
U.S. Embassy evacuation in Kabul underway, likely the reason for the blackouts, to provide cover of darkness for evacuation.

U.S. Embassy evacuation in Kabul underway, likely the reason for the blackouts, to provide cover of darkness for evacuation.
Kabul is under complete blackout, Ghani has started airstrikes on the outskirts.
Afghan security forces know what they did in places like Kunar and fear retribution.
Not only for themselves, but their families.
Nangarhar in the process of negotiating the province to the Taliban.
If this fails, the Pashtun Shinwaris of Nangarhar will have a problem. They weren’t very nice.

President Sleepy Joe finally woke up, warns Taliban of military response if U.S. Embassy in Kabul is attacked.
The Taliban want to humiliate Biden.
ANA 209th Shaheen Corps of Mazar Sharif routed, surrendered to Taliban.
The Taliban won either way, but if they force Ghani’s hand, Afghanistan loses.
Taliban captured Mihtarlam, Laghman, the twenty-fourth provincial capital to fall.
Taliban burned down several outposts here in earlier stages of the offensive, but weren’t able to take the capital until now.
Taliban captured Mazar Sharif, Balkh, the twenty-third provincial capital to fall.