▪️Biden gave a very short speech about his failure in Afghanistan. After muttering prepared remarks, blaming Trump and the Afghan security forces for the ongoing chaos, he left the pulpit without answering questions from reporters. Biden said he supported his decision to hastily withdraw from Afghanistan and admitted that it "unfolded faster than he expected." The upshot of the speech is short: "It wasn't my fault, it was all theirs.

▪️Russia says Kabul seems safer under the Taliban than under Ashraf Ghani (Reuters)

▪️Chinese state media mocked the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was "smoother than the change of president in the United States."

▪️Iran is going on the offensive after the U.S. retreated from Afghanistan and other countries. Tehran's puppet forces unleash violence on several fronts in the Middle East, sensing the weakness of opponents (WSJ)

▪️Biden ignores reporters shouting questions about Afghanistan after his arrival in Washington.

▪️The U.S. State Department refused to say whether the United States recognizes Ashraf Ghani as president of Afghanistan.

▪️10,000 Americans are still at Kabul International Airport.

▪️"I don't have an answer" - Pentagon spokesman in response to a question about whether the U.S. has plans to prevent weapons from falling into Taliban hands.

▪️The spoils of victory: Taliban fighters in a helicopter packed with American weapons fly over Herat, Afghanistan.

▪️A former CIA analyst on Biden's speech: "I'm shocked. He was repeatedly advised to evacuate all these people, but no one listened to these recommendations.

▪️One Pentagon official said three days ago that the situation in Kabul was under control.

▪️"Biden is totally unfit to be president of the United States and it amazes me how world leaders are sucking up to this man devoid of intelligence" - Alan Jones of Sky News Australia.

▪️The Pentagon cannot answer the question of whether there is any plan to keep American equipment out of Taliban hands.

▪️Canada says it is ready to send military transport planes to Kabul airport to evacuate desperate Afghans.

▪️Nicole Wallace of MSNBC: "95% of Americans should agree with everything Joe Biden said in his speech about Afghanistan."

▪️Trump on Biden's speech: "It's not that we left Afghanistan, it's that we did it in a highly incompetent way!"

▪️One of the Afghan military in a private conversation with a journalist: "Shortly before the Taliban took Kabul, President Ghani ordered us to lay down our arms and retreat.

▪️Two armed Afghans died after U.S. troops were forced to return fire during an evacuation at Kabul airport.

▪️A woman reporter from Afghanistan cried during a Pentagon briefing on the collapse of the Afghan government. She noted many improvements in the treatment of women since the U.S. operation began in the country in 2001.

▪️One of the Afghan protesters outside the White House: "Biden has revived Islamic terrorism, this will have bad consequences for our country."

▪️Trump on the situation in Afghanistan: "We were brought here by the corrupt 2020 presidential election."

▪️According to former Fox News producer Kyle Becker, either the clock at Camp David is wrong or the picture of Joe Biden as Kabul fell to the Taliban was taken months ago. Becker noticed the time discrepancies and pointed them out in a tweet late Sunday night.

▪️The U.S. Embassy in Kabul celebrated LGBTQ+ pride month as the Taliban launched its latest campaign to conquer the country.

▪️The Taliban spokesman claims that reports of executions and forced marriages are "completely unfounded."

▪️CNN reporter in Kabul in front of armed Taliban: "They just chant 'death to America,' but at the same time they seem friendly."

▪️Germany suspends all development aid to Afghanistan after Taliban fighters seize power.