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The left behind

The Afghan army collapse

An unequal fight, page 12

Biden’s burden

Simon Tisdall, page 15

The victor

Baradar profile, page 13

‘No future’

Life for women now, page 16

‘This is not Saigon’

Blinken’s defence, page 14

A reckless timetable

The Guardian view, page 49

A defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out of Afghanistan while attempting to shift blame for events unfolding there to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the Taliban.

Biden is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the stunning fall of Afghanistan last Sunday to the extremist insurgent

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