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  2. Fall of Kabul (2021) - Wikipedia

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    On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban after a major insurgent offensive that began in May 2021. It was the final action of the War in Afghanistan, and marked a total victory for the Taliban.

  3. 2021 Kabul airport attack - Wikipedia

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    After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on 15 August 2021, Hamid Karzai International Airport was the only way out of Afghanistan. [20] Security concerns grew after hundreds of members of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province escaped from jails at Bagram and Pul-e-Charkhi.

  4. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) - Wikipedia

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    The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda , toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.

  5. 2021 Taliban offensive - Wikipedia

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    Early on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province, unopposed. [241] It was the twenty-sixth provincial capital to fall, and its capture left Kabul as the last major city under Afghan government control. [242]

  6. 13 American service members killed during disastrous Afghan ...

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    “A big part of us died with our children on August 26, 2021,” said an emotional Coral Doolittle, the mother of Sanchez. ... About 2,500 US service members were killed and more than 20,000 were ...

  7. Portal:Current events/2021 August 15 - Wikipedia

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    Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price announces that the U.S. Embassy is successfully evacuated. Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem says on Al Jazeera Mubasher that the war in Afghanistan is over. Disasters and accidents. 2021 Algeria wildfires

  8. Afghanistan withdrawal investigator resigns in protest from ...

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    McCaul has made investigating President Biden’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan a centerpiece of his agenda heading the committee, promising to discover how the two-decade war culminated in a ...

  9. 2021 Kabul airlift - Wikipedia

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    The 2021 Kabul airlift was a large-scale evacuation operation conducted by the United States and its allies following the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 and during the final stages of the U.S. and NATO troop withdrawal, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan. [27]