▪️Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar has arrived in Kabul to lead the government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan.
▪️Afghan President Ashraf Ghani posted his first video message on his Facebook page since fleeing the country. He stated that he was in the UAE and that rumors about the money he had taken out were unfounded. "The details of what happened the day Kabul fell, I'll tell you later ... I had to leave Afghanistan because I didn't want to be the cause of the bloodshed in Kabul," he said.
▪️Taliban begins house searches and public beatings, women beg for help at Kabul airport gates, up to 40,000 Americans remain trapped inside the country.
▪️ U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praises Biden for a "strong and decisive" exit from Afghanistan.
▪️ Up to 12 people have died since Sunday outside Kabul International Airport, through which foreigners and some Afghans continue to be evacuated from Afghanistan. The deaths were caused by gunshot wounds and crush injuries.
▪️The young Afghan, Zaki Anwari, whose body parts were found in the landing gear compartment of a C-17A military plane, was a member of Afghanistan's youth soccer team.
▪️ On the same day that the Taliban proclaimed a new commitment to women's rights, they shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa. Another woman was killed for refusing to cook food for the militants.
▪️Trump compares Afghanistan to the nightmare of World War II.
▪️ The Taliban executed four Afghan army and police commanders at a cricket stadium in Kandahar.
▪️ Biden in the interview brushes off the question about the Afghans who fell out of the plane and crashed to their death: "That was four or five days ago!" even though only two days had passed at the time. He also stated that he saw no way to leave Afghanistan without "the onset of chaos.
▪️British paratrooper troops are conducting vehicle patrols through downtown Kabul to retrieve trapped British citizens.
▪️The U.S. has lost several warplanes flying out of Afghanistan. Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has no idea how many planes were lost.
▪️Kamala Harris is going to Vietnam and Singapore, ignoring the disaster in Afghanistan.
▪️The U.S. State Department accuses the Taliban of breaking promises of access to Kabul airport.
▪️The Taliban now control 11 former U.S. bases, some 174 military Humvees, 10,000 fragmentation missiles, and six light attack aircraft.
▪️"Biden or whoever is in power, please help us!" - An Afghan-American stranded in Kabul with his family asks U.S. officials to save him and thousands of others like him.
▪️Biden ignored top generals urging him to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan to maintain stability.
▪️Huge crowds of civilians once again fill Kabul airport as an American plane attempts to take off. Helicopters are called in to disperse the people.
▪️The armed forces of Uzbek General Abdul Rashid Dustum moved into Afghanistan's Panjsher province to resist the Taliban.
▪️Wahidullah Hashemi, spokesman for the Taliban, said Afghanistan would not become a democratic state.
▪️"China actually recognizes the Taliban, Russia will do so soon" - head of European diplomacy.
▪️The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suspended Afghanistan's access to financial resources, including about $440 million in new cash reserves.
▪️The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorized domestic air carriers and civilian pilots to fly to Kabul to conduct evacuations and assist citizens of Afghanistan.
▪️The Taliban set fire to an amusement park a day after they were spotted enjoying the rides in the park.
Visiting family there, civilian workers etc...
If the US gubment is paying the salary, I would think yes. There's also hazard pay for being in a volatile area...