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President Joe Biden said Friday the past week has been “heartbreaking” and the U.S. mission to evacuate Afghanistan amid chaos at the Kabul airport is “difficult” and “dangerous.” He promised that no U.S. citizen will be left behind and that the U.S and its allies will pressure the newly installed Taliban leadership on its treatment of women and girls.

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A relative of an editor from German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle was shot dead by the Taliban in Afghanistan in what the network is calling a targeted attack.

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Foreign Secretary was reportedly "unavailable" when officials in his department suggested he "urgently" call Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar on August 13 - two days before the Taliban marched on Kabul - to arrange help for those who supported British troops. It was initially reported the Afghan Foreign Ministry refused to arrange a call with a junior minister, pushing it back to the next day.

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Variety. “All of us were so hopeful that, 10 years later, Kabul would be a democratic example for the region.

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Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterCouncil chiefs have pledged to play a part in the resettlement of refugees as people continue to flee Afghanistan.It comes as the Taliban took control of the country at the weekend and Kabul’s international airport saw scenes of desperation as people tried to leave the country on Monday.The Home Office has confirmed that up to 20,000 Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK under

Labour MPs have hit out at the Foreign Secretary over the government's response to the crisis in Afghanistan. The Daily Mail reported that the said Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office officials suggested Raab call Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar on Friday - two days before the Taliban marched on Kabul - only for him to be "unavailable" while on holiday.

Taliban fighter as they were covering a tumultuous scene outside the airport in Kabul.“I've covered all sorts of crazy situations,” Ward said in a report that aired on CNN. “This was mayhem.

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following the abdication of the country’s entire government ahead of the full withdrawal of U.S. military forces.Saida, Couric Media said, is currently hiding out in Kabul, which fell to the Taliban over the weekend.

Afghanistan has landed safely in the UK, according to a report. An RAF Airbus KC2 Voyager aircraft landed on August 17, reportedly carrying both British personnel and Afghan interpreters.

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open letter pleading with the entertainment community to spread the word about her situation, as well as a video onto TikTok of her running through the streets of Kabul panicked that the Taliban were near. Sahraa Karimi is the director of “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” which played at the Venice Film Festival in 2019.

Fox News was the most-watched cable news network during Monday’s coverage of the situation in Afghanistan, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings data. The 5:15 p.m.

Sahraa Karimi, the Afghan filmmaker who hit the headlines this week with her pleas to the international cinema community as the situation worsened in her home country, says she has managed to leave Kabul.

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President Ashraf Ghani has fled and the government has fallen.WATCH BELOW: Afghan journalist Anisa Shaheed won't give in to the TalibanAfter American and NATO forces withdrew from Afghanistan in July after 20 years in the country, the Taliban closed in on the capital city of Kabul and hundreds of Afghans made a desperate attempt to flee.Whilst some were safely evacuated, many, especially women and children, will have a completely different and terrifying life under the Taliban regime of 20 years

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On Monday’s episode of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ripped “the Band-Aid” off, dedicating his entire opening monologue to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and the United States’ withdrawal.

Defense One. This journey is believed to be among the most people the plane has ever carried and, in fact, it isn’t intended to carry.

Joe Biden addressed in a speech to the nation.CNN reporter Clarissa Ward, in an interview from Afghanistan, said even some Taliban fighters she had spoken to were surprised at the speed with which the country fell.“I don't think they ever doubted they would win,” she told The Associated Press. “But I don't think they anticipated it would happen this quickly.”Ward's own reporting from Kabul streets illustrated uncertainties about the country's future.

CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward has been on the ground in Afghanistan as the country fell — from an abandoned U.S. military outpost in Ghazni province, to a teetering position in Kandahar with Afghan troops under constant sniper, to today’s dramatic ion the streets of Kabul.

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Joe Biden has said he stands by his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan despite the chaos seen after the Taliban took over the country. The US President also said the mission of the United States in the country was never supposed to be nation building.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Sunday, as chaos unfolded in the country a day after the Taliban seized the capital.In remarks from the East Room of the White House, Biden argued that an indefinite American military presence in the country would not have saved the Afghan government.“I stand squarely behind my decision,” Biden said.

serial liar and conspiracy theorist. In the clip, Ward says the crowd in Kabul is “chanting ‘death to America,’ but they seem friendly at the same time.

Both CNN and its chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward are calling out Ted Cruz for spreading what they say is a misleading and inaccurate Twitter meme showing Ward in what the conservative senator calls a burka.

NBC News, Ryan sent an email to the US National Security advisor Jake Sullivan, asking on behalf of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post to have their 204 journalists, staff and families evacuated by the military from the Kabul airport side to the military airport side, where they can safely wait for flights out.Ryan’s email said journalists of these three outlets are “currently in danger” and need the US government to transport them to safety.Washington Post publisher

The publisher of the Washington Post has emailed President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan urging the U.S. to evacuate over 200 U.S, journalists, support staff and their families from Afghanistan.

A post shared by Sahraa Karimi صحرا كريمي (@sahraakarimi)In another post, she said: “Taliban surrounded Kabul, I were to bank to get some money, they closed and evacuated; I still cannot believe this happened, who did happen.