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World 4 years ago
US lowers flag at Kabul embassy, secures airport
"We are completing a series of steps to secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport to enable the safe departure of US and allied personnel from Afghanistan via civilian and military flights," the Pentagon and State Department said in a joint statement.
World 4 years ago
Taliban fighters told to wait at gates of Kabul: spokesman
"The Islamic Emirate instructs all its forces to stand at the gates of Kabul, not to try to enter the city," a spokesman for the Taliban tweeted, although some residents reported insurgents had peacefully entered some outer suburbs.
World 4 years ago
Taliban race closer to complete Afghan takeover
The insurgents took control of the key eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday, just hours after the seizing the northern anti-Taliban bastion of Mazar-i-Sharif -- furthering an astonishing rout of government forces and warlord militias achieved in just 10 days.
World 4 years ago
Biden increases US deployment to Afghanistan, warns Taliban
After consultations with his national security team, Biden said a total of "approximately 5,000" US soldiers -- up from 3,000 -- will now help organize evacuations and the end of the US mission after 20 years on the ground.
World 4 years ago
US fears Kabul could fall in 90 days as Taliban battle government forces
The speed of the Taliban advance - they have captured eight provincial capitals in less than a week and are threatening to take at least three more - has sparked widespread recriminations of US President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw US troops and leave the Afghan government to fight alone.
