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The Log Book: Aviacon Zitotrans transports pets from Kabul to Canada

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Russia-based Aviacon brings animals of U.S. troops and contractors from Kabul to Canada; Averitt Express raises over $1 million for St. Jude; and FedEx launches its HBCU student ambassador program.

Aviacon Zitotrans transports pets from Kabul to Canada

Russia-based air transportation provider Aviacon Zitotrans announced this week that it had completed a safe withdrawal of more than 300...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-aviacon-zitotrans-transports-pets-from-kabul-to-canada

One Explosive Device Responsible for Deaths of 13 U.S. Service Members in Kabul Attack, Pentagon Says

A Marine assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) provides over-watch during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

The attack during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 U.S. troops dead was the result of one explosive device detonation, according to U.S. Central Command officials.

After conducting an investigation into the August attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/04/one-explosive-device-responsible-for-deaths-of-13-service-members-in-kabul-attack

Afghan Ambassador to U.S. Says Taliban Struggling to Govern a ‘Drastically’ Different Country

Evacuees load on to buses to be processed during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 22, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

The Taliban is struggling to govern a drastically changed country in Afghanistan, the nation’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.
The difficulties range from a massive humanitarian crisis affecting 18 million Afghans who lack food and medical care to an economic collapse that has closed markets across the country and a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/14/afghan-ambassador-to-u-s-says-taliban-struggling-to-govern-a-drastically-different-country

CENTCOM: Keeping Bagram Airbase Was ‘Untenable’ Under White House Rules for Afghanistan Withdrawal

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie commander, U.S. Central Command, provides testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ending the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29, 2021. DoD Photo

The sprawling size of the U.S. airbase at Bagram and its isolation from Kabul meant that keeping it under American control was “untenable under the situation” once President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command’s...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/29/centcom-keeping-bagram-airbase-was-untenable-under-white-house-rules-for-afghanistan-withdrawal

Milley: Staying in Afghanistan Past Deadline Would Have Put U.S. Troops, Afghans in Danger

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander, United States Central Command appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Sept. 28, 2021. DoD Photo

If Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden had chosen to ignore the dates set for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, it would have meant moving elements of...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/28/milley-staying-in-afghanistan-past-deadline-would-have-put-u-s-troops-afghans-in-danger

7 U.S. Wounded Marines Remain at Walter Reed After Kabul Attack

A 9/11 ceremony at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sept. 9, 2021. US Army Photo

Seven injured U.S. Marines remain at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., following the attack last month in Afghanistan that killed 13 service members, according to the Marine Corps.

“As of Tuesday evening, the Marine Corps has 7 wounded at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center resulting from the attack on 26 August. Of those, two are in critical but stable...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/15/7-u-s-wounded-marines-remain-at-walter-reed-after-kabul-attack

Twins start school life…

Twins start school life…

Good Morning Monaco – Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Twins start school life on the Rock

Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella started school life on Monday, September 6, at the Institution François d’Assise-Nicolas Barré on the Rock of Monaco Ville.

Sovereign family marks Irish roots of Princess Grace

Prince Albert took the twins, Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, along with him on his weekend trip to Ireland.

A Kabul connection

While we watched in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/08/twins-start-school-life/

French administration brings out big guns…

French administration brings out big guns…

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Friday, August 27, 2021

French administration brings out its big guns

Anxious to prove that everything is pretty much under control as schools prepare for the annual big event – rentrée – on Thursday next week, a slew of government ministers took to the airwaves of France…

Macron caught between left and right

On a visit to Dublin on Thursday, President Macron hit back at...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/27/french-administration-brings-out-big-guns/

Panel: Long-term Resettlement of Afghan Refugees is ‘Where the Crisis is Moving’

Families board a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

After the evacuation from Afghanistan ends, the next work that needs to be done is to permanently resettle the flood of refugees leaving the country and “try to understand what’s going on after we leave,” a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday.

“A lot of things are going to be left behind” in keeping...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/25/panel-long-term-resettlement-of-afghan-refugees-is-where-the-crisis-is-moving

Petraeus Questions U.S. Ability to Counter Terrorism After Afghanistan’s Fall

A Chinook helicopter transports equipment around Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Sgt. James Dansie.

The “harsh reality” of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban raises question on how closely Washington can keep an eye on Islamic extremism, David Petraeus, a former top commander in the Middle East and a former CIA director, said on Monday.

“You seldom can go wrong by preparing for the worst,” the retired Army general said Monday. “It’s going to take a fleet of aerial tankers to...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/23/petraeus-questions-u-s-ability-to-counter-terrorism-after-afghanistans-fall

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