AFGHAN WAR 2021

By Stephen W Sweigart

On September 11. 2001 invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban government refused to hand over 'Osama bin Laden' whom the United States deemed responsible for 9/11 attacks. The War is traced from then till the end of 2021. George W. Bush was President, he was instrumental in this decision. Causalities in the 20-year War some 176,000. 46,000 civilians, 2

• Language: English
• Publisher: West Point Print and Media LLC
• Release date: Aug 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781957582733

Stephen W Sweigart

At time of writing the poem, the author was 73 years old. BA English, Temple University. One semester of graduate school. Studied Psychiatry at Xavier and University of Pennsylvania. NJ Secondary and Securities Certificates. An audiophile and gardener.

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Printed in the United States of America

On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul.

The United States puppet elected President

In Sept. 2014, re-elected 2019.

Ashraf Ghani,

An anthropologist, who taught university in USA.

Fled to the UAE (United Arab Emirates).

The fall of Kandahar, the second largest city

Made it emanant that the Taliban advance

To Kabul, the capital.

Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson for Taliban

promises inclusive government,

security for agencies, and

embassies, and women rights

to work and go to school —

within his groups interpretation

of sharia law.

Chaos breaks out at airport,

with many wanting to leave.

The United States begins

airlifting USA citizens

and supporters of invasion of USA Afghan War.

Sharia law based on the Quran,

Sunnah, authentic hadith; qiyas, analogical reasoning.

Ijma, judicial consensus.

Fqih, jurisprudence; rituals and

mu amulet, social relations.

In many cases capital punishment.

Like most religions it based on fictious laws

Another world. A mythology.

Joe Biden, President of the United States of America.

Followed former President Donald Trump’s

Timeline for withdrawal of troops. August 31st, 2021.

US commercial airlines to facilitate to move

evacuees from temporary sites

of Afghanistan.

13 USA service members killed

In attack at Kabul airport,

And more than 60 Afghans died

140 wounded.

After State Department warned

Of attacks from extremist groups.

Zabiullah Mujahid said

That no extension

Will be accepted of August 31st deadline

For USA to leave,

Taliban eager to formally establish

New government.in Afghanistan.

101,300 people from Kabul.

96, 000 in past 12 days’

On Wednesday, the Taliban

Instructed that no more

Afghans could