The Afghan military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?
New York Times: The Taliban have carried out an almost uninterrupted sweep of the country.
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'This was the final goodbye': Afghans flee as Taliban encircles Kabul
There's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war.
Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south, take four more cities
The Taliban now control more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan conflict: Taliban takes more cities as US plans to send in 3000 troops to evacuate personnel
The Taliban could gain full control of the country within a few months.
Govt urgently reviewing cases of Afghan interpreters
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi says they're looking at the "emerging issue".
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New York Times: The Taliban seized nine cities over six days.
Taliban closing in on Kabul after US troops' withdrawal
Taliban have taken more than a quarter of the provincial cities in less than a week.
On Afghanistan's front line, there are no good choices
New York Times: Families stuck between Taliban and government forces have nowhere to go.
Americans told to flee Afghanistan as cities fall to Taliban
Taliban fighters tightened the noose around northern Afghanistan on Sunday.
Taliban take Afghanistan's fifth largest city
Airstrikes and fighting have intensified following the US withdrawl.
'Leave ASAP': US, UK urge citizens to leave Afghanistan amid Taliban surge
The fall of Sheberghan came just hours after the Islamist group seized Zaranj.
Christina Lamb: The day I survived a Taliban attack
Times: Christina Lamb asks troops who saved her in Afghanistan if the war was worth it.
Meet the Muslim women giving new life to Christmas crackers
They don't find the Christmas cracker jokes funny either.
Afghans who worked with NZ fear deadly reprisals as Taliban closes in
A group of 38 Afghan civilians who helped the New Zealand war effort plead for help.
China pledges support for Taliban in hope for 'peace'
The Taliban are now believed to control half of Afghanistan after Nato withdrawal.
Taliban have 'strategic momentum' in Afghan war - US general
The country faces a critical period in coming weeks as US forces withdraw.
How the Afghan war showed the limits of US military power
ANALYSIS: The Americans lacked understanding of local politics, history and culture.
Fear and misery in an Afghan city where Taliban stalk the streets
New York Times: The city battling a cat-and-mouse war for control.
'Unbelievably bad': George W Bush's dark warning
The former president warned one Biden decision will have 'unspeakable' consequences.
No food or homes: Innocent kids flee Taliban surge
Dad's heartbreak: 'She asks me for something to eat. What can I tell her? We have nothing'
'In the end we felt betrayed': Vietnamese veterans see echoes in Afghanistan
New York Times: Stark similarities between Vietnam 46 years ago and Afghanistan today.
Taliban try to polish their image as they push for victory
New York Times: The insurgents are trying to rebrand themselves.
Soggy heap of UK defence papers found at a bus stop
Sensitive papers included plans for a possible UK military presence in Afghanistan.
US war in Afghanistan a 'total disgrace and disaster' - former president
Hamid Karzai said the departing US troops are leaving behind 'misery and indignity'.
Kabul targeted 'again' as US continues to withdraw troops
Chaos escalates in Afghanistan as the US and Nato continue withdrawal.
Chris Carter: What next for Afghanistan?
Opinion: Nato withdrawal is understandably viewed with apprehension - what NZ can do.
My friends and many Afghans died here. For what?
New York Times: Former Marie finds little to explain what the war had all been for.
A city under siege: What the war looks like on Afghanistan's front line
New York Times: As US troops withdrew, the Taliban launched an offensive on Lashkar Gah.
'Why do we deserve to die?' Kabul's Hazaras bury their daughters
New York Times: The bomb attack killed scores of schoolgirls.
'My sister had so many dreams': Kabul blasts kill nearly 70 schoolgirls
Body after body, coffin after coffin, the weeping crowds carried them up to the graveyard.
'There was blood everywhere': Death toll soars after horror bomb attack on girls' school
In the capital rattled by relentless bombings, Saturday's attack was among the worst.
Deadly bombing: At least 30 killed in attack on girls' school in Kabul
Bomb explodes near a girls' school in west Kabul, killing 30 people, many of them pupils.
Taliban will likely curtail Afghan women's rights: US report
Any gains in women's rights in Afghanistan will be at risk after US troops withdraw.
'Sanctioned massacres': China again accuses Australia of bloodbath in Afghanistan
China issues fresh attack on Aussie, with a poster taking aim at its troops