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Grammar in Paragraph 2, Line 9 - Edit Request 3/7/2022

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CHANGE: The Taliban's takeover came as a surprise to many governments, including those of the United States and her allies, Russia, and others.

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The Taliban's takeover came as a surprise to many governments, including those of the United States and their allies, Russia, and others. 2601:84:8700:A600:DCEA:83DE:3245:3B75 (talk) 00:16, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done thank you, - FlightTime (open channel) 00:34, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Thanks FlightTime! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:84:8700:a600:dcea:83de:3245:3b75 (talk) 00:56, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Seems like for a 20 year effort far too few leaders from USA listed. Surely Joe Biden wasn’t President for 20 years, nor were the top military commanders the same for 20 years. 63.231.58.144 (talk) 23:43, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is the list of leaders during the 2021 Taliban offensive (May 1 to August 15, 2021). Parham wiki (talk) 12:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 22 June 2023

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The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa (talk) 03:47, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2021 Taliban offensive → 2021 Taliban takeover – Offensive means it was only temporary and unsuccessful 1Firang (talk) 02:32, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This article is part of a series and not the only article on the takeover. This article documents a military offensive. And there is definitely such a thing as a successful military offensive. 25stargeneral (talk) 01:57, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose offensive doesn't mean a fail, like how proposer has stated. Karnataka (talk) 05:27, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; “Offensive means it was only temporary and unsuccessful” No it doesn't. 〜 Festucalex • talk 07:03, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^[1] Afghan security forces casualties estimate on wikipedia are wrong, media articles range these estimates between 4095 - 5000+ casualties during the 2021 offensiveCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). 114.74.198.251 (talk) 02:44, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Where and what do you want to change? Please use the Change x to y format of edit requests. Coulomb1 (talk) 12:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/30/afghanistan-security-forces-deaths/

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Widespread abuses by Western backed / governmental forces now sourced as a cause for gov collapse. See https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/world/asia/afghanistan-abdul-raziq.html . Yug (talk) 🐲 21:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/30/afghanistan-security-forces-deaths/

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