#BREAKING Biden says 'nation building' was never a US goal in Afghanistan
#BREAKING Biden says US will 'act quickly' against terrorism in Afghanistan 'if needed'
#BREAKING Biden says stands 'squarely behind my decision' in Afghanistan
#BREAKING US gave Afghan military 'every chance' against Taliban: Biden
#BREAKING Biden acknowledges Afghan collapse was quicker than expected
BREAKING China, Russia 'would love' indefinite US quagmire in Afghanistan: Biden
#BREAKING Biden pledges to 'speak out' for Afghan women under Taliban
#BREAKING Biden threatens 'devastating' response if Taliban attack US interests
#BREAKING Biden leaving White House to return to Camp David retreat: officials
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said Monday that a longer war in Afghanistan would have benefited China and Russia, even as his top diplomat consulted the two adversaries on the swift Taliban victory u.afp.com/UKsp
Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation.
#AFPgraphic timeline of main developments in Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation
VIDEO: Thousands flock to Kabul airport, trying to flee the Taliban as the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule patrols Kabul after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war
Allies round on US over Afghanistan 'debacle'.
Allies and critics alike have condemned the US over its 20-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with a leading German politician slamming the operation as "the biggest debacle" in the alliance's history
'Not an enemy' any more: Russia courts the Taliban.
While many countries scrambled to empty their embassies and remove their staff from Afghanistan, Russia is staying put - and the Taliban is 'guarding their diplomats'
French nationals and their Afghan colleagues line up to board a French military transport plane at Kabul airport on August 17, for evacuation from Afghanistan after the Taliban's stunning military takeover of the country
At the Pentagon, US military officials bitter as they watch the chaos in Kabul.
“We warned them for months, for months” that the situation was urgent, one military official says on condition of anonymity
'Shocking': Grief and dismay as US veterans watch Afghanistan fall.
"I was in favor of the withdrawal, I thought it was time. 20-plus years, billions of dollars spent, I never expected the speed and the brazenness of the Taliban would be what it is"
VIDEO: 🇺🇸 President Joe #Biden has defended the withdrawal of US troops from #Afghanistan, saying he stood "squarely behind" his decision to leave after 20 years of conflict, in his first public appearance since the Taliban seized control of the country
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#BREAKING India-England 5th Test cancelled due to Covid concerns: England and Wales Cricket Board
#UPDATE The fifth Test between England and India due to start Friday has been cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns in the India camp, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced, hours before the match at Old Trafford was due to start u.afp.com/UjyW#ENGvIND#AFPSports
#UPDATE The status of the fifth Test between England and India due to start Friday but dramatically cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns is uncertain after the ECB retracted an initial statement that India had "forfeited" the match u.afp.com/UjyW#ENGvIND#AFPSports
#BREAKING Russia's Gazprom says Nord Stream 2 pipeline 'fully completed'
#UPDATE Russian energy giant Gazprom announces that construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia with Germany has been completed.
#UPDATE Moscow on Friday announced the completion of the controversial #NordStream2 gas pipeline, which critics say will increase Europe's dependence on Russian gas and bypasses a key EU ally, Ukraine u.afp.com/UjFL
#BREAKING US President Joe Biden talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in seven months, seeking to ensure that "competition" between the two powers does not become "conflict," the White House says
#BREAKING Chinese state media says Xi, Biden held 'candid, in-depth' talks
#BREAKING Xi says US policy on China has caused 'serious difficulties': state media
#BREAKING Teen Leylah Fernandez ousts No. 2 Sabalenka to reach US Open final
#UPDATE 19-year-old Canadian sensation Leylah Fernandez advanced to her first Grand Slam final by defeating world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the #USOpen semi-finals.
"I don't know how I got that last point in but I'm glad it was and I'm glad I'm in the finals"
Canada's Leylah Fernandez advances to her first Grand Slam final after defeating world number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the #USOpen semi-finals
From Paris to Jerusalem to Hong Kong: everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing on 11 September, 2001. As the 20th anniversary of the attacks approaches, vendors at newspaper kiosks around the globe recall that fateful day
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US that left nearly 3,000 people dead.
The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries
#BREAKING UN envoy says Afghanistan could be 'set back for generations' without economic help
#BREAKING UN envoy denounces 'credible allegations' of Taliban reprisal killings
#UPDATE A UN envoy urged the world to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government, warning the already poor country could otherwise suffer a historic breakdown u.afp.com/UjVK