Packet E: Tossup 18

It’s not the US or Iran, but in this country unfabricated, (-5[1])threatening “night letters” were nailed to doors and posted (-5[1])on public buildings to threaten perceived traitors. The 2022 documentary Retrograde has come under heavy criticism for creating an unintentional “hit list” within this country due to its failure to blur faces. Citizens (10[1])of the UK and this country were the main targets of Operation Pitting. (10[1])Prior to its closure, the CARE Office provided support for the processing (10[1])of SIVs (10[1])for citizens of this country. (10[2])Operation (10[1])Allies Refuge (10[2]-5[1])occurred (10[1])within (10[1])this (10[1])country, (10[1])where dozens (10[1])of (10[1])C-17s (10[2]-5[1])airlifted (10[1])out (10[6])foreign (10[6]-5[2])collaborators (10[4])like (10[2])Dari (10[1])interpreters (10[7])and (10[1])minesweepers, (10[11])out (10[1])of Hamid (10[3])Karzai (10[3])International Airport. (10[3])For 10 points, the US (10[1])evacuated (10[1])what country’s (10[2])capital (10[1])of Kabul (10[1])in (10[2])August 2021? (0[1])■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary