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Taliban fighters patrol in Wazir Akbar Khan neighbourhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, August 18, 2021 [Rahmat Gul/ AP]
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Biden says US troops will stay in Kabul to get all Americans out

US president says troops will stay in Kabul to get all Americans out, even beyond the August 31 deadline for withdrawal.

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Thousands of people were injured in the August 14 earthquake and the death toll has now risen to 2,189 [Orlando Barría/EPA]

Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake

Armed police were deployed as Andy Li and Chan Tsz-wah were brought to court [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Two Hong Kong activists convicted on security law charge

Mapping wildfires around the world

Mapping wildfires around the world

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home to attend her last extradition hearing in the British Columbia Supreme Court [Don MacKinnon /AFP]

Extradition hearings in Canada for Huawei’s Meng come to a close

Health authorities in Sydney are ramping up vaccinations and urging people to get tested for COVID-19 as cases continue to rise [Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP Photo]

Sydney rushes to vaccinate as Delta variant tears through suburbs

Afghan security guards stand on a wall as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan [AP Photo]

Afghans desperate to leave country remain stuck at Kabul airport

Cousins Adnan (left) and Mehdi were detained in Nauru as teenagers after trying to get to Australia by boat [Supplied]

Two refugees to sue Australia over continued detention

UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [Twitter/ TC Cumhurbaşkanlığı]

Erdogan says Turkish contacts with UAE have made progress

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 500,000 deaths in the US to opioid overdose since 2000 [File: Seth Wenig/AP Photo]

Ex Purdue Pharma chief denies responsibility for US opioid crisis

Afghanistan: Visualising the impact of 20 years of war
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Afghanistan: Visualising the impact of 20 years of war

We break down the latest figures in nine graphics to show the impact of 20 years of war on the people.

A Taliban fighter patrols in Wazir Akbar Khan in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee the country. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan security guards stand on a wall as hundreds of people gather outside the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan [AP Photo]

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Last Sunday, they entered the presidential palace, retaking Afghanistan 20 years after they were driven out of power [File: Hoshang Hashimi/AFP]

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United States Army soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 15, 2021 [Sgt Isaiah Campbel/Central Command Public Affairs/l/Handout via Reuters]

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