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With The Americans Gone, Afghanistan Enters Its Uncertain, Taliban-Led Future

4:55pm August 31, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Some Afghans are welcoming their new rulers, while many others remember the excesses of the harsh ideology the Taliban enforced when they last seized power in the 1990s.

Planes are seen on the tarmac at the airport in Kabul late on August 30, 2021, hours ahead of the U.S. deadline to complete its frenzied withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Final U.S. Military Plane Has Left Afghanistan As America's Longest War Ends

11:37pm August 30, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The final evacuation flight brought to a close the longest war in U.S. history. The withdrawal leaves the future of Afghanistan in disarray and uncertainty under renewed Taliban rule.

People evacuated from Kabul arrive at Hindon Air Force base near New Delhi, on Sunday. Despite entreaties from the Taliban, India choose to evacuate its diplomats earlier this month.

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With The U.S. Exit From Afghanistan, India Fears An Increasingly Hostile Region

5:11pm August 27, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

For India, the power shift in Kabul may mean a loss of security, as well as a loss of economic power and influence in a region increasingly dominated by another neighbor that it's uneasy about: China.

Medical and hospital staff carry an injured man on a stretcher for treatment outside the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport after blasts Thursday. U.S. service members and Afghan civilians were among those killed and injured.

What We Know About ISIS-K, The Group Behind The Kabul Attack

1:18pm August 27, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

A regional Islamic State affiliate is a major rival to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The U.S. says ISIS-K has long planned attacks on its personnel in the country.

Clarissa Ward is CNN's chief international correspondent and the author of the memoir On All Fronts.

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What It's Like To Be A Woman Reporting On The Taliban: 'They Don't Look At You'

3:56pm August 26, 2021

by Terry Gross

CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward says educated Afghan women fear they will lose everything under Taliban rule. "Based on my experience with the Taliban, you can't expect them to change," she says.

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President Biden addresses the situation in Afghanistan from the White House's Roosevelt Room on Tuesday.

Biden Says The U.S. Is On Pace To Leave Afghanistan By The Aug. 31 Deadline

7:06pm August 24, 2021

by Elena Moore

The president told G-7 leaders that the U.S. is set to finish withdrawing from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 and asked the Pentagon and State Department for contingency plans if the deadline cannot be met.

Taliban fighters search a vehicle at a checkpoint on the road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan in August.

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At-Risk Afghans Who Fear The Taliban Hunker Down And Wait To Leave

3:50am August 24, 2021

by The Associated Press

Those huddled in their homes and in safe houses around Kabul include activists, employees of the collapsed Afghan government and women.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tianjin, China, on July 28.

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

8:53pm August 23, 2021

What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of legitimacy. Taliban leaders have pledged to leave Chinese interests alone and not to harbor anti-China extremist groups.

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"Unknown Attackers" Have Killed An Afghan Soldier At Kabul Airport

2:03am August 23, 2021

by The Associated Press

The German military says one Afghan security officer was killed and another three wounded Monday in an early morning firefight.

Taliban fighters patrol through Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Pictures of such fighters posing with captured aircraft, weapons and vehicles have been showing upon social media.

How Valuable Are The U.S. Weapons The Taliban Just Captured?

2:58pm August 21, 2021

In a scene repeated across Afghanistan, retreating government forces ditched billions of dollars' worth of U.S.-supplied military hardware, from assault rifles to Black Hawk helicopters.