Round 6: Tossup 18

It’s not the US or Iran, but in this country unfabricated, 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 of the UK and this country were the main targets of Operation Pitting. Prior to its closure, the CARE Office provided support for the processing (10[1])of SIVs for citizens of this country. Operation Allies Refuge occurred within (10[1])this (10[1])country, where dozens of C-17s airlifted (10[1])out (10[3])foreign (10[1])collaborators like Dari interpreters and (10[1])minesweepers, (10[1])out (10[1])of Hamid Karzai International Airport. For 10 points, the US evacuated what country’s capital of Kabul in (10[1])August 2021? ■END■

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