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An Air of Unreality Is Now Griping Kabul As The Afghan Army Crumbles

A park in Kabul on Friday afternoon. © Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times  

New York Times: As Afghanistan Forces Crumble, an Air of Unreality Grips the Capital 

KABUL, Afghanistan — With his military crumbling, President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan fired a crucial part of his command structure and brought in a new one. He created a nebulous “supreme state council,” announced months ago, that has hardly met. And as districts fall to the Taliban across the country, he has installed a giant picture of himself outside the airport’s domestic terminal. 

On Friday, U.S. officials announced the definitive closure of Bagram Air Base, the nerve center of 20 years of American military operations in Afghanistan, in the functional end of the American war here. As the last troops and equipment trickle out of Afghanistan, an atmosphere of unreality has settled over the government and Kabul, the capital. 

Americans have not been a visible presence in the city for years, so the U.S. departure has not affected surface normality: Markets bustle and streets are jammed with homeward-bound civil servants by midafternoon. At night, the corner bakeries continue to be illuminated by a single bulb as vendors sell late into the evening. 

But beneath the surface there is unease as the Taliban creep steadily toward Kabul.  

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WNU Editor: This article sums up what most Afghans want to do .... Anxious Afghans fear tomorrow; many seeking to leave (AP).

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