Tweets Of The Day On Afghanistan

At kabul airport, military side, more order than before. Evacuations picking up. Seeing more Afghan families being taken through. Planes taking off. Base well guarded.

— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 18, 2021

Chaos in Kabul as Europeans scramble to leave Afghanistan https://t.co/WcUha2vUga

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 18, 2021

An Afghan health official says at least one person was killed and six were wounded when the Taliban violently dispersed a protest in the eastern city of Jalalabad. https://t.co/OpZtcdC9c1

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 18, 2021

Social media footage appears to show a crowd fleeing from gunshot fire while protesting against the use of the Taliban flag in Jalalabad, Afghanistanhttps://t.co/Q950wmzAga pic.twitter.com/WKTGlC8Qiz

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 18, 2021

Latest updates on Afghanistan:
- Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum https://t.co/CMjNGTLzCk
- Biden's approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover https://t.co/Hh3HTIcVph pic.twitter.com/W6AZY4jnOO

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 18, 2021

Uzbekistan appears wary about receiving a flood of refugees from neighboring Afghanistan. Afghan citizens who applied for Uzbek visas as the Taliban took control of their country say the entry documents are nearly impossible to get now. https://t.co/LuwwXIlH79

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) August 18, 2021

FOX NEWS: Taliban now going door-to-door seeking "retribution" on American allies, credible sources say pic.twitter.com/Ru22eyvNs0

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 16, 2021

REPORTER: “What happens to the billions of dollars worth of weaponry that the US gave Afghanistan? Does the US have a plan for that?”

SULLIVAN: “We don’t have a complete picture—Certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban." pic.twitter.com/SjIob1EIGY

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 17, 2021

“Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore”

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country will need “international help” but will see opium production reduced to “zero again”

Latest: https://t.co/2f6JMTG6t0 pic.twitter.com/dAtTAl1dID

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 17, 2021