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Afghans fear a return to brutal rule despite Taliban vows
By Rahim Faiez, Tameem Akhgar & Joseph Krauss
Afghan Pres Ghani leaves for Tajikistan - interior ministry official
By Hugh Lawson
Republicans trash Afghanistan 'embarrassment' in closed-door briefing
By Olivia Beavers, Heather Caygle & Sarah Ferris
Another 1K US troops heading to Kabul, bringing total to 6,000
By Luis Martinez, Sohel Uddin & Conor Finnegan
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Terrorist elite set free from Afghan Guantanamo Bay
By Catherine Philp
Low morale, no support and bad politics: why the Afghan army folded
By Benjamin Parkin, Katrina Manson & Amy Kazmin
Biden's Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy
By George Packer
Afghanistan's military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions
By Susannah George
Biden's Afghanistan Exit Raises Questions About His Foreign-Policy Record
By Michael R. Gordon
‘This is manifestly not Saigon’: Blinken defends US mission in Afghanistan
By Edward Pilkington
Biden's stain: U.S. flees Kabul
By Mike Allen
Afghanistan: Who are the Taliban, what is their history and what do they want for the country?
By Samuel Osborne
Taliban seek to present a moderate face as they take control in Afghanistan
By Raju Gopalakrishnan & Frances Kerry
Britain says Taliban should not be recognised as Afghan government
By Alison Williams & Costas Pitas
Ashraf Ghani: departing Afghan president who failed to make peace with Taliban
By Philippa Fletcher & Peter Cooney
A tale of two armies: why Afghan forces proved no match for the Taliban
By Patrick Wintour
Opinion | In Afghanistan, the Tragic Toll of Washington Delusion
By H. R. McMaster & Bradley Bowman