Largely empty city streets suggest that for many Afghans, the departure of foreign forces marks the beginning of another period of uncertainty as they wait to see what kind of government, if any, will follow.
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President Biden on Tuesday defended the U.S. evacuation effort in Afghanistan, which was capped with the Taliban taking control of the Kabul airport after the last American military flight left the country.
Here are some of the main leaders of the Taliban and what you need to know about them.
Once she was negotiating with the Taliban over the country's future. On Monday she caught one of the last flights out.
The threat of more terrorist attacks like last week’s suicide bombing could undercut the finality of the U.S. withdrawal.
The controversy comes as mainland authorities clamp down on advocates of sexual minority rights.
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The sudden Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and the seemingly chaotic handling of the American withdrawal have shaken European faith in Biden’s decision-making and political priorities.
The dead were all from a single extended family who were exiting a car in their driveway when the strike hit a nearby vehicle, relatives said.
Rockets were fired at Kabul airport early Monday, but as many as five were intercepted by a missile defense system.
The Chinese government introduced new measures to restrict children from gaming during the week.
The world should unfreeze Afghanistan’s reserves and pour in aid to rebuild the country, Russia says
Russia’s ban on the Taliban as a terrorist group has not stopped Moscow officials from stepping in to support it.
A new annual report shows “deeply troubling” signs, IAEA says, amid stalled negotiations between Kim Jong Un’s regime and the U.S.
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Many of the same doyens of the Washington establishment who are now outraged that the Taliban is back in power have been less vocal about the failures and shortcomings of the two decades spent keeping the militants at bay.
Shades of normality are returning to the capital as some Afghans attempt to return life as usual — while tiptoeing around their new rulers.
Last week’s deadly attack at the Kabul airport further narrowed the mission to focus on U.S. citizens.
U.S. officials warned Americans to evacuate the area near the Kabul airport, hours after President Biden warned of a "specific, credible threat" of a terrorist attack in the area.
As India barrels toward a pivotal election in Uttar Pradesh early next year, several population bills introduced by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have become a new flashpoint in the national debate, vividly illustrating how the issues of religion and identity, spoken or implied, form the most powerful undercurrent driving Indian politics today.
They were young and old, professional and working class, united in their desperation to leave Kabul.
