MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 281630UTC Aug 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• Opinion:  “GUNTER: Afghan interpreter narrowly escapes Kabul thanks to retired Canadian sergeant’s efforts” (Edmonton Sun)
• “After daring escape, Afghan interpreter desperate to bring rest of family to Canada” (CTV)
• ” “Maybe they will hang me”: Fearing death, stranded former employees of Canada desperate for another way out of Afghanistan” (National Post)
• “Afghanistan crisis: Trudeau says Canada working on ways to rescue Afghans” (Global)
• “Why Canada failed to rescue ‘a hell of a lot more’ Afghans, according to former generals” (CBC)
• Opinion:  “Cornies: Canada’s aims in Afghanistan shouldn’t be confused with America’s” (Postmedia via London Free Press)
• “NP View: Canada’s national humiliation in Afghanistan” (National Post)
• “U.K. starts to bring troops home as Kabul airlift winds down” (Associated Press via CTV)
• “Britain’s final civilian flights will soon leave Afghanistan” (Reuters via CBC)
• “France, UK end civilian evacuations from Afghanistan” (france24.com)
• “Afghan evacuations enter end game amid threats of more attacks” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Intense negotiations continue over future of Kabul airport after US forces leave” (france24.com)
• “Factbox: Evacuations from Afghanistan by country” (Reuters)
• “UAE helps 28,000 flee Afghanistan since fall of Kabul” (english.alaraby.co.uk)
• “UNHCR: 500,000 Afghans May Leave in Next 4 Months” (TOLO News, independent AFG media)
• “Taliban moves to seal off Kabul airport as US deadline approaches” (Associated Press via Irish Examiner)
• “U.S. airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan” (Associated Press via cp24.com)
• “U.S. strikes Islamic State in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul attack” (Reuters)
• “Afghanistan: US says drone strike killed IS-K planner” (BBC)
• “Afghanistan drone strike targeted Islamic State ‘planner’ in car, US says” (Guardian, U.K.)
• “U.S. warns of more attacks after retaliating for Kabul airport blast” (Reuters)
• “What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban” (Hull Daily Mail, U.K.)
• “Massoud Supporters Reject Taliban Claim of Entering Panjshir” (TOLO News, independent AFG media)
• “Afghanistan: Heavy clashes reported between Taliban, Resistance forces in Kapisa province” (Asia News International, IND-based media)
• “Is the Taliban up to the security challenges in Afghanistan?” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Pakistan will play constructive role in Afghanistan, says (PAK foreign minister) Qureshi amid accusations of Islamabad aiding Taliban” (Asia News International, IND-based media)
• “Growth of Afghan opium trade may undermine Taliban pledge to kick the habit” (Washington Post via Stars & Stripes)

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