Afghanistan's fourth-largest city Mazar-i-Sharif falls to Taliban, sources say

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CNN spoke to Afghans in Herat and Kunduz, where some said the Taliban had brought a sense of quiet after weeks of fighting, while others expressed fear. He recalled a friend visiting his shop on Thursday warning of the Taliban's encroachment and suggesting they flee the city.

With Defense Budget of $778 billion US requested slipper wearing Taliban to spare their embassy. It took one election for US to change their policy from ‘Make America Great Again’ to ‘Make American Beg Again’ It is just a shame for all democracy !!

Both Afghan and US people have Traitors as governors and Allies. Afghan government betrayed by ignoring the brutal murder of journalists who were against Taliban. US by trampling the blood of its soldiers and people got killed on 9/11.

*This is an invasion

If the Taliban take control of Kabul, God will be angry and God said in his dream that disaster will soon come to the Taliban. که طالبان د کابل کنټرول په لاس کې واخلي ، خدای به په قهر شي او خدای په خپل خوب کې وویل چې ناورین به ډیر ژر طالبانو ته ورسیږي.

The US paid $2 Trillion and 1000s of deaths over 20 years for defense contractors to profit off of propping up Afghanistan with massive investment in training, equipment, infrastructure and military might - yet within weeks it completely collapses to rogue forces? Weird.

Government employees! As the pages of history turn and you come to your institutions with a fresh start, please restore your thoughts to twenty years ago. Beware of bribery, arrogance and corruption that has been rampant in institutions like the virus for the last twenty years.

Pancho Villas’s army would’ve done a better job against the Taliban.

Americans can't win a war!

Please with the government forces that we trained! They're not leaving without a fight, they're just changing uniforms! We've been training Taliban fighters as government fighters for 20 years!

So the army runs away. After trillions of dollars in training, equipment and american lives these guys run away. It was always for nothing.

Of course, after US escaping from its responsibility in Afghanistan, when they pulled out a lot of mineral resources ,(specifically Uranium) and made the Middle East like a hell , is taking back , but it’s wrong decision, because Russia and China or even Iran use this situation

Looks like CNN's decades of selling useless war is becoming profitable for them again. What a shame all the thousands of innocents murdered by Americans over the last several decades, pure tragedy.

It’s didn’t fall the city given to Taliban all country given to them. Shame on US.

Did we trained Afghan troops with bb guns for 10 years? Asking for a friend.

The way afaghan army is running, Usain bolt record have already been broken.

...the UN stated...prior to the ill-advised invasion...a war in Afghanistan would cost a few $100Billion...and take close to 300,000 ground forces...more body-bags than any sitting Government could endure...

Taliban world 🌎 tour

For sale. Used Afghan Army rifle. Only dropped once.

“Suddenly left” maybe they want the Taliban to take control?

Lmao that was fast....jeez

A big cope is that the U.S. would've won in Afghanistan if it had been willing to kill more people and employ violence more indiscriminately. The Soviet Union tried the no-holds barred approach of killing a million people there and failed.

Veterans see two decades of sacrifice disappear as Afghanistan crumbles .

Afghanistan Army entirely depended on America Army now that they are gone after 20 years they can't defend themselves.

20 Years 20 Days - Taliban took all back 👀🧐

excellent! so let me get this straight, Pakistan has effectively pummeled the soviets/nato/indian Bollywood machine/USA for the past 40 years and we keep going there to die. Afghan Army & government are such little pussies as they keep blaming Pakistan for their ass-kicking

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