Afghanistan – Aug. 25th – Live Updates 21:50Z: ‘The Surrenderer In Chief’ and The Irrevocable Aug31 Taliban’s Deadline

[UPDATE – Aug 25, 10:20Z] – Taliban declares route to airport only open to foreigners A Taliban spokesman on Tuesday declared the route to the airport only open to foreigners, urged skilled Afghans to stop fleeing the country. Taliban appoints former Guantanamo inmate as Afghanistan’s defense minister The Taliban radical movement has appointed a former inmate of the Gitmo prison Adul Qayyum Zakir as Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, Qatar’s TV broadcaster Al Jazeera quoted sources in the movement as saying. Zakir is one of the Taliban’s main field commanders, who performed combat missions and commanded radical militants. After the beginning…