Monday, August 16, 2021

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 12:24):

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National Humiliation and Humanitarian Disaster: Peril Ensues as Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan–to America’s Shame and Grave Danger of Her Allies

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
How the Taliban Overran the Afghan Army, Built by the U.S. Over 20 Years

WALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital Kabul

WALL STREET JOURNAL (SAEED SHAH)
Afghans Tell of Executions, Forced ‘Marriages’ in Taliban-Held Areas

NEW YORK TIMES (DAVID ZUCCHINO)
Kabul’s Sudden Fall to Taliban Ends U.S. Era in Afghanistan

PART 2
(12:25 – 21:59):

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A Brief History of Turmoil in Afghanistan: Why Government Stability is One of the Rarest of Historical Accomplishments and Evidence of the Grace of God to Humanity

POLITICO (NATASHA KORECKI AND CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO)
‘Clearly botched’: Biden White House Under Assault on Afghanistan Drawdown

PART 3
(21:60 – 24:46):

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Prayers for Haiti as the Country is Yet Again in Desperate Need of Help After Earthquake Kills Hundreds and Injures Thousands

THE FUND FOR PEACE
Fragile States Index

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