Zero Hedge: Taliban Now 30 Miles From Kabul As Terrifying "March On Capital" Begins
The big international headlining story this week has been the Taliban's lighting fast gobbling up of Afghan territory amid the Biden ordered complete US troop withdrawal by the symbolic date of September 11.
As we observed previously, it's looking to get very awkward fast given the Taliban at this rate will be in control of the entire country by that date, making any 'mission accomplished' type speech given by Biden a total humiliation before the teleprompter so much as gets rolling.
As of yesterday the Taliban established itself a mere 90 miles south of Kabul, after capturing a major highway between the Afghan capital of Kandahar (the latter is now in complete Taliban control), given its taking of the provincial capital Ghazni along the highway.
The Taliban now has at least 18 provincial capitals under its belt, which makes up well over two-thirds of the geographic country.
On Friday there are new reports the Taliban are now a mere 30 miles from Kabul, putting the Islamists in direct striking distance as preparations for a major offensive begin, and as the US embassy has been ordered evacuated.
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WNU Editor: I concur with Zero Hedge's report that Russian media is saying the situation facing Kabul is even more dire than what the Western press is saying.
I follow Russian news (in Russian) all the time, and their reporting on Afghanistan has been far more accurate than what the Western press is reporting.
Here is a report from Sputnik in English .... Taliban Reported to Be Just 50 km Outside Kabul as Besieged City Faces Power Outages (Sputnik).
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