Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #797: August 17, 2021: ‘Afghanistan Redux’ by ZUMA award winning Photographer Adam Rountree who was in Kandahar when the Taliban arrived.
Story of the Week #797: TUESDAY August 17, 2021: ‘Afghanistan Redux’ by ZUMA award winning Photographer Adam Rountree who was in Kandahar when the Taliban arrived: On 10 August, the US intelligence warned that the Afghanistan government will collapse in 30 to 90 days and the Taliban could take control. Five days later, Kabul fell, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled, and Washington witnessed another 1975 Saigon air evacuation like situation. The nation which had only just begun to start showing signs of recovery from the devastation of a 20 year war returned to the dark times it had left behind. Thousands of Afghans have fled their homes amid fears the Taliban will again impose a brutal, repressive government, all but eliminating women’s rights and conducting public amputations, stoning’s and executions. The US has spent 3 billion training, equipping, and paying Afghanistan’s security forces since 2001, yet despite all that assistance, Afghanistan’s military and police have proved incapable of securing the country. According to the IRC currently 18 million people in the country require humanitarian aid. Welcome to ‘Afghanistan Redux’
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