Government A Seattle-area Afghan American reacts to ‘stolen hope’ ‘Every time I think about it, I get super emotional, because I remember the time when my mom got off the plane. It was the first time that she had been back since she left, and she kissed the ground.’ Paige Browning John O'Brien
World 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. Deepa Shivaram Barbara Campbell
World Chaos At The Kabul Airport Reflects The Desperation Afghans Are Feeling Images from the ground show hundreds if not thousands of Afghans crowding the airport, including the tarmac, in an apparent attempt to flee the country. Dana Farrington
World What Women's Advocacy Groups Worldwide Are Doing For Women In Afghanistan "Whatever happens in the coming days, we hold true to the idea that women can and should help shape the future of Afghanistan," said one nonprofit, as alarm rises about the Taliban takeover. Josie Fischels
World Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban Again As The U.S.-Backed Government Collapses In a sudden, final offensive, the Taliban pushed into Kabul, as Afghanistan's U.S.-backed president left the country and U.S. diplomatic personnel beat a quick retreat from the embassy compound. Scott Neuman
World A Quarter-Million People Have Fled Their Homes As Afghanistan's Violence Intensifies Most of those affected by the Taliban offensive are women and children, the U.N. says. The situation has "all the hallmarks of a humanitarian catastrophe," according to one official. Deepa Shivaram
World Staff In Afghanistan Have Been Told Destroy Sensitive Material, Evacuate Embassy A memo obtained by NPR, lays out the emergency preparations being made at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave the country. Greg Myre
World U.S. Is Starting To Evacuate Some Embassy Staff From Afghanistan With Military Help The State Department is reducing the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to a "core diplomatic presence" amid the deteriorating security situation. Vanessa Romo
World The Taliban Now Controls Two-Thirds Of Afghanistan As of this morning, the Taliban now has control of 10 provincial capital cities — effectively putting them in control of two-thirds of Afghanistan. Emily Alfin Johnson
World The Taliban Say They've Changed. Experts Aren't Buying It And Fear For Afghanistan The prospect of a Taliban takeover has people inside and outside Afghanistan worried about a return to an oppressive past. As the U.S. nears a full withdrawal, those fears are rapidly growing. Scott Neuman
