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A US soldier shoots in the air with his pistol whiel standing guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul [Wakil Kohsar/AFP] (AFP)
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US enlists commercial airlines to help in Afghan evacuation

Biden admin says 18 aircraft will be used to speed up the evacuation process as chaos continues at Kabul airport.

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The United States has set a deadline to complete the evacuations by August 31 [File:Reuters]

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Blair, one of the architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, criticised the US withdrawal as 'imbecilic' [File: Reuters]

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Afghanistan’s economy had already been struggling due to corruption, cuts in foreign aid and a near run on the banks in the days before the Taliban’s arrival last week [Reuters]

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American civil rights icon Jesse Jackson received his first COVID vaccination dose in January and urged Black people to get inoculated [File: AFP]

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Palestinian protesters carry a wounded man during the clahses near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip. [Mohammed Saber/EPA]

Dozens hurt as Israel raids Gaza, fires at Palestinian protesters

The United States has set a deadline to complete the evacuations by August 31 [File:Reuters]

Infographic: How many people evacuated from Afghanistan so far?

Blair, one of the architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, criticised the US withdrawal as 'imbecilic' [File: Reuters]

Ex-UK PM Blair slams American ‘abandonment’ of Afghanistan

Lofven, 64, has served as party leader for almost 10 years and as prime minister since 2014 [Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP]

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to step down in November

The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

Nord Stream 2 pipeline ‘dangerous geopolitical weapon’: Ukraine

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi ​bump elbows during a meeting in Tehran [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

Iran: Japanese FM discusses nuclear deal, Afghanistan turmoil

Manny Pacquiao, 42, blocks a jab from Yordenis Ugás in a world welterweight championship bout in Las Vegas [Stephen R Sylvanie/USA Today Sports via Reuters]

Yordenis Ugás beats Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision

Afghanistan’s economy had already been struggling due to corruption, cuts in foreign aid and a near run on the banks in the days before the Taliban’s arrival last week [Reuters]

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American civil rights icon Jesse Jackson received his first COVID vaccination dose in January and urged Black people to get inoculated [File: AFP]

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalised with COVID-19

FILE – In this Aug. 19, 2021, file photo, Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, China has seen the realization of long-held hopes for a reduction of the influence of a geopolitical rival in what it considers its backyard. Yet, it is also deeply concerned that the very withdrawal could bring instability to that backyard – Central Asia – and possibly even spill over the border into China itself in its heavily Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

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In a harrowing video from the airport on Monday, hundreds of people were seen running alongside a US Air Force plane as it gathered speed on the runway [AP Photo]

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Balkhi said Kabul airport remains a flashpoint, but that the problem was created by the US as it rushes to evacuate thousands [Screengrab]

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Afghans who served with the Spanish mission in Afghanistan arrive in Dubai prior to flying to Spain [Spanish defence ministry via AFP]

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Baradar is meeting battlefield commanders, former government leaders, and policy-makers as well as religious scholars [File: Reuters]

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar in Kabul for government talks

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