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The Pentagon announced the completion of the US troop pullout from Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year mission there on Monday. The airport in Kabul is now under the full control of the Taliban*.
Shortly before the Taliban's* takeover of Kabul, Antony Blinken tried to uphold the alleged success of the nation's Afghan mission, which he claimed "is manifestly not Saigon".
Geir Pedersen, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, recently denounced the "escalation" in Daraa and several other Syrian provinces over the past few months, but also warned that economic sanctions by the US or other nations could make the situation far worse for civilians.
The insurgent group had seized all but few of the country's regions by 15 August, when the capital Kabul fell without a fight. But the last American servicemen only left the country on 30 August, thereby concluding the NATO withdrawal.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a press release he will sign the Republican-supported voting rights bill into law that passed the state legislature earlier in the day.
WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - A new US military base in Afghanistan is needed to protect the United States from future terrorist attacks, ranking Republican on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers said on Tuesday.
The British government earlier approved a charter flight to evacuate 200 animals from Kabul under the lead of Pen Farthing, a former Royal Marine, who left an expletive-ridden message for a UK defence secretary adviser as he sought to fly staff and animals out of Afghanistan.
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