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August 20th, 2021

Libyan Ambassador to US Dismissed, New Charge D'Affairs Named Libya Calls Activation of 'Quartet Agreement' to Protect Its Borders
Family of Last Hostage in Afghanistan Pleads With Biden to Pardon Drug Lord in Exchange Brazil's Bolsonaro Asks Senate to Impeach a Supreme Court Justice
Anti-Taliban Fighters Claim Victories as First Stirrings of Armed Resistance Emerge Canada Would Consider Accepting Afghan Refugees on Behalf of US, Allies: Minister
China Tests Superfast Aircraft-Tracking Satellite That Could Prevent Another Mh370 Tragedy Ismail Sabri Yaakob: Malaysia's New PM Is Establishment Stalwart
ISIS Calls Taliban 'Apostates,' Dismisses Afghan Take Over as a 'Delusional Victory' Informal US Refugee Network Turns to Text Messages, Gofundme to Rescue Afghans
Nigerian Parents Excited by Return of Two Abducted Schoolgirls German Civilian Wounded by Gunshot on Way to Kabul Airport, Berlin Says
Indonesia Police Arrest 53 Suspected of Plotting Independence Day Attack Resistance to Taliban Is Doomed, Says Russian Envoy to Afghanistan
Switzerland Offers Afghanistan Good Offices, Charter Flight for Evacuees Uzbekistan Sends 150 Afghan Refugees Back Home
Finland to Send Troops to Kabul Airport to Support Evacuation Afghan Taliban Not Stopping People Leaving Kabul, Official Says
Top Russian Independent TV Station Branded a 'Foreign Agent' UAE to Temporarily Host 5,000 Afghans at US Request
In Shift, Biden Taps Career Diplomat, Not Politician, for Ambassador to China Mexico President Would Consider Freeing Drug Lord Jailed for Killing US Agent
Colombia to Host Afghans Making Their Way to the United States Helicopters Used to Bring Americans to Kabul Airport From Hotel Just 656 Feet Away
Some Taliban Websites Go Offline Amid Broader Tech Crackdown How the Taliban Won Over Northern Ethnic Minorities
Dozens of Palestinians Injured in West Bank Clashes With Israeli Soldiers: Medics Bahrain to Assist in Evacuating Afghans to Other Countries
Germany Sending Special Ops Helicopters to Kabul to Rescue Evacuees Outside the Airport Why Afghanistan's Panjshir Remains Out of Taliban's Reach
Jens Stoltenberg: NATO Has 'Some Leverage' With Taliban Pentagon: Staying in Afghanistan Past Aug. 31 Would Require Talks With the Taliban
US Hits Russia With More Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Despite Deal With Germany Russia Says Syria Shot Down 22 Out of 24 Israeli Missiles During Air Raid
Lebanon Complains to UN After Israel 'Endangers Civilian Flights' in Syria Strikes Albania Refuses to Extradite Man Facing Egypt Death Sentence
ISIS Declares Taliban 'Apostates', Dismisses Afghanistan Takeover as 'Delusional Victory' Tunisian Interior Ministry Appoints Nine Senior Security Officials
Morocco Keen to Keep Algeria-Spain Gas Pipeline Open, Amid Fires Dispute US Afghan Evacuations Stalling as Receiving Base in Qatar Overflows: Pentagon
About 200 US Marines Head to Haiti in Wake of Devastating Earthquake Two Off-Duty Army Reservists Were Stranded Behind Taliban Lines, DoD Confirms
Undercount: Famous C-17 Flight Filled With More Afghan Evacuees Than First Thought, Setting Record at 823 Civilians Norway and Russia Sharpen Transparency Pact on Warship, Aircraft Moves
Afghan MPs: Rebuilding a National Army Difficult Hekmatyar: Talks to Start After Taliban Leaders Arrive in Kabul
2020 Was 'Deadliest' Year Ever for Rohingya Sea Journeys: UNHCR Qatar's Taliban Efforts Position Doha as a Key Mediator: Analysts
Merkel and Putin Clash Over Navalny During Talks in Moscow Uganda Suspends More Than 50 Rights Groups, Citing Non-Compliance
Former House Foreign Affairs Chair Will Lobby for Saudi Arabia Hamas Welcomes Resumption of Qatari Aid Payments to Gaza
Biden to Nominate Rahm Emanuel as Ambassador to Japan Austin Contradicts Biden, Says Americans Have Been 'Beaten' by the Taliban
US Extends Border Restrictions on Canadians. Trudeau Asked About Re-Sealing Frontier to Americans. NATO Ministers Float Kabul Extension for Afghanistan Evacuations
Pentagon: Afghanistan Evacuations Past Aug. 31 Would Require Additional Taliban Talks US-Made Weapons Seized by Taliban Could Lead to Regional Arms Bazaar
Biden Says Kabul Evacuation Is One of the Most 'Difficult' Airlifts in History Government Fire Kills 8 Children in Syria's Idlib in Two Days: Monitor
Sick Baby Hoisted Over Wall at Kabul Airport by US Marine To Get to Hospital Afghanistan Seen Bringing 'Global Britain' Down to Size
2 Children Killed in Suicide Bombing Targeting Chinese Nationals in Pakistan Ramstein Air Base Readies for Possible Airlifts of Afghanistan Evacuees
Western Nations Coordinating to Block Taliban Recognition Israeli Occupation Forces Injure 13 Palestinians in Beita
53 US Lawmakers Warn of Grim Humanitarian Situation in Gaza Israeli Forces Detain Four Palestinians in Hebron
Afghanistan Evacuation Flights Paused After Facility Hits Capacity China's Military Nuclear Orders Rise Fourfold in Push to Catch Up With US
US Issues Nord Stream 2 Related Sanctions on Russians NATO to Taliban: 'We Will Not Allow Any Terrorists to Threaten Us'
Biden's Afghanistan Policy Counts on Issue Fading in Importance for War-Weary Americans US Doesn't Have 'Precise Number' of Americans in Afghanistan: White House
Minister Says 700 Dutch Nationals in Afghanistan, Chaos at Airport US Envoy Heads to Seoul for Talks on Korean Peninsula: State Department
Putin Says Senses Kyiv Has Decided Against Peaceful Solution to East Ukraine Conflict Gulf Arabs Jittery About Taliban Takeover but May Seek Pragmatic Ties
US Set to Expand Evacuation Flights From Kabul to Europe: Officials Ukraine Imposes Sanctions on Lawmaker Accused of Meddling in US Election
Relatives Say Former Afghan Govt Officials Detained, Missing Afghan Women to Taliban: 'Include Us in Your Govt'
Thousands of Desperate Afghans Still Waiting to Evacuate Canada Accused of Prioritizing Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Over Human Rights
Israeli Aerial Attacks on Syria Launched Via Lebanon's Airspace Afghanistan: Turks Want Withdrawal of Their Troops From Kabul, Says Poll
Afghanistan: How Iran and Its Allies Are Relying on Soleimani's Deals With the Taliban 4,000 Gaza Students Displaced After Israel Attacks
Kashmiris Accuse Indian Forces of Arbitrary Arrests, Intimidation 'No Alternative to the Taliban': Russia's Envoy to Afghanistan
Taliban Responsible for Massacre of Nine Hazara Men: Amnesty Merkel and Putin to Discuss Afghanistan, Other Major Issues
NATO Commits to Center Efforts on Evacuations From Kabul US Says Food Aid Runs Out This Week in Ethiopia's Tigray
Taliban Took Afghanistan but Face Cash Squeeze

August 19th, 2021

The Taliban Captured a Female Afghan Governor Who Recruited Militants to Fight the Taliban, Report Says Report: US Considering Bombing Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan
Jake Sullivan Says US Focused on Potential Attack From ISIS-K in Afghanistan Report: CIA Chief Raised Concerns With Israel Over Chinese Investments
Over 5,200 US Troops at Kabul Airport as Airlift Continues
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