The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | |
| By Michael D. Shear and Jim Tankersley The president offered a glimpse of a different American foreign policy in the post-9/11 world, one that he said would be guided more by competition with China and Russia. | | | By Jim Huylebroek, Najim Rahim and Eric Nagourney With the final U.S. troops gone, triumphant scenes were clouded by the prospect of famine and financial collapse. The Taliban spokesman called for international engagement. | | | By Richard Fausset, Katy Reckdahl, Campbell Robertson and Tariro Mzezewa New Orleans, which is introducing a curfew, remains without electricity. Hundreds of thousands have no water. | | |
| Magazine By David Treuer For Ojibwe, the Big Drum is a gathering to mourn, to process grief, to understand loss. Could it heal my pain from the past year? | | | Opinion | Guest Essay By Tara Haelle Anti-vaccine activists are more politically savvy and dangerous than ever before. | | |
| By Associated Press Search-and-rescue efforts continued for those stranded after the Category 4 storm battered the state. Officials warned that recovery could take days or even weeks. | | | By Reuters Once a symbol of escape and freedom from the Taliban, the airport in Kabul became a site for the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan after the militant group held a news conference from the tarmac. The last flight out of Afghanistan took off on Aug. 31. | | | By The New York Times Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she would institute a school mask mandate, pursue vaccination or mandatory testing requirements for school staff and allocate $65 million for the rollout of booster shots after federal regulators clear them. | | |
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