Visuals shared by the pro-Taliban account showed hundreds of the group's armed fighters in command of the main highway in Maidan Wardak province connecting #Kabul with the rest of the country's southern and western provinces.

— NotesFrom.NET (@NotesFromNET) August 14, 2021

Agthatbuilds said:

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Looks like us and UK might try to hold Kabul?

Might work if you can slow the blitz and then bring in heavy air power. To those who deployed there- how often did you have a chance at a full size fight?

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Doubtful. Just trying to delay the Taliban at best to safeguard as many Westerners out as possible. As bad as this thing has been, can you imagine if the Taliban manages to capture more than a few westerners? Even the Dems recognize the PR disaster that would be. More troops is just a stopgap to buy time.

Second part was fairly common at my part of the war, circa '08. Things changed a lot in the years following though. It was not uncommon for us to engage forces of similar size to us. Squad on squad essentially. Three ambushes of 50+ enemy and one rather hairy night where they made an actual attempt on overrunning our FOB. That was a memorable night. Since then though, I think the kinetic phase of the war slowed down considerably.

Also, taliban has stolen some helicopters and apparently flying them around

Dad Jokes said:

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I move on Taiwan yesterday if I'm China.

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Without a doubt and something I have worried about for months now. In my mind, it is just a matter of time and probably sooner rather than later. I feel that way because I would do it if I were the leader of China. Just makes the most sense to do it now.

Agthatbuilds said:

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Also, taliban has stolen some helicopters and apparently flying them around

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Sounds like target practice to me.

Every have Battalion size fights

The same applies to the UK too. Please read this as very few people understand what is happening right now as there is literally a matter of hours for this to happen before things get really bad.#Afganistan #AfghanistanBurning #Kabul https://t.co/nHlvBzyd7T

— Interested Person (@InterestedPer16) August 14, 2021

⭕️#Afganistan: INFO (unconfirmed)
👉Three helicopters landed at the presidential palace in #Kabul.
👉The Taliban are attacking the capital.
👉We share this info with caution pic.twitter.com/WOupfl3ir4

— TheMighty_Bea$t (@phlemzy_king) August 14, 2021

Too late as Taliban already knocking on #kabul

— Peer Khan (@PeeraK) August 14, 2021

Looking increasingly likely that the #Afghan president has, or is, or is is about to flee #Kabul/Afghanistan

— Michael De La Broc (@MichaelDeLaBro1) August 14, 2021

So, how do the troops get out? If the taliban gets near the airport and we happen to have gotten the westerners out, who protects the troops exit?

#BREAKING#Canada to send special forces to #Afghanistan to close embassy in #Kabul

Canadian special forces will deploy to Afghanistan where staff in Canada’s embassy in Kabul will be evacuated before it closes -cnbc

— Dailyaz (@dailyaz1) August 14, 2021

Taliban are less than 10 km away from #Kabul. The United States govt has requested Taliban to let them evacuate before they take over.

Taliban are fighting on different fronts. Afghanistan is falling in the hands of the #Taliban at the speed of light.

— DBTV (@dbtv_live) August 14, 2021

I think we're going to have to push the taliban out of Kabul before this is over

This is an absolute ****ing disaster. Pray for the warfighters on the ground at Hamid Karzai because there are a lot of good men in there about to be involved in a very tense situation.

How they are going to keep the civilians from trying to overrun **** is beyond me.

Starting to look like no one. Our Dunkirk, with no navy

So many Kabul civilians about to be brutalized and killed.

Gonna be like a Guadalcanal drop the Marines off and come back in a month.

Man. You're going to have 5000 pissed off troops in Kabul. You need to feel sorry for the taliban. You ever been in combat with a pissed off 23 year old E4, who lives off nothing but smokes, Copenhagen and energy drinks? Not to mention these dudes WANT to get into a fight. That's why they joined the infantry.

I'm thinking they need air support right now. Bomb the hell out of them before they enter the city.

Gonna need to go on the offensive

xiden and the woke military doesn't have the stones. Just like Hussein, they're likely going to leave them out to dry with the least amount of support. It's pathetic. Hope the military supporting dems and cms are paying attention to what they put in office.

FriscoKid said:

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I'm thinking they need air support right now. Bomb the hell out of them before they enter the city.

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I'm sure there is a military contractor or two that would agree with this in order to get another big order for bombs

They are in certain parts of the city now

Seabreeze said:

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Mazar-e-Sharif, #Afghanistan’s fourth largest city and economic hub of the north, has fallen to the Taliban.

Another devastating loss to the government in #Kabul.

Govt forces now only control two major cities — Kabul and Jalalabad in the east. That is likely next target.

— Muhammad Al Fateh (@Muhamma17396721) August 14, 2021

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Read an AP article stating that their were Afghan army and 2 Warlords with thousands of troops defending the city.

The warlords left and can't be found. The Afghan leader then surrendered all weapons to the Taliban.

About to witness mass genocide that the media will ignore

Yep

Irish 2.0 said:

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About to witness mass genocide that the media will ignore

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Taliban has the cards. They can pretty simply walk through the streets. When we fight and civilians are killed, it will be blamed on us

#kabul #کابل Kabul right now pic.twitter.com/3jfmSSa3JW

— $Doge $Shiba (@Doge46611743) August 14, 2021

It's foolish to think we can resolve other country's civil conflicts.

Why would we not carpet the roadways full of Taliban coming into Kabul until we get everyone out??? what the hell are we doing????

The amount of foreign military traffic going through #Pakistan’s airspace at this moment is enormous as the US, UK and NATO countries evacuate their citizens from #Kabul, #Afghanistan. But don’t worry, they all get a friendly escort by the Pakistan Air Force! pic.twitter.com/Qg2d7Ldc8t

— AEROSINT Division PSF 🇵🇰 (@PSFAERO) August 14, 2021