Afghan troops flee from Taliban advance as US withdraws

The Times says no sooner had the arched gateway to Herat receded from view on the highway behind us than the omens of a war gone wrong pressed in from the desert hills through which the patrol sped.

Radio checks to roadside outposts went unanswered. Not a single Afghan flag flew from the walls of abandoned military positions, though from one small fortress the Taliban’s white emblem had been hoisted in victory.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/afghan-troops-flee-from-taliban-advance-as-us-withdraws-xjgtv09kf

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