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Biden addresses nation on darkest day of his presidencyUS forces alert for further attacks as evacuations accelerateAfghanistan – latest updatesJoe Biden has warned the masterminds of a double suicide-bomb attack in Kabul that killed 13 US troops and 7…
Fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 transport aircraft had been procured by US for Afghan armed forcesAfghanistan withdrawal – live updatesThe Taliban have captured more than 100 Russian-made helicopters in various states of operability, the head of a Russian …
President urged to extend deadline for full US troop withdrawalVirus cases rise but FDA issues full approval for Pfizer vaccine Joe Biden faced mounting pressure at home and abroad on Monday as he raced against time to deal with evacuations from Afghan…
Defence secretary says British evacuation effort cannot continue once US troops leave KabulThe British effort to evacuate people by air from Kabul is “down to hours now, not weeks”, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has said.He admitted there was no …
President defends US exit but makes changes to airlift effort at Kabul airport after criticism over deaths and chaotic scenes Civil war ‘unavoidable’ if Taliban won’t talk – opposition leaderThe evacuation of thousands of Americans and their Afghan all…
Defense secretary: ‘We’re gonna try our very best to get everybody, every American citizen who wants to get out, out’Ex-Afghan ambassador warns of women’s fate under TalibanActivating a plan used only twice before, the Biden administration on Sunday or…
Critics warn that the base is ‘not safe’ because of concerns for migrant children held there after crossing the Mexico borderThere was bipartisan support in Texas this weekend for housing Afghan evacuees at the million-acre Fort Bliss military base, in…
Thousands still trying to flee a week after Taliban takeover as president is briefed on operations in Afghanistan‘Trapped in hell’: airport chaos casts doubt on safe evacuationAfter the US advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to Kabul ai…
There is no coherent system, and those who do make it to the airport face days stuck waiting to board flightsIn a voice quivering with fear and exhaustion, Sara pleaded down the phone: “Please, get us out of here. The situation is very bad, we are trap…
Footage shows desperate crowds passing children to US soldiers in the
hope of getting them to safety at Kabul international airport. Taliban forces have set up checkpoints outside the airport, raising fears that even people with the correct documents…
US president tells ABC: ‘We’re going to stay until we get them all out’ amid continued chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as thousands seek to fleeJoe Biden has said US troops may stay past a 31 August deadline so as to evacuate all Americans from Afghani…
US voices concern at reports of violence against women and children trying to pass through Taliban checkpoints, as evacuations continueAfghanistan – latest updatesTaliban promises of “safe passage” to the Kabul airport for Afghans trying to flee the co…
Boris Johnson expresses concern for those left behind; Hamid Karzai has met Anas Haqqani; reports of unrest at Taliban checkpoints around Kabul airportTaliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’Pakistan divided over success o…
Hundreds of people crammed into a US carrier in a desperate attempt to escape Kabul after Taliban forces took control of the capitalAfghanistan – latest updatesDefiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw An extraordinary image has emerg…