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The Taliban horde already sweeping into inner areas of the capital, Kabul, as the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, seen fleeing the country and following the Deputy President who absconded three days ago. I can understand the need for self-preservation; but it epitomises the questionable history of the weak Afghan leadership and "no backbone" that President Biden previously referred to when he announced the US withdrawal, a withdrawal that was not gradually phased out properly and is a huge criticism of what many Afghans have pleaded/criticised re what appears to be "being hung out to dry". I pray for the huge numbers of fellow human beings who embraced the new democratic model on offer all these years ago and are now on the brink of being subjected to something horrendous that is real and is not the script of a fictitious horror movie.