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August 25th, 2021

US Allies Say Their Afghanistan Evacuations Will Be Completed Before Aug. 31 Deadline Fleeing Afghans Should Try to Get to Border, Says UK Defense Secretary
Taliban Have Captured More Than 100 Military Helicopters, Russia Says Taliban Is Feared to Have Access to 200,000 Guns, 22,000 Humvees and More
Dozens of California Students, Parents Stranded in Afghanistan After Summer Trip Abroad FBI Palantir Glitch Allowed Unauthorized Access to Private Data
British Stamps Banned From Chagos Islands in Indian Ocean Russia Flies Nationals Out of Afghanistan on Putin's Orders
Plane With 240 Evacuated Afghan Nationals Lands in Budapest Colombia's Cemeteries May Hold Answers for Families of Disappeared
Gunmen Kill 36 Villagers in Nigeria's Divided Plateau State Afghans With Legal Papers Will Be Able to Travel Beyond Aug. 31, Taliban Tell Germany
Murders of Colombia Activists Fell in First Half, but Violence Persists Poland, Belgium End Afghan Evacuation as Clock Ticks Down
Egypt Pressures Hamas to Cancel Protests in Gaza Israel Kills 15-Year-Old in Night Attack on Refugee Camp
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Offering to Fly People Out of Kabul for $6,500 Each Serious Violence Averted as Over 1,000 Palestinians Protest on Gaza Border
Blinken Estimates 1,500 Americans Are Still Trying to Leave Afghanistan Pentagon: US Troops Must Get Their Covid-19 Vaccines ASAP
US Approves $258 Million Arms Sale to South Korea White House to US Lawmakers: 'This Is Not the Time to Travel to Afghanistan'
Central American Nations Ask: Can Bitcoin Cut Remittance Costs? Morocco 'Regrets' Algeria's Decision to Cut Diplomatic Ties
In Pictures: Residents Help Fellow Afghans Displaced by War Poland Halts Afghan Airlift Over Safety as US Deadline Looms
Biden Urges Tech Moguls to Help Fight Cybersecurity Threat Palestinians in Gaza Resume Protests Against Israeli Blockade
Harris Calls on Vietnam to Join US Against China's 'Bullying' New Report Finds US Has Spent Over $2.3 Trillion on Afghanistan War
Turkey Begins Evacuating Troops From Kabul Airport Israel's Bennett Says No Palestinian State as Long as He's Prime Minister
Israel-Based Organization Evacuates Hundreds of Afghans on Private Flights Air Force's Kendall Creates Space Acquisition Office, Plans to Buy Hundreds of Satellites
French Reaper Block 5 Drone Executes First Airstrike in Sahel Afghan Resistance Leader Vows 'No Surrender' to Taliban
US, Thai Military Complete 40th Exercise Cobra Gold US Army Using Controversial Facial Recognition AI
When Opportunity Knocks: Erik Prince Pops Up in Afghanistan Chaos New Costs of War Analysis Says US Spent Over $2.3 Trillion on War in Afghanistan
US Woman Under Taliban's Watch Won't Leave Kabul Without Her Staff and Hundreds of Rescue Animals 400 US Troops Drawdown From Kabul Airport Along With Another 19,000 Afghanistan Evacuees
The Taliban Wants to 'Forget What Happened in the Past,' a Leader Tells the Times Germany's Merkel: Kabul Evacuations Will 'End in a Few Days'
Israeli Army Fires Live Bullets and Tear Gas at Gaza Demonstration Iran's Parliament Approves President Raisi's Conservative Cabinet
On Social Media, Taliban Tout Trained and US-Equipped 'Special Forces' As Bennett Meets Biden, IDF Ramps Up Plans for Strike on Iran's Nuke Program
Vietnam Says It Will Not Side Against China, as US' Kamala Harris Visits China, Russia Agree to Work Together to Prevent Security Risks Spilling Over From Afghanistan
50,000 Afghans Could Be Allowed Into US on Humanitarian Parole Kabul Airport: US Concerned About 'Very Specific Threat Stream' From ISIS-K Against Crowds Outside Airport
Afghans With Legal Papers Will Be Able to Travel Beyond Aug. 31, Taliban Tell Germany Kabul Residents Are Running Out of Cash and Struggling With Rising Prices
France, UK's Kabul Evacuation to End Days Before August 31 US Withdrawal Iraq Seeks to Ease Saudi-Iran Hostility at Baghdad Summit
'Very Probable' That France's Afghan Evacuation Operations Will End Thursday: Minister Taliban Appoint Senior Veterans to Key Ministerial Posts
Mexico Receives Fleeing Afghan Media Workers Including From NY Times Boko Haram Attack Kills 16 Soldiers in Southern Niger
World Bank Halts Financial Support to Afghanistan Situation in Afghanistan 'Difficult', 'Alarming': Putin
Covid-19: Saudi Arabia Banned Yemeni Residents From Accessing Vaccines, Says Report Gaza: Palestinian Man Succumbs to Wounds Ahead of Planned Protests
Afghanistan: Persecuted Hazara Shia Unconvinced by Taliban Reassurances to Iran Afghan Small Business Owners in Anxious Wait Over What Comes Next
US Bankers, Chinese Officials Quietly Plan New Talks Amid Tension Banks in Kabul Reopen, Drawing Crowds of Cash-Starved Afghans
Gunman Kills Several Police Near French Embassy in Tanzania 51 Evacuees From Afghanistan Arrive in Uganda at US Request
Gaza Palestinians Resume Demonstrations on Israeli Border Poland Ends Afghan Evacuation as Clock Ticks Down on Airlift

August 24th, 2021

Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed; Eight Bodies Found Israel's Bennett Says He Will Continue Covert Attacks Against Iran
Afghan All-Girl Robotics Team Members Land in Mexico
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