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Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP)

Chaos on the ground, uncertainty on what’s to come in Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi)

Taliban seek to project calm as U.S. speeds chaotic evacuation

By Ahmad Seir, Rahim Faiez, Kathy Gannon and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Passengers trying to fly out of Kabul International Airport amid the Taliban offensive wait in line in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. As a Taliban offensive squeezes in on the gates of the Afghan capital, there's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war and one way in for the U.S. troops tasked with backing the American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport. (AP Photo/Tameem Akghar)

Afghan woman in limbo at Kabul airport after Taliban sweep

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

U.S. leaves Afghanistan, China enters illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

As the U.S. leaves Afghanistan, China enters

By Thierry Kellner

Taliban fighters stand guard in front of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

At least seven dead in chaos at Kabul airport as U.S. troops scramble to maintain order

By Guy Taylor and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens during a virtual meeting from the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, to discuss the importance of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘No way to hide it’: Biden faces friendly-fire on Afghanistan from key moderate Democrat

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi)

‘Blood on his hands’: Biden under fire over collapse in Afghanistan

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Ghani flees Afghanistan, U.S. diplomats burn documents as Taliban enter Kabul

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about refugee programs for Afghans who aided the U.S., during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP, File)

Blinken: Biden admin ‘inherited’ Afghan situation from Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this July 11, 2021, file photo, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

‘Resign in disgrace’: Trump calls for Biden to step down

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, members of the 16 Air Assault Brigade arrive in Kabul as part of a 600-strong UK-force sent to assist with Operation PITTING to rescue British nationals in Afghanistan amidst the worsening security situation there. (Leading Hand Ben Shread/Ministry of Defence via AP)

Rapid Afghanistan collapse leaves U.S. scrambling to evacuate personnel

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, take refuge in a public park Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country's south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before the U.S. is set to officially end its two-decade war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Taliban capture key northern city, approach Afghan capital

By Tameem Akhgar and Rahim Faiez and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Members of the Taliban, left, drive with other motorists through city of Herat, Afghanistan, west of Kabul, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, after the province was taken from the Afghan government. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Biden sending 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Taliban fighters pose on the back of a vehicle in the city of Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, after they took this province from Afghan government. The Taliban seized two more provinces and approached the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital. (AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi)

Biden’s bullish take on Afghanistan steamrolled by Taliban as extremists take provincial capitals

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug prices and his "Build Back Better" agenda from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden blames Trump for Taliban’s gains; Trump rips Biden’s ‘failure through weakness’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before the U.S. is set to officially end its two-decade war. (AP Photo/Gulabuddin Amiri)

First U.S. troops arrive in Afghanistan to aid evacuation as Taliban advance

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Zarmina Kakar, a women's rights activist, cries during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul the first time in 1996, and recalled a time when her mother took her out to buy her ice cream, back when the Taliban ruled. Her mother was whipped by a Taliban fighter for revealing her face for a couple of minutes. “Today again, I feel that if Taliban come to power, we will return back to the same dark days,” she said. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Afghan women fear return to ‘dark days’ amid Taliban sweep

By Zeina Karam and Ahmad Seir - Associated Press

President Joe Biden helps first lady Jill Biden as they board Marine One to depart Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Commander-in-absentia’: Biden resumes vacation while crises rage

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration on the fate of Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Who’s to blame for America’s defeat in Afghanistan?

By Jed Babbin

A Taliban fighter stands guard over surrendered Afghan security member forces in the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The Taliban have completed their sweep of the countrys south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that is gradually encircling Kabul, just weeks before the U.S. is set to officially end its two-decade war. (AP Photo/Gulabuddin Amiri)

Taliban sweep across Afghanistan’s south, take 4 more cities

By Tameem Akhgar, Rahim Faiez and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press