Afghanistan - Topic ufficiale

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Il Dipartimento della Difesa "arruola" l'aviazione civile ... 

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The US has enlisted commercial planes to help with the evacuation of people from Afghanistan.
A Pentagon statement (*) said the 18 aircraft would not fly to Kabul, but would instead help move people transiting in third countries.
Many thousands of Afghans are crowded outside Kabul airport, desperate to flee the country after the Taliban swept to power last week.

... bbc.com/news ... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58299804 ...

(*) ... defense.gov/Newsroom ... https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2741564/department-of-defense-activates-civil-reserve-air-fleet-to-assist-with-afghanis/ ...

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Lieto evento a bordo di un C-17 diretto in Germania ...  

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Almeno tre ...   

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At least three babies have been born during the airlift mission out of Kabul, as U.S. and international aircraft race to fly out at-risk Afghans and American citizens from the now Taliban-controlled country.

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/multiple-babies-born-during-kabul-airlift/ ...

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La corsa contro il tempo e l'importanza delle basi americane in Europa ... 

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U.S. bases across Europe are building up their capacity to temporarily house and screen Afghan evacuees fleeing Taliban rule, as the Aug. 31 deadline to withdrawal U.S. forces from Afghanistan looms.
So far, 82,300 people have been airlifted out of Afghanistan as part of the overall evacuation since Aug. 14. 
In a 24-hour period ending early Aug. 25, 90 aircraft departed Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, including 37 U.S C-17s and five U.S. C-130s. 
This meant an aircraft was taking off once every 39 minutes.
Another 10,000 people were in the airport waiting for flights, as thousands more crowded the gates to the facility hoping to get through before U.S. forces leave.
“Our mission remains unchanged, said Maj. Gen. William D. “Hank” Taylor, the Joint Staff’s deputy director for regional operations in an Aug. 25 briefing. 
“For each day of this operation, we have carried out the direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense. Until that mission changes, we will continue to put forth our maximum effort to safely evacuate as many people as possible.”

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/european-bases-increase-support-for-afghan-airlift-evacuees/ ...

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U.S. Central Command statement on counterterrorism strike on ISIS-K planner ...

... centcom.mil ... https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/STATEMENTS/Statements-View/Article/2755890/us-central-command-statement-on-counterterrorism-strike-on-isis-k-planner/ ...

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Afghanistan ... THE END ...

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The final U.S. Air Force C-17 has cleared Afghanistan airspace, officially completing the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan and marking the end of nearly 20 years of war, U.S. Central Command boss Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced Aug. 30.
“I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans,” McKenzie said in a press briefing.
The departure also marks the end of a turbulent evacuation process that reached a crisis point in the past few weeks, as the Taliban seized control of the country.

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/after-20-years-of-war-afghanistan-withdrawal-is-officially-complete/ ...

Anche qui ... voanews.com ... https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/us-says-its-military-presence-afghanistan-over ...

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L'ultimo ...

Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug 30, 2021 ...

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Regolamento di conti ...

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A US counterterrorism operation was carried out against “a significant al-Qaeda target” in Afghanistan, a senior Biden administration official said on Monday evening.
The official said the operation took place over the weekend and didn’t elaborate. 
The Associated Press said the strike killed top Al-Qaida Leader Ayman Al-Zawahri.
The White House said President Joe Biden would give an address about the operation on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. Washington time.
The Defense Department deferred to the White House and US Central Command, with responsibility over Afghanistan, didn’t immediate respond to a request for comment.
A spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership said on Twitter Monday that a US attack had struck a house in the Sherpur district of Kabul.

... bloomberg.com ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/us-anti-terrorism-operation-hits-al-qaeda-target-in-afghanistan?srnd=premium-europe ...

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Afghanistan 30 Agosto 2021 ... è già passato un anno ...

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Aug. 30 marks the one-year anniversary of the end of Operation Allies Refuge (OAR), the final act in the longest war in U.S. history. 
Historians will long study the United States’ post-9/11 Global War on Terrorism and, in particular, the failed, two-decade effort to plant sustainable seeds of democracy in Afghanistan. 
Certainly as a coda to the conflict, OAR reflected the chaos, tragedy, and good-intentions-gone-awry that characterized so much of the Afghan War. 
What was accomplished a year ago under the most challenging of conditions and pressures was largely overshadowed by a horrific suicide bombing that killed more than 170 people at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including 13 U.S. service members; an errant U.S. drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children; and by the dispiriting spectacle of flag-waving Taliban extremists sweeping to victory in Afghanistan 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
On this one-year anniversary, however, the fog of war that enshrouded so much of Operation Allies Refuge has largely lifted.

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/remembering-the-largest-non-combatant-evacuation-operation-allies-refuge-in-u-s-history/ ...