MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 271245UTC Aug 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100” (Associated Press via CTV)
• “‘Afghanistan is savable’: Ousted Afghan vice-president asks Canadians, the West for help to resist Taliban” (Toronto Star syndicate via St. Catherine’s Standard)
• “Afghan-Canadian media publisher frustrated by red tape trying to bring staff, family to safety” (CBC via Yahoo News)
• “Last holdouts against Taliban look to Canada — and Quebec — as model for a new Afghanistan” (National Post)
• Opinion:  “GUNTER: Justin Trudeau’s broken promise to our Afghanistan allies humiliates Canada” (canoe.ca/Toronto Sun chain)
• Opinion:  “Our economic recovery depends on getting more evacuees out of Afghanistan” (Toronto Star)
• “New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100” (Associated Press via cp24.com)
• “Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resume after deadly Kabul bombings” (france24.com)
• “Evacuations resume in Kabul; U.S. expects more violence after twin bombings” (United Press International)
• “Factbox: Evacuations from Afghanistan by country” (Reuters)
• “U.S. says 105,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan since mid-Aug” (Reuters)
• “Should the US have stayed in Afghanistan longer?” (Al Jazeera)
• “Analysis: Islamic State attack signals West’s least bad option for Afghanistan: the Taliban” (Reuters)
• “Once Enemies, U.S. and Taliban Find Common Ground Against ISIS” (Bloomberg)
• “The Latest: Russia condemns Kabul bombings, says concerned” (Associated Press via abcnews.go.com)
• “Turkey holds first talks with the Taliban in Kabul” (Al Jazeera)
• “Erdogan Says Turkey Has Held Its First Talks With Taliban” (TOLO News, AFG independent media)
• “Defense Ministers of Turkey, US to Discuss Kabul Airport Plan” (TOLO News, AFG independent media)
• “Turkey won’t help at Kabul airport without its own security -officials” (Reuters)
• “Taliban urge Afghan imams to preach about importance of obeying rulers at Friday prayers” (India Today)
• “Taliban vows to protect portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in UK’s Kabul embassy after chaotic exit – reports” (Russia Today, RUS state media)
• “Kremlin ‘Condemns’ Deadly Kabul Attacks” (Agence-France Presse via RUS independent media)
• “China strongly condemns Kabul airport terror attacks” (Global Times, CHN state media, links to archived version of article)
• “Limits Of US Power: ‘Wanted’ Terrorist With $5M Reward On His Head Runs Kabul Security” (International Business Times)

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