FOR THOSE OF US WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY SERVING OVERSEAS; TALIBAN ALMOST THERE AT KABUL GATEWAY, TROOPS ARE BACK, MARINES HAVE LANDED---AND THREE BIDEN ADMIN AFGHANISTAN CLAIMS THAT HAVE NOT AGED WELL

Prayers for our troops.........our embassy personnel... .and the men, the women and children soon to be under Taliban control.

#1, MARINES LAND---The Marines have landed. The first forces of a Marine battalion arrived in Kabul late Friday to provide protection as the US evacuates diplomats and thousands of Afghans while the Taliban bears down. Saturday, the insurgent forces captured Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province in Afghanistan, 40 miles south of Kabul and one of the gateways to the capital city.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said “elements” of a Marine battalion were now in Kabul, The Associated Press reported. “They have arrived, their arrival will continue ’til tomorrow,” a US official told Reuters. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/08/14/marines-arrive-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-captures-gateway-to-kabul/

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#2,Three Afghanistan claims from the Biden team that aged poorly....very disturbing content......MORE AT https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/three-afghanistan-promises-biden?utm_source=browser_push&utm_medium=onesignal&utm_campaign=push_notifications

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#3, A BETRAYAL TO VETERANS https://nypost.com/2021/08/14/vets-watch-afghanistan-crumble-with-anger-sadness/

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BIDEN SILENCE, TAKES LONG WEEKEND  https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/critics-slam-bidens-long-weekend-as-afghanistan-falls-to-taliban/

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BEGGIN' JOE: Biden Admin Pleads With Taliban Terrorists To Spare U.S. Embassy In Kabul, Report Says--

Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly pleading with Taliban terrorists to spare the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as the the extremist group has rapidly regained control of the majority of Afghanistan.

“American negotiators are trying to extract assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the U.S. Embassy in Kabul if the extremist group takes over the country’s government and ever wants to receive foreign aid,” The New York Times reported. “The effort, led by Zalmay Khalilzad, the chief American envoy in talks with the Taliban, seeks to stave off a full evacuation of the embassy as they rapidly seize cities across Afghanistan.”  MORE AT https://www.dailywire.com/news/begging-joe-biden-admin-pleads-with-taliban-terrorists-to-spare-u-s-embassy-in-kabul-report-says?utm_source=Jeeng

UPDATED:  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/08/afghanistan-for-those-of-with-friends.html