunt them. we must leave our conversation there, _ here will haunt them. we must leave our conversation there, im - here will haunt them. we must leave our conversation there, im very - our conversation there, im very grateful for your our conversation there, im very grate...

With another round of intra-Afghan talks is scheduled to begin in next couple of days, Pakistan does not seem hopeful of a breakthrough, reinforcing its worry a

When the last US and NATO forces leave Afghanistan this year, will the Afghan military be ready to ensure security and defend against the Taliban? Corruption and lack of pay and equipment have demoralized members of the security forces.

>> i mean, susan, what about the concern that, you talk about pain. right? the concern that trumps decision to do this is now opening this door for a security vacuum that risks a resurgence of isis, the very group that your son lost his life fighting. how does that make you feel? >> well, to use the surgery analogy again, its as if all of those stitches were just ripped out and another incision made and then bacteria just poured into it. its -- its -- im just at a loss to understand if there was...

Situation in northern syria is escalating today. the woe"washington post" report "russia announced on tuesday its units are now patrolling between the turkish and syrian militaries near southern syrian town. in a sign that moscow, a key ally of the syrian government, was moving to fill a security vacuum after u.s. troops were withdrawn from the area." russia literally filling the void left by the u.s. in a tragedy of donald trumps own making. this war began after trumps call with turkish preside...

Members. these arent the isis-hardened criminals and terrorists who are also held in camps. they are women and children. it looks as though they either took advantage of the security vacuum that was left by members of the kurdish fighting group, sdf, rushing to the front lines to fight off the invading turkish military and syrian allies, or it was coordinated between the turks and their syrian allies and the isis elements that were inside this camp. depending on who you would ask, it would seem ...