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Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses
By Tameem Akhgar, Ahmad Seir & Rahim Faiez
Top Republican on foreign affairs committee slams Biden over 'unmitigated disaster' in Afghanistan
By Devan Cole, Lauren Fox & Daniella Diaz
No one wants Afghanistan to become breeding ground for terror - PM
By Lauren Turner
Biden's Betrayal of Afghans Will Live in Infamy
By George Packer
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Low morale, no support and bad politics: why the Afghan army folded
By Katrina Manson, Benjamin Parkin & Amy Kazmin
Terrorist elite set free from Afghan Guantanamo Bay
By Catherine Philp
Blinken on Afghanistan: ‘This is not Saigon’
By Joseph Choi
Another 1K US troops heading to Kabul, bringing total to 6,000
By Luis Martinez & Sohel Uddin
Opinion | In Afghanistan, the Tragic Toll of Washington Delusion
By H. R. McMaster & Bradley Bowman
Afghanistan's military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions
By Susannah George
Afghanistan: Who are the Taliban, what is their history and what do they want for the country?
By Samuel Osborne
‘This is manifestly not Saigon’: Blinken defends US mission in Afghanistan
By Edward Pilkington
Afghans fear a return to brutal rule despite Taliban vows
By Rahim Faiez, Tameem Akhgar & Joseph Krauss
Biden's Afghanistan Exit Raises Questions About His Foreign-Policy Record
By Michael R. Gordon
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