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πŸ‡±πŸ‡° The head of the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka, Pavitra Vannyaracchi, was removed from office for approving witchcraft and "magic potions" to fight covid. She will now become Minister of Transport.

Sri Lanka, by the way, is open to vaccinated Russians without quarantine. Sri Lankan Airlines is currently flying in Colombo, Aeroflot will fly from September 2. For TUI Russia tourists, there will probably be a "two tickets for the price of one" promotion.
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"There's gonna be no circumstances where u'll see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy of U.S from Afghanistan, it will not be like Saigon, Taliban will not take over Afghanistan" - U.S President Joe Biden, 18 July 2021.

What followed next was...
⚠️ BIG BREAKING ⚠️

Flag of the Northern Alliance has been raised in Panjshir, Afghanistan.

The movement is now officially alive for the first time since 2001, now led by Ahmad Massoud, son of its legendary ex-leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud.
βš‘οΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡« Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the Khost militia and the General Directorate of Security have reportedly refused to surrender to the 🏳️ Taliban. They are allegedly heading to Kabul in 300-350 vehicles.

Taliban forces are deploying south of Kabul to meet the approaching group.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβ—πŸ‡¦πŸ‡« A US spokesman told Sky News that the US military presence in Afghanistan will end in the next three days.

The CENTCOM commander also noted that the security situation at Kabul airport is very bad, adding that the number of US troops guarding Kabul airport is 2,000.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² US resumes flights from Kabul airport

Meanwhile, the situation at the capital's airport continues to escalate. It was also reported that a US soldier received a gunshot wound, but no details were given.
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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ίβ—There are currently no threats to the Russian Embassy in Kabul, so the diplomats will continue their work as usual - Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan.
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ίβ—πŸ³ Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov confirms that Taliban forces are guarding the Russian embassy in Kabul.

Zhirnov asserted that the Taliban will not harm a hair on the head of Russian diplomats.
The head of the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, held a personal meeting with 🏳️ Taliban representatives in the πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡¦ Qatari capital of Doha and agreed on an incident prevention mechanism.

The Taliban have pledged not to interfere with the evacuation process.

A Pentagon spokesman said that 1,000 more US troops would be sent to Kabul, Reuters reported.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² Pentagon spokesman John Kirby acknowledged the use of weapons at the Kabul airport by the US military.

According to him, two of those killed were terrorists who fired into the crowd.
Chaos at Kabul airport is visible even from satellite
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώ Uzbekistan forcibly landed 22 planes from Afghanistan in Termez in two days - Prosecutor General's Office

Over the past two days, on August 14 and 15, 22 military aircraft and 24 military helicopters from Afghanistan have illegally crossed the Uzbek border. All of them were forcibly planted at the airport of Termez, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the republic reports.
The ministry noted that in total, there were 585 armed servicemen on the aircraft, who were trying to illegally cross the airspace of Uzbekistan.

At the same time, on August 15, three EMBREIER-314 military aircraft, which applied for permission to land at Khanabad airport in Karshi, received a warning about landing at Termez airport, and two MiG-29 military aircraft of the Republic of Uzbekistan. were controlled. However, during the observation, the EMBRAYER-314 and MiG-29 aircraft collided and crashed in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region. The pilots of these aircraft landed by parachute.
In the turmoil of the evacuation from Kabul, someone simply left the child on the runway. This is another touch to the crisis that is now happening in the capital of Afghanistan.

This is heartbreaking to look at all these happenings.
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US troops resting at πŸ‡¦πŸ‡« Kabul Airpot.
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🏳 Taliban official Abdul Hamid Hamasi visited a hospital in Kabul and assured the female doctors to continue their work and said that they will not be harmed.
βš‘πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ίβ—πŸ‡¦πŸ‡« ⚑Head of Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov advised countries bordering Afghanistan to prepare for the worst.

The head of the Chechen Republic believes that countries bordering Afghanistan should strengthen their borders and "prepare for the worst." At the same time, he noted that nothing threatens the Russian borders.

"This is not a problem for us, there will be an order - we will stop anyone who threatens our state, sovereignty, people," Kadyrov said.
Iran will be just fine...
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²βš‘οΈπŸ‡¦πŸ‡« Biden to address nation about Afghanistan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHM_1YOXpg4