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After The Taliban Takeover Of Kabul, Here's What We Know

President Biden addressed the nation after images from the airport in the Afghan capital showed desperate people fleeing before the Taliban advance. He said he stands by his decision to withdraw.
Afghans rush to the Hamid Karzai International Airport as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Kabul.

Chaos erupted at Kabul's airport as thousands of Afghans were left uncertain of their safety and livelihood after Taliban forces in Afghanistan occupied the capital city.

President Biden addressed the sudden collapse of the government the U.S. had spent 20 years supporting, and he acknowledged that it all unraveled quicker than he had anticipated. But to withdraw all U.S. troops by Sept. 11 — the 2oth

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