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Travel › British Embassy Blocked Visas Of Afghan Students Offered Scholarships To The UK by Explorers(op): 10:20am On Aug 16, 2021*

The British Embassy in Kabul has blocked the visas of 35 Afghan students who were offered scholarships to study in the UK as the Taliban sweeps across their nation.

The students have had their 'dreams shattered' after they were told the embassy could no longer process their visas, meaning that they have lost the chance to attend universities in Britain.

The young Afghans had been selected among thousands of applicants for the prestigious Chevening scholarship, a UK grant which offers students from across the world the chance to study at UK universities.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9895739/British-Embassy-BLOCKED-visas-35-Afghan-students-offered-scholarships-study-UK.html

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:53am On Aug 16, 2021*

Footage posted on social media is said to show Taliban fighters taking over Jalalabad.

The city fell under Taliban control without a fight early Sunday morning.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:53am On Aug 16, 2021*

Taliban fighters have seized military helicopters and humvees as they continue their advance through Afghanistan, which is now approaching the outskirts of Kabul.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:53am On Aug 16, 2021*

The Taliban standing on a roadside in Kandahar after taking over more parts of Afghanistan.

The scale and speed of the Taliban advance has shocked Afghans and the US-led alliance that poured billions into the country.

Smoke rises next to the US Embassy in Kabul after Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:38am On Aug 16, 2021

Taliban militants hoisted their flag as they sat around a table in a government building on Sunday.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:36am On Aug 16, 2021

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

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Foreign Affairs › Re: Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:34am On Aug 16, 2021

Images show Kabul Airport descending into chaos as the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues.

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Foreign Affairs › Chaos At Kabul Airport As Thousands Tries To Flee Afghanistan (Pictures) by Explorers(op): 4:33am On Aug 16, 2021

Thousands of desperate Afghans are gathering at Kabul airport in chaotic scenes after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban who have announced a new 'Islamic Emirate'.

Video from Kabul showed panicked stampedes to the gates of the airport, while some passengers were forced to get off their commercial flights when departures were stopped.

Thousands of passengers were filmed thronging the tarmac by Afghan businessman Shoaib Barak who said he was forced to get off his KamAir flight after boarding and heard gunfire.

The speed of the Taliban advance has taken almost everyone by surprise and Afghans who had booked commercial flights to escape the Taliban face being forced to remain in Afghanistan.

Westerners will be evacuated by their home nations on military flights but the Taliban has said that it will not allow Afghan citizens to leave.

Harrowing pictures show people waiting near Kabul Airport's runway to escape from the country's capital as the Taliban entered the presidential palace.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9896007/Taliban-commander-gives-press-conference-INSIDE-Kabuls-Presidential-Palace.html

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Sports › Re: Lionel Messi's Images Being Removed From Nou Camp by Explorers(m): 8:34pm On Aug 10, 2021

Greatzeus:
Nothing last forever.

Na so.

Food › Re: Cook In Your Kitchen, Take Pictures And Post It Here. SIMPLE! by Explorers(m): 11:23am On Aug 08, 2021

From Freedomway.

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Crime › Re: Man Jailed For 5 Years For Killing 9 cats And Injuring 7 Others In UK(Pics) by Explorers(op): 8:31pm On Jul 30, 2021*

Police spent months chasing after a faceless and nameless cat killer who was finally exposed after he made a single mistake, prosecutors say.

Security guard Steve Bouquet was able to move through the city of Brighton undetected, preying on cats in a gruesome spree that left nine of the creatures dead and others injured.

As well as leaving owners traumatised at finding their beloved pets bleeding on their doorsteps, the string of attacks prompted fear and confusion in the East Sussex city.

In the end, it was a CCTV camera set up by one such owner that captured Bouquet on video evidence prosecutors say was 'pivotal' in finally bringing the bloody campaign to an end.

Pictured: Stewart and Agathe pictured with Hendrix, a nine-month-old black kitten, who was killed on the narrow passageway linking Church Street and North Road in Brighton

Lucy Kenward, who spent £5,000 on veterinary treatment trying to save her cat Cosmo (pictured), broke down in tears as she recalled the horrific killing.

Crime › Re: Man Jailed For 5 Years For Killing 9 cats And Injuring 7 Others In UK(Pics) by Explorers(op): 8:31pm On Jul 30, 2021

Between October 2018 and June 2019, Bouquet stabbed at least 16 pet cats across the seaside resort, killing nine and seriously injuring seven.

Nine cats, Hendrix, Tommy, Hannah, Alan, Nancy, Gizmo, Kyo, Ollie and Cosmo were killed while another seven were injured.

Crime › Man Jailed For 5 Years For Killing 9 cats And Injuring 7 Others In UK(Pics) by Explorers(op): 8:30pm On Jul 30, 2021*

An ex-Royal Navy has been jailed for more than five years after being found guilty of killing nine cats and maiming seven more during a nine-month campaign of cruelty.

Steve Bouquet, 54, stabbed 16 cats between October 2018 and May 2019 during a spree in Brighton.

He was only stopped when he was finally captured on CCTV set up by an owner of a dead cat.

In a video released by police (pictured below), Bouquet said cats have 'always been friendly to him'.

He added: 'I'm no threat to animals'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9843607/Brighton-cat-killer-jailed-five-years-ex-Navy-gunner-guilty-killing-nine-cats.html

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Car Talk › Lexus IS250 Driver Tries To Race Mercedes CLS63 AMG In Abuja, Crashes(video) by Explorers(op): 10:30am On Jul 30, 2021

The CLS vanished within seconds while the Lexus driver loses control and crashed.

See video:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CR7Qdn4J9I3/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Travel › Re: Photo Of Bad Road In U.K. Brings More Photos Of Bad Roads Around The World by Explorers(op): 2:25pm On Jul 22, 2021

Kondomatic:
There's a place like this in Lokoja - Abuja Road.

Yes, immediately after the bridge. You can lose control of your car if you not careful.

Travel › Re: Photo Of Bad Road In U.K. Brings More Photos Of Bad Roads Around The World by Explorers(op): 10:23am On Jul 22, 2021*

SmartMugu:
This is the first biased post I've seen from Explorers. You can't just name one bad road by the city or state its located in. Does it make any sense to take a picture of one bad road in Oshodi and tag it " Bad Roads in Lagos"? One bad road in Atlanta and tag it "Bad road in Georgia"?

If you're out of ideas of what to post, stay quiet. If you can't afford to build any road yourself, don't criticise those that did .

Lets see the picture of the roads to your hometown before you start criticizing what serves some communities regardless of its shortcomings .

If the topic read 'Countries with the poorest road in the world' and i post those Nigeria roads, then im biased. There are also good road network in Abuja, Benin/Ore road etc.

But the topic reads 'People are sharing bad portion of roads in their countries' from the source.

United States is having some of the best roads/highways in the world but citizens still shared photos of bad areas.

Is just cruise.

We interpret posts differently anyway, our ability to understand or comprehend differs also.

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