1 big thing: Biden's stain  —  Rarely has an American president's predictions been so wrong, so fast, so convincingly as President Biden on Afghanistan.  — Usually military operations and diplomacy are long; the outcomes, foggy.  Not here.  —  Just five weeks ago, President Biden assured Americans …

Taliban Enter Kabul as Panic Spreads in Afghanistan's Capital  —  Mass evacuations of Western diplomats and civilians under way, with insurgents preparing to assume power  —  KABUL—Taliban fighters on Sunday entered Kabul, freeing inmates at the city's main prison and triggering a massive effort …

Statement by President Joe Biden on Afghanistan  —  Over the past several days, I have been in close contact with my national security team to give them direction on how to protect our interests and values as we end our military mission in Afghanistan.  —  First, based on the recommendations …

Afghanistan's military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions  —  KABUL — The spectacular collapse of Afghanistan's military that allowed Taliban fighters to reach the gates of Kabul on Sunday despite twenty years of training and billions of dollars in American aid began with a series …

A frenzied flight from Kabul as the U.S. evacuation accelerates.  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — As the Taliban stood at the gates of Kabul, completing the near total takeover of Afghanistan two decades after the American military drove them from power, a chaotic and frenzied evacuation of U.S. diplomats …

Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse  —  KABUL — Taliban forces entered Kabul through the city's four main gates Sunday morning, according to two Afghan security officials and civilian eyewitness accounts, in a move that could trigger the collapse …

‘They are coming’: US diplomats await flights out of Kabul as the Taliban advance and fear spreads in the capital  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats waiting to fly out of Kabul on Sunday morning spent their last hours at work burning anything of strategic or propaganda value …

US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours  —  ‘What has happened?’:  Acosta presses Pentagon spokesperson on Afghanistan  —  (CNN)The United States is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours, including top officials …

Afghanistan live updates: Taliban enters outskirts of Kabul - as Afghan government promise peaceful transition of power  —  Key points:  — Taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul - but leader orders militants to refrain from violence and says officials in talks for ‘peaceful surrender’

Biden administration scrambled as its orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan unraveled  —  By the middle of the week, as cities across Afghanistan were falling like dominoes to the Taliban and U.S. diplomats appeared increasingly at risk, President Biden's plan for an orderly end to the United States' longest war was quickly falling apart.