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The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said.

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Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation and most NATO nations flew out their troops after two decades in Afghanistan, winding down a frantic airlift that Western leaders acknowledged was still leaving many of

LONDON — Britain ended evacuation flights from Kabul airport on Saturday and began bringing troops home, even as the U.K.’s top military officer acknowledged “we haven’t been able to bring everybody out.” Britain’s defense ministry said the final flight for

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Two targets were killed in a U.S. drone strike in retaliation for the Kabul airport attack. President Biden warned that another terrorist attack on the airport is “highly likely.” (Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP)

Two targets — described as “a planner and a facilitator” in the Islamic State affiliate — were killed and one other person was injured in a drone strike in retaliation for the Kabul airport attack. (Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP)

Scott Simon talks to Al Jazeera English correspondent Charlotte Bellis about the latest on the U.S. drone strike on ISIS-K in Afghanistan. The group is behind Thursday’s attack on Kabul’s airport.