Separating threads. Please keep idle discussion in the other thread. This one is for current events and analysis only; not how we got here or who might be to blame.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country as the Taliban edges closer to taking full control.
Taliban militants have entered the capital of Kabul and talks are underway between the group and government.
The US is pulling all personnel from its embassy in Kabul, sources tell CNN. The embassy, which is now operating out of the Kabul airport, instructed US citizens in the capital to shelter in place.
French embassy officials in Afghanistan have relocated to Kabul airport
Afghan defense minister curses fleeing President
US senators receive intelligence briefing on Afghanistan:
Senators received their own intelligence briefing from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley Sunday on the unfolding collapse of Afghanistan, but a senate aide told CNN the meeting was not contentious and focused mostly on evacuations.
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