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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

20-year US intervention in ruins as Taliban enters Kabul  —  There are reports this morning that the Taliban have entered the capital city of Kabul.  Developments on the ground are happening quickly after a week in which the insurgent group took one key provincial city after another …

Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Advances on Kabul; U.S. Evacuation Accelerates  —  The insurgents, after seizing control of the eastern city of Jalalabad, encircled the Afghan capital.  A senior American official said key diplomatic staff had been moved to a compound at the airport.

LIVEAfghan President Ghani leaves country - reports  —  Summary  — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country bound for Tajikistan, reports say  — A Taliban spokesman says their fighters have been ordered to enter the city to prevent looting