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Every serious person knows that President Joe Biden is responsible for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, says Ambassador Robert C. OBrien, former National Security Adviser to President Trump.

For days, Biden has tried to pin the unfurling Afghanistan crisis on his predecessor. But OBrien insisted the Republican administration wouldve handled the withdrawal differently.

The first and obvious question, would this have happened had President Trump been reelected? host Hugh Hewitt asked OBrien on Mondays Hugh Hewitt Show.

No, look, it would have never happened in this manner. I mean, the President was committed to drawing down troops from Afghanistan, but when he left office, there were 2,500 American troops, importantly, 5,000 NATO troops. Kabul was free, OBrien said.

Look, domestically on both sides of the aisle, everyone who is honest who will talk to you knows that President Trump would have never presided over a situation like this. That goes for our foreign friends and our foes alike. President Trump was all about peace through strength and America first, he added. And I dont think anyone in an honest moment, whatever theyre saying now, believes that this could have happened under President Trump and the strength that he projected. And so you know, its a sad situation for America.

In addition to noting that Trump promised he would not preside over a Saigon-style retreat from Afghanistan, OBrien said all the civilians would have had to have been evacuated before withdrawing the military.

He was not interested in at all seeing our foes driving around in American-made Humvees or vehicles or getting access to American weapons. So you know, it was critical that he wanted all the equipment retrograded back to America before we left, OBrien added. And then of course, with the Taliban, any attacks on the United States which they have engaged in with our troops, failure to negotiate in good faith with the government of Afghanistan, those would have all been conditions that would have been, you know, slowed down or stopped withdrawal. So this wouldnt have happened under [Trump].

OBrien then called on Americans to pray for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines and the leadership of this country and implored the current administration to evacuate our friends, the interpreters and other enablers, locally-employed staff of the embassy.

Weve got to focus right now on making this evacuation work, as bad as things look, OBrien said.

Jordan Davidson is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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Afghanistan India Evacuation: An Air India flight carrying 78 passengers including 25 Indian citizens has been en route to New Delhi from Tajikistan's Dushanbe in a safe evacuation from Afghanistan.

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News agency ANI reported this in a report at 8.07 AM in the morning today. Arindam Bagchi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson tweeted from his official Twitter handle, "Helping in the safe return from Afghanistan. AI 1956 enroute to Delhi from Dushanbe carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian nationals. Evacuees were flown in from Kabul on an @IAF_MCC aircraft."

Helping in the safe return from Afghanistan.AI 1956 enroute to Delhi from Dushanbe carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian nationals. Evacuees were flown in from Kabul on an @IAF_MCC aircraft.@IndEmbDushanbe pic.twitter.com/BcIWLzSLrL

Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) August 24, 2021

ANI further reported that the Indian authorities evacuated 75 Sikhs amidst the deteriorating situation in war-torn Afghanistan.

The situation in Afghanistan is worsening and people are in a rush to leave the country after the Taliban seized control of the country last week. On August 15, 2021, the Afghanistan government fell soon after President Ashraf Ghani left the country.

There are certain updates in relation to Afghanistan today. They are as follows:

9 AM - At 9 AM, a flight lands with more than 40 evacuated Afghan Sikhs in Delhi. Three Holy Sri Guru Granth sahib also brought from Afghanistan

1.30 PM - A session has been scheduled at 1.30 PM by United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Afghanistan

5 PM - BRICS NSA meet is scheduled at 5 PM. The meeting will be chaired by Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor as India is the host.

7 PM - G7 leaders meet on Afghanistan

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India and its traditional ally Russia have agreed to step up coordination amid unfolding situation in Afghanistan following US and NATO troops pullout.

The Afghan situation was discussed threadbare when Deputy NSA Pankaj Saran visited Moscow this week to meet Russian NSA Nikolay Patrushev & Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov.

On what was a quiet visit there were excellent discussions on evolving situation and considerable common ground and interests especially given exit of US and NATO, diplomatic sources told ET.

Visit of Dy NSA Amb. Pankaj Saran to Moscow: meeting with Secretary of Russian National Security Council H.E. Mr. Nikolai Patrushev & Dy Secretary of the Russian Security Council H.E. Mr. Alexander Venediktov; discussions covered regional & international issues incl. #Afghanistan according to an Indian Embassy tweet.

Indian envoy to Moscow B Ventakesh Varma and officials of the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) were part of the meeting.

Patrushev, who shares a close rapport with his Indian counterpart, AK Doval, told Izvestia daily of Russia this week that the situation in Afghanistan must be settled through dialogue.

"We will focus on the political and diplomatic efforts regarding Afghanistan and will be looking for ways of establishing an inter-Afghani dialogue and a peaceful resolution of the existing problems in the country jointly with our partners," he said, adding, "We have reinvigorated contacts at the level of security councils, military and special services with the countries located near Afghanistan, first of all, with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as with China, Iran, India and Pakistan.

It may be recalled that India and Russia along with Iran backed the Northern Alliance against Taliban between 1996-2001.

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Simple tip to protect a file cell phone The US National Security Agency (NSA) issued against cybercriminals: Turn off your cell phone often.

It is not new that there is always anxiety data leak About. A cell phone is one of the devices that collects its most valuable information pirates, such as your location, address, personal passwords, bank accounts, documents, sensitive conversations, contacts, photos. Turning off the device too often can prevent this data from spreading around.

a The NSA has developed a guide With valuable tips for mobile security and highly recommending people to turn off their phones often. At least once a week.

Without network access, it becomes difficult for criminals to access and steal personal information to sell.

The tips become relevant due to some of the strategies that cybercriminals use to gain access to the cell phones of the victims. One of them is called zero clicks. In it, a person does not need to click on any suspicious links to fall into the trap. Hacking technology takes advantage of vulnerabilities in a cell phones operating system, allowing malicious software to be installed without the users consent.

A recent example of the application of this technique is Pegasus caseSpyware Created by an Israeli company This allows you to secretly track all the activities of the infected person with the infected device. Almost like a virus, it can read sent and written messages and access bank account information, social networks Email messages.

Pegasus was used to spy 50,000 human rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world.

NS google browser Apple said they fixed potential vulnerabilities that would allow spying, but there is still risk in devices that havent been updated or in vulnerabilities that havent yet been discovered.

Regardless of the type of malware and virus, in addition to frequently turning off your phone, immediately check if your device has an updated operating system.

The NSA also recommends other measures to increase privacy and security on mobile phones:

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On/Off: Super-Easy NSA Tips that Protect Your Phone from Hackers - 08/23/2021 - Mediarun Search

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is not ready to leave office as a failure and will change the nations security narratives before the end of his tenure in 2023, according to the NationalSecurity Adviser Babagana Monguno

Monguno, who briefed State Houses correspondents shortly after the president met with the service chiefs, said although the military had recorded successes in the ongoing war against insurgency in the North-East, the president was determined to achieve a turnaround in the fortunes of the country.

He said the nation had not recorded the level of success being reported at the moment where insurgents were giving up arms to embrace peace, attributing the situation to the relentless efforts of the armed forces, intelligence and security agencies.

This is very, very evident. Weve never had such large numbers of people defecting from the other side, back to the Nigerian side, mainly, as a result of many issues within the theatre, issues of infighting among the various factions of the terrorist groups.

He noted that there had been seamless intelligence gathering and sharing among the nations security operatives and Nigerias neighbours within the Lake Chad region.

So the president was briefed, the president is quite happy that theres been a tremendous success, especially with the advent of the new service chiefs and inspector-general of police.

And hes also made it very, very clear that hes not ready to exit government as a failure. He is not going to tolerate that hes made changes and is ready to make further changes if he is not satisfied. He is completely determined to ensure that theres a turnaround in the fortunes in the theatre of operations.

While claiming that the security atmosphere was improving despite recent killings and kidnappings in the North-West and North-East, Monguno admitted that a lot still needed to be done.

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Monguno added that Buhari was not oblivious to the sufferings of Nigerians as he was working with the vice-president to address the issues of hunger in the country.

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