Pentagon investigating how civilians were killed as they clung to aircraft departing Kabul; Taliban figure Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrives from Qatar
- Taliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’
- Pakistan divided over success of Taliban in Afghanistan
- Afghan who guarded UK embassy fears for life after visa refusal
- ‘Greater stability’ as western forces help to secure Kabul airport
- Who will run the regime? Taliban leaders in line to rule Afghanistan
And some moving news:
We are receiving multiple reports that an Australian military evacuation mission has left Afghan airspace, having flown out of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport. Details of the mission are unclear, we are seeking those.
Just to revisit some of those recent developments:
The US Air Force said it is investigating the circumstances surrounding human remains that were found in the wheel well of one of its C-17s that flew out of Kabul amid the chaos of the Taliban takeover of the Afghan capital, Reuters reports.
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