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biden withdrawal afghanistan FILE PHOTO: A baby is handed over to the American army over the perimeter wall of the airport for it to be evacuated, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. OMAR HAIDARI/via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

Orderly withdrawal? Middle East expert says the Biden Administration set expectations too high

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Abbas Karimi is the only Afghan at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

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Delayed meeting between Biden, Bennett finally happens

Middle East expert speaks on Kabul airport area deadly bombing

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Biden promised a “forceful response” if the Taliban attacked. But what if an Islamic State group was responsible?

Harris Vietnam U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs Vietnam at Noi Bai International airport, following her first official trip to Asia, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

Harris wraps up Asia trip, pleads with Vietnam to free political dissidents

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Islamic law: Why the Taliban’s rules depart from the religion’s core values

airport attacks Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Twin suicide attacks hit near Kabul airport killing 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops

Biden Bennett Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett adjusts his protective face mask during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 25, 2021. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS

Biden cancels planned first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister

China covid origins FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

Battle between US, China, WHO over COVID origins research intensifies

Blinken Americans Afghanistan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a media briefing on Afghanistan, at the State Department, in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 25, 2021. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

Blinken: 1,500 Americans still need to get out of Afghanistan

Biden cybersecurity U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he meets with members of his national security team and private sector leaders to discuss how to "improve the nation's cybersecurity," in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Biden turns to top tech execs to collab on cybersecurity

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“We will hunt you down,” Biden warns ISIS-K. But who exactly is this terror group?

Harris China U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the official launch of the CDC Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, August, 25, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

VP urges Vietnam to join US accusing China of ‘bullying’

Secret trip afghanistan A U.S. Marine provides security for qualified evacuees boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the noncombatant evacuation operation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 24, 2021. Picture taken August 24, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Taylor Crul/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Congressmen make a secret trip to Afghanistan, shocking White House

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Jolie jumps on Instagram to help Afghanistan with 7 million followers

Afghanistan deadline Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Taliban draws line in the sand, unlikely to extend evacuation deadline

Havana Syndrome U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for the second leg of her Asia trip, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August, 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

Harris trip stopped in its tracks due to Havana Syndrome

out of Afghanistan Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. Picture taken August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

US accelerating effort to get out of Afghanistan amid capital city violence

Biden promise U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on evacuation efforts and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

“We will get you home!” Biden makes promise to Americans stranded in Afghanistan

Microsoft reported that Russian operatives are intensifying attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. Reuters

Vice Presidential trip to Asia this weekend now carries a lot more weight

Navalny poisoning FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and to protest against proposed amendments to the country's constitution, in Moscow, Russia February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

US imposes more economic sanctions against Russia over Navalny poisoning

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Afghan refugees await evacuation to the US, but how many are there?

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As Afghans flee Kabul, more reports of deadly Taliban attacks pile up