Atlas News

2021-08-16 07:44:11 I’m going to bed, see you all in the morning. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 07:41:32 Also just to clarify, at the Kabul airport there is a military side and a commercial side. The military side is secure and most of the chaos we are seeing is on the commercial side. NATO and remaining Afghan forces are keeping the crowds back. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 07:35:48 Also big thanks to all the Patreon supporters. Working with some people to get a podcast, website, and merch through suppliers so they can be cheaper. I hope to get out incentives for backers soon. Things out of my control move at their own pace so it’s just a waiting game. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 07:33:24 If I get the main page back I’m considering disabling on my own temporarily for a month or two to really clear the heat off it. I would then archive almost every post involving Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and any terror attacks. I hope to transfer them over to a website to be accessed as a reference page. By then the atlas.news2 might be as big as the main so who knows. Only good thing to come out of the main page being taken down is that I have a true clean slate with content and so far no posts have been removed or reported (knock on wood). I will probably make it a habit to archive content a few days after posting to make sure the page won’t be at risk. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 07:02:22 Also big ups on gaining 28k followers today. Hope to get atlas.news2 up to speed with the 230k the main page had sooner rather than later. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 07:01:08 Been waiting 12 hours for them to officially declare the IEA, but from the looks of it they are waiting for more Taliban leadership to arrive in country for it. Obviously the entirety of Afghanistan has fallen and is now under Taliban control and the declaration is more symbolic than anything. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 04:50:12 Afghan Embassy in India tweeted this rant, then immediately took it down. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 04:21:09 I’ve been monitoring the situation all night and not much has changed so that’s why I haven’t posted anything in a few hours. Open / Comment

2021-08-16 00:44:31 Photo purportedly showing the last flight from the United States Embassy, which is carrying the flag. The Embassy has been seized by the Taliban. Open / Comment

2021-08-15 22:04:43 82nd Airborne in Kabul. (Via @RudKap on Twitter) Open / Comment