When President Biden took office, there was already a backlog of 17,000 SIV applicants. An estimated 88,000 (to 300,000) Afghans now need to be evacuated. 

The governments of Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are all believed to bankroll the Taliban, according to numerous U.S. and international sources. 

How to Help Our Afghan Allies (LIRS) and also here CWS Global

Statement: The War Was a Failure. Now, We Must Open Our Doors to Its Refugees. (Win Without War)

Afghan Army Routed by the Taliban (AFP) PLEASE READ, ties in with Foreign Policy story on Pakistan below

Taliban Blew Up Colossal Buddhas, Now Poised to Join UNESCO (UNWatch)

How newspaper front pages around the world covered the fall of Afghanistan - Michael Grothaus (Fast Company)

Al-Jazeera Reporters Celebrate 'Taliban Victory' (MEMRI)

"France will Join Democracies and Not Participate in Durban IV" (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

IAEA: Iran Accelerates Enrichment of Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade - Francois Murphy  (Reuters)

Iran Protests Are Real, But Is The West Willing To Listen? - Ahmad Ra'fat (WorldCrunch)

Hizbullah's "Land of Tunnels" - the North Korean-Iranian Connection - Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri (Alma Research & Education Center)     See also Read the Full Report with Photos and Maps 

Pakistan and the United States Have Betrayed the Afghan People - C. Christine Fair (Foreign Policy) Washington ignored Islamabad funding and supplying the Taliban. Now Afghans are paying the price.

What Will Happen to Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Uneasy Border? Aqil Shah (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

As Media Berate Israel, Hamas Reportedly Hiding Enough Funds to Fully Rebuild Gaza Strip - Akiva Van Koningsveld (Honest Reporting) If you read German see Die Welt story here.

BBC: Leading the World Against Israel - Richard Kemp (Gatestone Institute)

• Meanwhile, anti-Israel activists are showing their true colors in their messaging on the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Take, for example, this post by Slow Factory, a popular Instagram account with almost 400,000 followers. In May, Slow Factory said that the events in "Palestine" are "not complicated; it’s settler colonialism & ethnic cleansing." The way it reported on the Taliban? "It is not possible to condense decades of conflict into a single Instagram post. What’s happening in Afghanistan is complex, nuanced, and devastating."