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Afghanistan - Epic Fail Africa and the Middle East
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8/23/21
Kabul airlift is accelerating but still hampered by chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says the "hard and painful" airlift of Americans and tens of thousands of others from Afghanistan's capital is accelerating, but he would not rule out extending it beyond the Aug.
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8/29/21
Taliban success in Afghanistan seen as boost for extremists
BEIRUT (AP) - A few days after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, a convoy of militants drove through the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria in cars bearing the group's white-and-black flags, honking horns and firing their guns in the air.
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8/30/21
Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home.
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8/31/21
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S.
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8/31/21
US troops left Afghanistan one minute before their deadline. Here's how the final hours of their mission unfolded
Facing ongoing threats from the IS-K terrorist group, soldiers scramble to disable military equipment before boarding the final five planes out of Kabul.
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9/2/21
Afghanistan's arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - It was Nov. 13 , 2001. The sun had just begun to rise over the Hindu Kush Mountains when the Taliban disappeared from Kabul, the battered capital of Afghanistan. The bodies of foreign Arabs who had stayed behind were mutilated and bloodied.
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9/28/21
Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision
WASHINGTON (AP) - In their first public testimony since the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, top Pentagon leaders will face sharp questions in Congress about the chaotic pullout and the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country.
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