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With Ghani out of picture, Taliban waltz into Kabul presidential palace
Aug 16, 2021 00:32Not long after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country to safety, the Taliban militant group tops its exponential advances in the country by running into the presidential palace in the capital Kabul.
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US goes for a full embassy withdrawal as the Taliban close in on Kabul
Aug 15, 2021 12:27The United States is reportedly removing all of its staff from the embassy in Kabul in the next 72 hours and closing the embassy as the Taliban appear to capture the seat of the central government.
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Security sources: No clashes take place between Taliban, Iran border guards
Aug 15, 2021 11:48Security sources informed with the matter have dismissed rumors that there have been clashes between the Taliban militants and Iranian border guards, saying there exists no problem at Iran’s borders with neighboring Afghanistan.
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Taliban seeks peaceful transfer of power in 'next few days': Spokesman
Aug 15, 2021 11:41A Taliban spokesman says the group expects a "peaceful transition of power” in the next few days after the militants entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul with little resistance amid evacuation of US diplomats from its embassy by helicopter.
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Taliban say militants waiting at Kabul gates after seizing Jalalabad
Aug 15, 2021 04:39The Taliban have reportedly entered the Afghan capital but the group said its militants have been ordered to wait at the city's gates and that they are not planning to capture Kabul “by force” shortly after they seized control of a strategic eastern city without any resistance.
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McConnell calls for US airstrikes to ‘prevent the Taliban from overrunning Kabul’
Aug 14, 2021 02:54The top Republican in the US Senate has called on the United States to carry out airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying that “it is not too late to prevent the Taliban from overrunning Kabul.”
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Reports: US embassy in Kabul tells staff to destroy sensitive documents
Aug 14, 2021 01:44The US embassy in Afghanistan's capital has directed its staff to destroy sensitive documents and computers as well as other material that could be used against the United States, according to American media outlets.
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Republican lawmakers condemn Biden over Afghanistan situation
Aug 14, 2021 01:28Republican members of the US Congress have slammed President Joe Biden over withdrawing troops from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized the country’s second-and third-biggest cities as resistance from American-trained government forces crumbled.
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Intl. community won’t recognize Taliban government taken by force in Afghanistan: NATO
Aug 14, 2021 01:20NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the US-led military alliance would support the Afghan government in the face of the Taliban offensive, warning the militants against taking the country by force.
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UN chief calls on Taliban to halt offensive against Afghan govt. forces
Aug 14, 2021 00:48United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Taliban to “immediately halt” their military campaign against government troops and return to the negotiating table in good faith “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.”