control of Kabul on Sunday.... On August 15, the Taliban took over Kabul and declared its rule over

That’s about as far as he got.... The Soviet embarrassment also foreshadowed what was in store two years later.... The superpower disintegrated in 1991. And now we have the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan to add to the country’s tangled, convoluted legacy when it comes to foreign intervention....

A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their

The fall ofKabul will have profound implications for Central Asia and wider Eurasia— presenting

, captured Kabul with Islamabad’s support.... “ The contention that Pakistan’s ‘military strategy’ was

attacks at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The Standard Poor’s 500 index fell 0.6% a day after

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, screen top right, speaks with EU foreign ministers and representatives as he takes part in an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council, via video link, at the European Council building in Brussels, on Aug.... EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell further criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for underplaying the commitment to nation-building in Afghanistan.... Well, this is arguable," Borrell told a European Parliament committee....

now= true from the country to the cities, and the World Food Programme fears food could run out by the end of the month, pushing up to 14 million people to the brink of starvation.... " Every day, things get worse for us, more bitter.... But bread has also disappeared," said one shopkeeper.( Reporting by James Mackenzie; Editing by Mike Collett-White)....

A scheme to bring Afghan refugees to the UK is to open five months after the fall of Kabul, the

Britain urged the United States on Monday to extend its evacuation effort in Kabul past the Aug