August 15, 2021 · Afghanistan Theater
August 15, 2021
In the span of eleven days in August 2021, the Taliban capture every provincial capital in Afghanistan and enter Kabul as the US-backed government dissolves. President Ghani flees by helicopter. Thousands of Afghans flood Kabul's airport, clinging to the outside of US military aircraft. The collapse is complete — the government the US spent 20 years and $2 trillion building evaporates in less time than it took to plan a single battle.
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