#2021 Kabul airlift

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Lithuanian SOF escort some of the Afghans lucky enough to flee Afghanistan before the Taliban resumed power, Aug 2021

[dandelionh3art]

A history lesson to the people who are busy going off about Afghanistan. Remember what your country did!

Your government has destroyed lives! I know you don't actually care. But still!

Many Afghan interpreters and support staff were left behind when U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021. These interpreters, along with their families, had worked closely with American forces over two decades, often in dangerous conditions, providing essential language skills, cultural insights, and support on the ground. Their work made them targets for the Taliban, who viewed them as collaborators with foreign forces.

The U.S. government did have the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program in place to help interpreters and others who assisted American operations to immigrate to the United States. However, this program faced extensive backlogs, lengthy processing times, and bureaucratic hurdles, which prevented many from securing visas in time.

When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, an emergency evacuation airlift was organized, but it was chaotic, and many who were eligible for evacuation were unable to make it to the airport or were left behind due to the sheer volume of people needing assistance.

Efforts to bring these individuals to safety have continued since the withdrawal. Some advocacy groups and veteran-led organizations have taken matters into their own hands, helping some interpreters escape to nearby countries or find other means of protection. However, thousands of Afghan interpreters and their families remain at risk, as they continue to face threats from the Taliban, which now controls Afghanistan.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.26 (after 1900)

1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I. 1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. 1922 – Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved. 1940 – World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. 1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. 1966 – The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. 1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. 1972 – The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. 1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. 1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. 1980 – After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. 1997 – Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. 1998 – The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. 2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. 2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. 2014 – The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. 2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. 2021 – During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. 2023 – Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead.

[petnews2day]

Pen Farthing Tells True Story of 171 Cats and Dogs Airlifted From Kabul

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Pen Farthing Tells True Story of 171 Cats and Dogs Airlifted From Kabul

LONDON—When the Afghan capital fell in August 2021, former British Royal Marine Pen Farthing raised a million pounds of private funds within days to evacuate 171 cats and dogs and his Afghan staff from the Kabul shelter he ran. Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing set up the Nowzad charity in Kabul 18 years ago to care for […]

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[arpov-blog-blog]

On the Hill

House GOP keeps digging into Afghanistan withdrawal

Democrats need to hot the fact that the Trump Administration negotiated the release of over 5000 Taliban members and leaders a year before they scheduled an April 2020 withdrawal. This gave the Taliban time to undermine Afghan forces outside of Kabul. By the time the withdrawal began the Taliban had retaken all but Kabul...""While House Republicans struggle to find hard evidence for impeaching President Biden over his family members’ business dealings, it’s their probe of the Afghanistan withdrawal that could be the most damaging House investigation for the president.

House Republicans are holding another hearing on the topic today, drawing attention to the chaotic withdrawal of more than 120,000 people from Afghanistan in 2021. In this election year, it’s expected to be contentious. 

But Democrats say Biden’s opponent in 2024 — former president Donald Trump — set the timeline for withdrawal, entered into an agreement with the Taliban and is as much to blame. They’ll focus on that in the hearing today.

“The Committee has also learned, in contrast to the Republicans’ framing of our withdrawal, that President Trump’s Doha Deal with the Taliban emboldened the Taliban and led to the Afghan government’s precipitous collapse,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), the committee’s top Democrat, said in a statement to The Earlyt, referencing the agreement signed in February 2020 that called for the U.S. military’s withdrawal within 14 months.

Democrats will also defend the president and the Biden administration’s transparency during the House investigation.

“The over 100 hours of closed-door testimony, multiple public hearings, and 11,000 pages of documents produced to the Committee have reinforced that the administration had a comprehensive plan to successfully airlift over 124,000 people out of Afghanistan, despite the dynamic situation caused by the Afghan government’s collapse,” Meeks said in a statement. 

The State Department released a scathing after-action report in the summer, saying Biden and Trump failed to assess how the U.S. withdrawal would destabilize the Afghan government."

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Hundreds more airmen to receive medals for roles in Kabul evacuation

Read More Military Times  Hundreds more airmen who orchestrated Operation Allies Refuge, the massive evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan as U.S. forces withdrew in 2021, will receive medals honoring those efforts, the Air Force announced Wednesday. Air Mobility Command, which oversees the airlift and aerial refueling enterprise, said it will award 355 medals in all. They include eight…

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On this day in Wikipedia: Saturday, 26th August

Welcome, שלום, Benvenuta, こんにちは 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 26th August through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

26th August 2021 🗓️ : Event - 2021 Kabul airlift During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians. "Large-scale evacuations of foreign citizens and some vulnerable Afghan citizens took place amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces at the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban took control of Kabul and declared victory on 15 August 2021, and the NATO-backed Islamic Republic of..."

Image by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

26th August 2018 🗓️ : Event - Jacksonville Landing shooting Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. "The Jacksonville Landing shooting, also known as the Jacksonville shooting, was a mass shooting that occurred at a video game tournament for the video game Madden NFL 19 in Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida, on August 26, 2018, at about 1:30 pm (EDT). A lone gunman, David Katz, shot and..."

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26th August 2013 🗓️ : Death - John J. Gilligan John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (b. 1921) "John Joyce “Jack” Gilligan (March 22, 1921 – August 26, 2013) was an American Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. Representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius, who later served as governor of Kansas and..."

Image by Ohio State Government & Ohio School for the Deaf

26th August 1973 🗓️ : Birth - Richard Evatt Richard Evatt, English boxer (d. 2012) "Richard Evatt (26 August 1973 – 17 July 2012), also called 'tiger', was a British amateur and professional boxer in the super featherweight division who was unsuccessful in his only opportunity to win a world title. He hailed from Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom...."

26th August 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Wolfgang Sawallisch Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (d. 2013) "Wolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist...."

Image licensed under CC0? by Wolfgang Sawallisch

26th August 1819 🗓️ : Birth - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861) "Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of..."

Image by John Jabez Edwin Mayal

26th August 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus "Simplicius, Constantius and Victorinus (Victorian(us)) (Italian: Simplicio, Costanzo e Vittoriano) are venerated as Christian martyrs of the 2nd century. Simplicius, was, according to tradition, a Christian of the Abruzzi region who was executed along with his two sons, Constantius and Victorian,..."

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Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[aqsaa8685]

Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[ansraali]

Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[amdia80]

Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[captain-price-unofficially]

A Danish soldier holds up a Danish flag to identify families during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 August 2021

[iqrakanjri7878]

Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 8.26 (after 1900)

1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to allied hand in World War I. 1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau. 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. 1922 – Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved. 1940 – World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor. 1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day. 1944 – World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris. 1966 – The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe. 1970 – The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. 1972 – The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. 1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec. 1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. 1980 – After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming. 1997 – Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead. 1998 – The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite. 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. 2003 – A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board. 2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended. 2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA. 2014 – The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published. 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. 2018 – Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. 2021 – During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.

[iqra8482]

Managing Chaos: The 2021 Kabul Airlift

On this special edition podcast, listeners will get to hear the first 20 minutes of Unspent Rounds, a members-only War on the Rocks podcast that features interesting conversations with interesting people. On this episode, Aaron Stein spoke with Capt. Adam “AI” Solomon, an airfield operations flight commander. Adam was in charge of airfield operations and oversaw almost all aspects of flight…

[antoniojimenez]

ANTONIO JIMENEZ. bio. // stats. // inspo. // visuals.

BRIEF OVERVIEW. Name: Antonio Jimenez Nickname(s): Tony, AJ, Ghost (call-sign in the military) Age: 37 Occupation: Chef at La Macina Gang Affiliation: Los Santos- Bombardeo Time living in Tonopah: Four years Hometown: Pensacola, Florida

BACKGROUND. -Born in Florida to a Mexican immigrant turned Marine and a high school English teacher. The eldest of three siblings. Moved around a lot growing up. -Joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen, later trained to become a fighter pilot. After a few support missions, he eventually joined the conflict in the Middle East and experienced the atrocities of war firsthand. -Married a total stranger in Las Vegas in 2015. The pair decided to make it work even though he was set to deploy not long after. Over the course of their marriage, ended up having two kids together, now aged seven and five. -In 2019, Antonio, along with the carrier he was escorting, were ambushed in the skies near Kabul, and shot down. Only Tony and one other survived. Badly injured, he was airlifted to his wife's hometown of Tonopah Valley to recover. -Basically spiraled, got heavy into drugs and alcohol. Failed his drug screens, was dishonorably discharged from the military. Mentally checked out. -Divorced in 2021 as a result. Could barely make ends meet and could hardly pay his child support. -About a year later, his cousin pushed him at Los Santos after learning that the cartel needed a pilot. This was the shove he needed to clean up and do better. -Has been piloting product for the cartel since 2022 and has been sober for nearly a year. His family doesn't know about his dealings with the cartel and he wants it to stay that way.

HEADCANONS. -Loves photography, always has a camera with him. -Would absolutely travel the world if he could. He loves exploring new places and learning about different cultures. -Is greatly opposed to the idea of the cartel ever aligning with the MC. -He and his sister are estranged, despite living in the same town. He wants this relationship to get better but isn't sure how to go about it.