Reader’s Links for September 4, 2021

Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

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72 Replies to “Reader’s Links for September 4, 2021”

  1. – This was to be expected from a botched rescue operation –

    Male Afghan evacuees trafficking their child brides into the US: State Department seeks ‘urgent guidance’ on older men presenting underage girls as their ‘wives’ at intake centers

    U.S. officials are looking into reports that older Afghan men were admitted together with girls they claim as ‘brides’ or otherwise sexually abused

    U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab Emirates and in Wisconsin have identified numerous incidents

    While child marriage is not uncommon in Afghanistan, the U.S. has strict policies against human trafficking

    One internal document seen by The Associated Press says the State Department has sought ‘urgent guidance’ from other agencies after purported child brides

    Another document says Afghan girls at a transit site in Abu Dhabi have alleged they have been raped by older men they were forced to marry to escape

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9956217/Male-Afghan-evacuees-bringing-child-brides-US.html

    • HELLO Sassy!
      How are you?

      On a serious note.
      Nope, not surprised. Demoncrats are the original slavers in the USA.

      • Happy to see Marcus!

        Me: there’s so much news everywhere, you get dragged in and forget to clean your house and your exterior property. I spent the summer with my laptop outside on my patio surrounded by trees and birds, I’m going to miss this as fall kicks in.

  2. “In a statement he said: ‘I have arrived at the decision to step down as Bishop of Ebbsfleet in order to be received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, only after a long period of prayer, which has been among the most testing periods of my life.”
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9956779/Anglican-bishop-60-quits-join-Roman-Catholic-church.html

    How civilized. There are no Anglicans baying for his head to be chopped off for being an Apostate.

    “‘I trust you all to believe that I have made my decision as a way of saying yes to God’s present call and invitation, and not of saying no to what I have known and experienced in the Church of England, to which I owe such a deep debt.'”

    Whatever he finds, may it be humanity. The freedom to love the lordship of your own god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and; love your own neighbors as yourself.

    To live by conscience.

    And whaterever you get into, to get out of.

  3. This has been ‘a long time coming’…

    It is very difficult for me to verbalize this, but, I must.

    And, I will try my hardest to leave my opinions out of this and only describe my observations – obviously, ‘observations’ are subjective, but, as someone on the Autistic thingie-my-jingie, I can re-play memories the way most people can replay videos – and, as I grow older, I can perceive deeper layers of meaning to the memories I replay.

    The ‘God’ thing…appeals to ‘God’ or ‘God given’…

    Anything and everything that appeals to ‘God’ or ‘God given’ is not just dismissed by an atheistic system, it is persecuted with extreme prejudice because it is believed – truly, honestly and to the bones, if you excuse the transliteration(?) of an idiom – as a deliberate, conscious and evil manipulation of the populace. Something that must be purged in order to protect the people from these corrosive and manipulative ideas, such as the concept of ‘God’.

    Thus, the phrase ‘God given rights’ is not simply meaningless to the atheistic authoritarian (of any political stripe), it is a battle cry: there is no ‘God’, so anything ‘God-given’ must not just be negated, it’s very existence must be stamped out – with extreme prejudice.

    Without doing this, the ideology could not exist.

    More than that – the ideologues believe that this is a means of protecting people against being brain-washed by ‘religion’. Yes, the quotes are intentional, because these ideologies themselves are religions, in the Jungian (and, in my never-humble-opinion, correct) sense of the word.

    To re-phrase: try telling a certified ‘believer-in-no-such-thing-as-God’ that you have ‘God-given-rights’.

    They will simply laugh at that concept before they dismiss it…and then label you as ‘an enemy of the people’ lest you promote it – and ‘pollute the people’s minds’ with actively evil propaganda.

  4. libertyunyielding.com
    After an exhausting info warfare deployment, Iranian navy task force purports to be almost home – Liberty Unyielding
    J.E. Dyer
    12-15 minutes

    After an exhausting info warfare deployment, Iranian navy task force purports to be almost home

    IRINS Makran (441) near the Great Belt Bridge, Denmark Straits entering the Baltic 22 Jul 2021. Local webcam via @WarshipCam, Twitter

    Two recent reports seem to indicate that at least one of the ships in the deployed Iranian naval task force – IRINS Makran (441), the converted forward-basing ship – has recently been in the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia, heading home to Iran after an unheralded transit through the Mediterranean.

    When we last caught up with the task force, which includes the frigate Sahand (F74), it was headed to St. Petersburg to assist in celebrating Russia’s Navy Day. That was in late July. The ships were observed entering the Baltic through the Denmark Straits, were thoroughly documented during their stay in St. Petersburg, and were observed again exiting the Denmark Straits in early August.

    In mid-August, there were hints that the Makran was hiding its position with the aid of false AIS transmissions, possibly from both Makran and another ship being used to expand and complicate the deception. (Makran may also have simply been silent.) Earlier, when Makran first entered the Baltic through the Denmark Straits in July, there were interesting indications of an attempt to create deception just before entry with false AIS transmissions. So there’s a possible pattern to take into account.

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/09/04/after-an-exhausting-info-warfare-deployment-iranian-navy-task-force-purports-to-be-almost-home/

  5. How is the Biden administration vetting Afghan refugees? – Liberty Unyielding
    Daily Caller News Foundation
    5-6 minutes

    How is the Biden administration vetting Afghan refugees?

    Afghanistan in turmoil (Image via Politico)

    By Kaylee Greenlee

    Afghan refugees are subject to security and health screening performed by Department of Homeland Security officials before they’re evacuated to the U.S. or a third country for additional processing, a Biden administration senior official said.

    Afghans must clear biometric and biographic vetting including iris scans, palm and voice prints and photographs before they’re evacuated from the country, CNN reported. The refugees are also tested for COVID-19 and offered vaccinations before they’re released, the senior official said in a background press call on Aug. 24.

    “That [security screening] process involves biometric and biographic security screenings conducted by our intelligence, law enforcement, and counterterrorism professionals who are working quite literally around the clock to vet all of these Afghans before they’re allowed into the United States,” the Biden administration senior official said on the call.

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/09/03/how-is-the-biden-administration-vetting-afghan-refugees/

  6. (Richard: Remember how 20 some years ago the book “Unrestricted Warfare” was published where China told the world what they were going to do to bring down the US. Now another Chinese declaration of unrestricted war against the rest of the world but primarily the US.)

    Breaking – Did China just Declare WAR?

    • Further into the video the CCP is not only declaring war against the entire world they are declaring the Cultural Revolution 2.0. During the last one the Chinese Culture was destroyed in China, their industry was destroyed and many millions of people starved to death. There are reports that in some of the provenances cannibalism occurred.

      If this Cultural Revolution is anywhere near as nasty as the first one things are going to get scary in and around China.

  7. CALIFORNIA recall: Newsom using ALINSKY strategy

    The latest round of national media pandemic messaging is targeted and intentional. The objective is fear… and the scale of the narrative pushed by the national media toward that effort is large. Conversely, the same media objective is to Alinsky those who would be a visible push-back against COVID fear, and that is why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is being targeted.

    In the background of this effort is the California recall of Gavin Newsom. The governor and national allied media are working together to weaponize the fear of COVID as a closing message against the recall effort. Newsom’s latest commercials [SEE HERE] spotlight his advocacy for forced vaccinations and forced masking policy.

    The direct message is, ‘if I am recalled you will all die from COVID, but if you keep me in office I will protect you’. The message reeks of desperation.

    We can expect the nationally promoted panic around COVID to increase exponentially over the next 10 days, and then lessen significantly immediately following the September 14th recall vote. It is critical for the effort of Governor Newsom that national fear over COVID is…

    Included in the link below, Newsom’s latest advert: https://youtu.be/8DbZC0alxSE

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/03/california-governor-gavin-newsom-shares-his-closing-message-you-will-die-of-covid-if-im-recalled/

  8. Anti-migration protesters face counter demonstration in London rally

    Protesters counter an anti-migration demonstration outside the Home Office in Croydon, London.

  9. zero hedge – “Medical Drones” Deployed Over Italian Beaches Search For Feverish People

    In the early days of the virus pandemic, we covered multiple stories involving drones equipped with thermal optic sensors and artificial intelligence to detect if a person was feverish. More than a year later, this dystopic technology has been deployed over Italian beaches.

    According to RT News, citing local Italian media, so-called “medical drones” will hover over the beaches of Ostia, a neighborhood of Rome, on Saturday and Sunday, using thermal optic sensors to measure beachgoers’ temperatures to identify those who may be infected with COVID-19.

    more:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/medical-drones-deployed-over-italian-beaches-search-feverish-people

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    RT – Flying drone to ‘automatically’ check holidaymakers’ temperatures on Italian beach in case of Covid & other emergencies

    Italian officials want a drone to fly around and measure the temperatures of people relaxing on a beach near Rome in order to track Covid-19 and prevent health emergencies.

    The ‘medical’ drone was scheduled to patrol the beaches of Ostia, a suburb of Rome, on Saturday and Sunday, but the experiment was postponed due to a bad weather forecast.

    According to local health officials, the drone would “automatically” measure temperatures while hovering at least 25m above the water and staying at least 30m away from people. Test flights were planned to last for five hours, between 11am and 4pm.

    “When the drone detects a person with a fever, it identifies them and alerts the medical surveillance team,” the officials said, as quoted by Italian media. “Doctors then arrive at the site for investigation, which can lead to a Covid-19 test.”

    https://www.rt.com/news/533836-italy-drone-covid-temperature/

  10. 9+
    #Taliban #Kabul #Panjshir
    Taliban surround Panjshir valley, the province resisting its rule since the fall of Kabul

  11. CBC – Anthony Fauci on what it will take to get America vaccinated

    Andrew Chang sits down with Dr. Anthony Fauci to discuss the latest vaccination push in the United States and what it will take to get some 80 million Americans inoculated.

  12. CBC – Medical community condemns harassment of health-care workers at protests

    The medical community is condemning the recent harassment of health-care workers during protests across the country.

    Medical groups say there’s been an increase in ‘bullying, attacks and violence’ directed at health-care workers as hospitals are targeted by demonstrators protesting mandatory vaccines and vaccine passport programs.

  13. Greece: Refugee doll procession in Athens interrupted as protesters confront police

    Dozens of far-right nationalists gathered in central Athens on Friday to protest against the planned procession of Little Amal, a 3.5-meter-tall doll symbolising the plight of refugees and their children.

    Police intervened to separate rival groups of demonstrators as nationalists were met by a few Antifa counter-protesters.

    Despite the interruption, the procession reportedly managed to take place in other areas of the city.

    Little Amal, made by a young Syrian refugee, is currently on a journey through Europe. It is set to travel to Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and finally the UK.

    SOT, Dimitris Zafeiropoulos, Anti-Procession Protester (Greek): “Today the inhabitants of the center of Athens, specifically from the areas Agios Pavlos, Metaxourgeio, and Agios Panteleimonas, we gathered here to show our opposition to the ghettoization of our neighborhoods caused by illegal immigration, degradation, crime and drugs. We gathered to show that we can no longer bear this situation. Since the state does not take initiatives to improve our lives, we take to the streets to protest.”

    SOT, Eva, Bystander (Greek): “We all came here to see Amal. It is very sad what has happened. Many children have left with bitterness. Amal symbolizes the refugee travel and family reunification, this is very beautiful. Theoretically today would be an event full of joy and liveliness. We are all quite disappointed that it did not happen, I hope Amal succeeds tomorrow.”

  14. Afghanistan: Kabul streets turn chaotic as armed Taliban leaders attacked |Latest World English News

  15. theblaze.com
    Biden’s Afghanistan evacuation debacle may have involved bringing Afghan men with child brides into the U.S.
    Alex Nitzberg
    3-4 minutes

    U.S. officials are probing reports that amid America’s chaotic evacuation of Afghans from Afghanistan some older men were admitted along with with girls they claimed as “brides,” according to the Associated Press.

    U.S. officials in the United Arab Emirates and Wisconsin have noted multiple instances of Afghan girls being presented to authorities as the “wives” of significantly older men, the outlet reported.

    An Aug. 27 situation report dispatched to every American embassy and consulate abroad and to military command centers in Florida highlights possible issues pertaining to young girls and older men, some of whom allege to have multiple wives at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy Army base, according to the AP, which obtained relevant sections of the document.

    “Intake staff at Fort McCoy reported multiple cases of minor females who presented as ‘married’ to adult Afghan men, as well as polygamous families,” the document notes, according to the outlet. “Department of State has requested urgent guidance.”

    https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/AJmBv5R5tUz8YTOt7QwpSAW9ZBE

  16. NEW ZEALAND – Police At Mosque Where Auckland Attacker Lived

    Police forensic teams in New Zealand investigated an Auckland mosque on Saturday, following a terror attack in the city which injured seven people.

    The perpetrator was an extremist inspired by the Islamic state group, and had been living at the Glen Eden mosque under court-ordered supervision.

    On Friday, the man unleashed a knife attack at an Auckland supermarket. Armed police, who had been tailing him, shot and killed him within 60 seconds.

    Six of the injured are in hospital, with three in a critical condition. The remaining victim has been discharged from hospital and is now recovering at home.

    The attacker was a Sri Lankan national who was well known to the New Zealand’s security agencies.

    A police surveillance team and a specialist tactics group had followed him to the supermarket.

    But while they had grave concerns about the man, they had no particular reason to think he was planning an attack on Friday.

    The man appeared to be going into the store to do his grocery shopping.

    Witnesses said the man shouted “Allahu akbar” — meaning “God is great” — and started stabbing random shoppers, sending people running and screaming.

    When the commotion started, two police from the special tactics group rushed over. The man charged at the officers with the knife and so they shot and killed him.

    Auckland is in a strict lockdown as it battles a new outbreak of the coronavirus.

    Most businesses are shut and people are generally allowed to leave their homes only to buy groceries, for medical needs or to exercise.

    https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/police-at-mosque-where-auckland-attacker-lived.html

  17. the times of Israel – Virus czar calls to begin readying for eventual 4th vaccine dose

    Salman Zarka says COVID-19 is here to stay for and that next booster shot may be adjusted for variants: ‘This is our life from now on, in waves’

    Israel’s national coronavirus czar on Saturday called for the country to begin making preparations to eventually administer fourth doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

    “Given that that the virus is here and will continue to be here, we also need to prepare for a fourth injection,” Salman Zarka told Kan public radio.

    He did not specify when fourth vaccine shots could eventually be administered.

    Zarka also said that the next booster shot may be modified to better protect against new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, such as the highly infectious Delta strain.

    “This is our life from now on, in waves,” he said.

    Zarka made similar comments in an interview with The Times of Israel last month.

    “It seems that if we learn the lessons from the fourth wave, we must consider the [possibility of subsequent] waves with the new variants, such as the new one from South America,” he said at the time.

    “And thinking about this and the waning of the vaccines and the antibodies, it seems every few months — it could be once a year or five or six months — we’ll need another shot.”

    Zarka said that he expects that by late 2021 or early 2022, Israel will be giving shots that are especially adapted to cope better with variants.

    Israel — the first country to officially offer a third dose — began its COVID booster campaign on August 1, rolling it out to all those over the age of 60. It then gradually dropped the eligibility age, expanding it last week to everyone age 12 and up who received the second shot at least five months ago.

    As of Friday, over 2.5 million Israelis had received the third dose.

    The Health Ministry last week also announced that the “Green Pass” system — a document that allows entry into certain gatherings and public places for those who are vaccinated or have recovered from the coronavirus — will expire six months after the holder received their second or third dose, hinting that a fourth dose may be administered in six-months time.

    On Friday, the Health Ministry reported 11,269 new coronavirus infections the day before. Thursday’s figure was slightly below the daily record of 11,274 infections confirmed on Wednesday.

    Despite surging infections, serious cases have begun falling since peaking at 753 on Sunday, with the Health Ministry reporting that 654 people were in serious condition from COVID-19 complications as of Friday afternoon.

    The positive test rate on Thursday was 8.43 percent, the highest it has been during the current wave of morbidity.

    The death toll stood at 7,129.

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/virus-czar-calls-to-begin-readying-for-eventual-4th-vaccine-dose/

  18. Report: Dozens Of Afghan Evacuees Flagged For Potential Terror Ties; Two Shipped Out Of U.S.
    Tim Pearce
    3-4 minutes

    Dozens of Afghans evacuated in the final days of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan have been flagged over potential ties to the Taliban or other terror groups.

    Two flagged Afghans were shipped to Kosovo to undergo stricter scrutiny, according to NBC News. The warnings come as U.S. officials are vetting tens of thousands of Afghans extracted from Afghanistan under the belief that the evacuees were at high risk of retribution at the hands of the Taliban.

    “A lot of people were moved very quickly and the intelligence community has been working hard to evaluate whether any of them pose a threat,” a senior federal law enforcement official told NBC News. “Some of the vetting occurs while they are overseas, and some of it occurs here … We are not going to allow people to intentionally be released into the community if they have unresolved derogatory information.”

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-dozens-of-afghan-evacuees-flagged-for-potential-terror-ties-two-shipped-out-of-u-s?itm_source=parsely-api?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=090421-news&utm_campaign=position3

  19. One-Fifth Of Democrats Regret Voting For Biden: Poll
    Ian Haworth
    3-4 minutes

    According to a recent Zogby Poll survey, 20% of likely voters now regret voting for President Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

    Meanwhile, “three quarters of likely voters” did not regret their vote, while “4% were not sure how they felt.”

    As Zogby Poll noted, some “very important groups” which “normally lean left and Democrat” were “even more regretful about voting for the president in 2020.”

    Among younger voters aged 18 to 29 years old who were surveyed, 27% regretted voting for Joe Biden. 67% did not regret their vote, while 6% were not sure. For voters aged between 30 and 49 years old, 30% regretted their vote for Biden, compared to 67% who did not and 4% who were not sure.

    This level of regret dropped for older voters. For those aged 50 to 64 years old, 10% regretted their vote (87% did not regret their vote), while only 6% of voters aged at least 65 years old regretted voting for Biden (91% did not regret their vote).

    In terms of political ideology, 29% of Republicans who voted for Biden regretted their decision, compared to 21% of Democrats and 14% of independents.

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-fifth-of-democrats-regret-voting-for-biden-poll?itm_source=parsely-api?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=090421-news&utm_campaign=position2

  20. rsbnetwork.com
    Wisconsin to begin audit of 2020 presidential election results – Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN)
    by Alex Caldwell
    2-3 minutes

    Wisconsin Republican state legislators approved an audit of the state’s 2020 presidential election results, to begin in the coming weeks. Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman was appointed to oversee the investigation of the election results.
    Michael Gableman traveled to Sioux Falls, SD to attend MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cyber symposium on election integrity in August.

    Gableman traveled to Arizona last month to learn about their election audit and how it could be useful in Wisconsin.

    “I learned a lot there that will be helpful to my investigation,” said Gableman, who also attended the election fraud symposium led by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last month.

    https://rsbnetwork.com/news/wisconsin-to-begin-audit-of-2020-presidential-election-results/?fbclid=IwAR1knq4MOduBlqjNLoWqg3f4AGXLqQfOVGZF9oLOR4HHeO2V33JyyLCV7Cc

  21. foxnews.com
    Joe Kent accuses US government of ‘despising’ its own citizens: ‘this isn’t incompetence, this is malice’
    Teny Sahakian
    5-7 minutes

    A retired Green Beret running for Congress demanded accountability over the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and called for an “Afghan war commission” to “find out who was lying and when they were lying.”

    Joe Kent, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces chief warrant officer, served for over 20 years and completed 11 combat deployments. He’s running as a Republican for a seat representing Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District.

    Kent, in an interview with Fox News, demanded accountability for the chaos in Afghanistan.

    “It starts with Biden, and we have to work our way down,” Kent told Fox News. “I think we need to have a full Afghan war commission and find out who was lying and when they were lying.”

    “If we don’t fight for it, they will get away with this one, and that will lead to more and more of these,” he continued. “And I don’t just mean the military industrial complex, the intelligence community. I m

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-green-beret-calls-for-afghan-war-commission

  22. theepochtimes.com
    Europe’s CDC Breaks With Biden Admin, Says COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Not ‘Urgent’
    Jack Phillips
    3-4 minutes

    The European Union’s counterpart to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said there’s no urgent need to deploy COVID-19 vaccine boosters, coming a week after federal health officials recommended them and set a Sept. 20 deadline.

    On Sept. 2, the European CDC stated that booster doses for individuals who are fully vaccinated aren’t needed for the time being.

    “Based on current evidence, there is no urgent need for the administration of booster doses of vaccines to fully vaccinated individuals in the general population,” the EU agency stated, adding that its “report also notes that additional doses should already be considered for people with se

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/europes-cdc-breaks-with-biden-admin-says-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-not-urgent_3978303.html/amp

  23. (Richard: Some of the troops did their best to live up to their oaths of office.)

    Footage Emerges Showing US Troops Frantically Smashing Equipment Before Leaving Kabul
    Tyler Durden’s Photo
    by Tyler Durden
    Friday, Sep 03, 2021 – 04:40 PM

    Rare footage has emerged at the end of a week which marked the close of America’s 20-year long war in Afghanistan. While the last US soldier in Kabul left late in the night Monday, video is circulating days later purporting to show US forces deliberately destroying their own military equipment in the days leading up to the final departure.

    Dozens of Humvees and less than 100 aircraft including helicopters and Afghan national forces planes were “unarmed and disabled” – left for the Taliban to find them inoperable, though clearly in many other cases across the country the Taliban found usable equipment in abundance, which they’ve put on public parade of late. The below purports to show a series of brief clips of US military carrying out the destruction at Kabul airport…

    The video first emerged on Facebook late this week, and is thought to be the personal video of a US soldier who had been stationed at Kabul’s airport.

    A soldier can be seen smashing the windshield of an armored vehicle with a sledgehammer, while others are seen inside ripping out electronics and punching the vehicle’s computer system.

    Elsewhere Americans are seen apparently attempting to disable locks in important rooms at the airport so they can’t be easily used in the near future. The Taliban has accused the US of hampering airport operations on the civilian side as it attempts to restore civilian aviation traffic, something Washington disputes.

    Perhaps the most interesting allegation is that US soldiers “poisoned” the inside of vehicles and aircraft with some kind of deadly chemical concoction, though there’s as yet no evidence for this…

    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/footage-emerges-showing-us-troops-frantically-smashing-equipment-leaving-kabul

  24. Celebratory gunfire, tear gas on women’s protest: What is happening in Kabul?
    Afghanistan’s Tolo News claimed that at least 17 were killed and 41 were injured in the celebratory firing in Kabul that took place on Friday evening after the Taliban claimed the fall of Panjshir province.
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/celebratory-gunfire-tear-gas-on-women-s-protest-what-is-happening-in-kabul-101630750816680.html
    Afghanistan’s Tolo News claimed that at least 17 were killed and 41 were injured in the celebratory firing in Kabul that took place on Friday evening after the Taliban claimed the fall of Panjshir province. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Twitter criticised the practice of firing into the air and called on the militants to stop it immediately, reports said.

  25. https://twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1434065007550111753
    Video: A number of women rights activists and reporters protested for a second day in Kabul on Saturday, and said the protest turned violent as Taliban forces did not allow the protesters to march toward the Presidential Palace.

    Afghanistan: Taliban break up women’s rights protest in Kabul
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58450230
    The group say the Taliban targeted them with tear gas and pepper spray as they tried to walk from a bridge to the presidential palace.
    But the Taliban maintain the protest got out of control, according Afghan media outlet Tolo news.
    It’s the latest of several protests by women in Kabul and Herat.
    The women were calling for the right to work and to be included in the government. The Taliban say they will announce the make-up of their administration in the coming days.
    The Taliban have said women can be involved in government, but not hold ministerial positions.
    Many women fear a return to the way they were treated when the Taliban were previously in power, between 1996 and 2001. Women were forced to cover their faces outside, and harsh punishments were meted out for minor transgressions.
    “Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban came, they prevented me from going to school,” journalist Azita Nazimi told Tolo.
    “After five years of their rule, I studied for 25 years and worked hard. For the sake of our better future, we will not allow this to happen.”
    Another demonstrator, Soraya, told Reuters: “They also hit women on the head with a gun magazine, and the women became bloody.”

  26. Pakistan wastes no time to show who’s in charge in Afghanistan now:

    ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed arrives in Kabul to leverage Haqqani position
    https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/isi-chief-lt-gen-faiz-hameed-arrives-in-kabul-to-leverage-haqqani-position
    Among the first high-ranking officials to arrive in Kabul is none other than the chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, Gen Faiz Hameed.
    The Associated Press has reported that the powerful intelligence chief arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit on Saturday. Significantly, the arrival comes ahead of the formation of the Taliban government.
    ANI quoted Pakistan journalist Hamza Azhar Salam as saying that the visit comes on an invite of the Taliban.
    While there was no official explanation what the purpose of the visit is, according to one media report, Pakistan is looking for a backdoor entry into the new Taliban regime.
    Sources say that the purpose of Faiz’s visit is to leverage the Haqqanis’ position by getting them to revamp the Afghan army which is in compete disarray after Taliban’s take over.
    The ISI is a patron of the deadly Haqqani outfit — which happens to be a UN-and US-designated terror group, known for its proximity to the Al Qaeda. However, many like Mullah Yaqub of Quetta Shura have reservations about any such move and feel it puts a big question on the Taliban legitimacy.
    The reports of differences between Mullah Yaqoob and the Haqqani factions are doing rounds even though the Taliban leadership is trying to project a united front to the world.
    “We are working for peace and stability in Afghanistan”, ISI chief Hameed reportedly said upon his arrival in Kabul. He arrived at Hotel Kabul Serena on Saturday morning and visited the Pakistan Embassy along with senior officials. The The visit comes weeks after Hameed was seen offering prayers with the Taliban leadership led by a Taliban Imam after the fall of Kabul.