Effort under way to rescue girls' football team from Afghanistan
An initial attempt to evacuate the team was thwarted by an airport suicide bombing.
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Pivoting from insurgence to governance: Taliban to name supreme Afghan leader
New York Times: The Islamist movement is preparing to name a new, theocratic government.
Kabul mercy mission: Two NZDF personnel test positive for Covid-19
Pair in isolation at UAE military base.
Kabul falls: Could private contractors extract NZ's interpreters left behind?
Extraction teams could get people across land borders.
Chilling sound of 'house-to-house executions' in Kabul, sex slaves, forced marriages
The US handed the Taliban a list of Afghans to set free. Instead, it became a kill list.
'Don't forget me, I'm very scared': Biden betrays the man who saved him
Biden was saved by a brave Afghan interpreter. He was left behind and is now in hiding.
No women ministers in new Taliban government
Squads are reportedly searching for female members of now dissolved Afghan parliament.
Biden plays the long game as he justifies the end of the 'forever war'
New York Times: Biden is banking on being remembered for leaving Afghanistan, not how.
Biden defends departure from 'forever war', praises airlift
A defensive Joe Biden called the US military airlift an 'extraordinary success'.
The Taliban celebrate victory, with a crisis looming
New York Times: Triumphant scenes clouded by prospect of famine and financial collapse.
'It killed all of them': The children hit by a US drone strike in Kabul
A US drone strike in Kabul has wiped out a family including young children.
Biden addresses tough questions after fall of Afghanistan
US President under intense scrutiny after chaos at Kabul airport.
Josie Pagani: This time it's personal - why we owe Afghans a debt of kindness
OPINION: The US withdrawal is a chance for NZ to step up.
A new breed of crisis: War and warming collide in Afghanistan
New York Times: Unrest and climate change punish some of the most vulnerable people.
In Afghanistan an unceremonious end, and a shrouded beginning
New York Times: The last US flight left behind a host of unfulfilled promises.
Fall of Kabul: Five Eyes military intelligence never saw it coming
Sudden collapse of Afghanistan military caught everyone out, says NZDF chief.
Taliban celebrate victory as US troops leave Afghanistan
The militants drove out the world's most powerful military after a 20-year insurgency.
Afghanistan falls: Last-ditch NZ legal action by trapped Afghans fails
Judge accepts "lives are at risk" but nothing could be done by courts.
Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
The 20-year war has claimed more than 2400 American lives.
Rockets fired at Kabul airport in last hours of US withdrawal
Islamic State fighters fire a barrage at evacuation effort.
Escape from Kabul: NZSAS in dramatic rescue outside airport perimeter
Elite soldiers pull off remarkable rescue outside the wire.
'Visibly petrified': Taliban's chilling appearance on live TV
'This is what a political debate now looks like on Afghan TV,' BBC journalist says.
'What will happen to me?' An uncertain future awaits Afghans who fled
New York Times: They clambered onto evacuations planes. Now they fear what comes next.
Rocket attack' near Kabul airport, child killed
Kabul has been hit with a "large" rocket blast with a child reportedly killed.
As the Taliban tightens its grip, fears of retribution grow
New York Times: Increasing reports of detentions, disappearances and even executions.
Children killed in US drone strike in Kabul
The strike targeted Isis bombers bound for Kabul airport, US military says.
Ex-UK Marine rescues just cats and dogs from Kabul
Farthing chartered a plane to rescue the animals, placing them above the lives of locals.
How Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan
His plea helped give desperate Afghans a safer future.
US Marine pictured cradling Afghan baby before her death in Kabul terror attack
Last photos of US Marine before her death in Kabul showed her 'doing what she loved'.
Taliban block Kabul airport to most as foreign airlifts wane
The US plans to keep its round-the-clock flights going until the deadline.
370 evacuees coming to NZ from Afghanistan, says MFAT
"The situation in Afghanistan remains highly volatile and dangerous."
Mystery surrounds Taliban's 'supreme leader'
The Taliban has been in power for almost two weeks. But one person is missing.
Revealed: Inside the extraordinary NZ mercy mission to Kabul
Herald senior journalist Kurt Bayer reports on a 'digital Dunkirk'.
US drone strike hits Isis target after Kabul attack
President Joe Biden vowed yesterday to hunt down perpetrators of the attack.