Live Live Updates: Taliban Promise No Reprisal Killings, but Afghans Are Desperate to Escape A surge of U.S. troops restored order at the Kabul airport a day after Afghans mobbed the runway in a frantic attempt to flee. In some areas of Afghanistan, women have been told not to leave home without being accompanied by a male relative, and girls’ schools have been closed. In some areas of Afghanistan, women have been told not to leave home without being accompanied by a male relative, and girls’ schools have been closed. Afghan military pilots fled, keeping aircraft, and themselves, from the Taliban. Aircraft were once the jewels of the U.S. aid program to the Afghan military.

Source: International New York Times August 17, 2021 07:12 UTC