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Today's Headlines: U.S. Says 1,500 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Evacuation Enters Final Days

The Real Winner of the Afghan War? It's Not Who You Think.
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Thursday, August 26, 2021

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U.S. Says 1,500 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Evacuation Enters Final Days

U.S. Says 1,500 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Evacuation Enters Final Days

By Lara Jakes and Michael Levenson

The State Department is frantically trying to track down U.S. citizens. Tens of thousands of Afghan allies will all but certainly be left behind.

The Real Winner of the Afghan War? It's Not Who You Think.

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The Real Winner of the Afghan War? It's Not Who You Think.

By Jane Perlez

Pakistan, nominally a U.S. partner in the war, was the Afghan Taliban's main patron, and sees the Taliban's victory as its own. But now what does it do with its prize?

'They Were Bullies': Inside the Turbulent Origins of the Collapsed Florida Condo

'They Were Bullies': Inside the Turbulent Origins of the Collapsed Florida Condo

By Mike Baker and Michael LaForgia

The team that developed Champlain Towers managed to build the condos despite checkered pasts, internal strife and a last-minute change that infuriated leaders in Surfside, Fla.

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Today's Videos

Anti-Taliban Fighters Gather in the Panjshir Valley

Video Video: Anti-Taliban Fighters Gather in the Panjshir Valley

By Storyful and Reuters

A group of former mujahedeen fighters and Afghan Army commandos rallied 70 miles north of Kabul in the Panjshir Valley, the last area of Afghanistan not under Taliban control.

Harris's Trip to Vietnam Cleared Amid Safety Concerns

Video Video: Harris's Trip to Vietnam Cleared Amid Safety Concerns

By Reuters

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said a security assessment had deemed it safe for Vice President Kamala Harris to travel to Vietnam after reports of a possible case of "Havana Syndrome," a mysterious health condition, in Hanoi.

'We Are Working as Fast as We Can': U.S. Rushes Evacuations

Video Video: 'We Are Working as Fast as We Can': U.S. Rushes Evacuations

By The New York Times

A Pentagon spokesman said U.S. and allied forces would work "all the way to the end" to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Kabul, but that the priority would shift to flying out American troops and equipment in the mission's final days.

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