The Taliban “January Sixes” The Hell Out of the Government of Afghanistan

And I hope our Afghanistan Vets are Okay

Johnny Silvercloud
Age of Awareness
Published in
6 min readAug 17, 2021

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Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Person second from left (in Western suit) is a former bodyguard for Ghani. | Photo Credit: AP/Zabi Karimi

As a man who served in the Armed Forces with most of my experience and the prime of my life spent aiding and assisting Afghanistan, I’m going to say that it hurts to see Afghanistan fall like this.

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Johnny Silvercloud
Age of Awareness

20 yr U.S. Army vet turned analytical street photographer who talks about power, protest, and politics. Do not defend racism or sexism when I’m in the room.