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‘I stand squarely behind my decision,’ says Biden; Afghan president destroyed opportunity for ceasefire by fleeing – report; Kabul airport reopens with US in charge of air traffic controlKabul airport: footage appears to show Afghans falling from planeWho are the Taliban and how will they govern this time?Expected Afghan influx reopens divisions over refugees in Europe‘We see silence filled with fear’: female Afghan journalists plead for helpWest has two weeks to evacuate, say sourcesUS troops to stay until Americans and eligible Afghans evacuated, says Biden 12.16am BST US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday with Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the situation in Afghanistan, the US State Department said in a statement.Blinken also held a call on Monday about Afghanistan with Indian Foreign Minister Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the department said. 12.09am BST Pakistan’s ambassador at the United Nations says US President Joe Biden’s endorsement of the previous American administrations’ decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan was “a logical conclusion to this conflict.”Via AP: Munir Akram told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Monday that the international community must now work together “to ensure an inclusive political settlement for a long-term peace, security and development of Afghanistan.” He said Pakistan’s stance “that the conflict in Afghanistan never had a military solution” has been confirmed.The envoy said the best time to end the conflict through negotiations probably was when US and NATO troops were at a maximum military strength in Afghanistan. Akram added that “therefore, endorsement by the Biden administration of the previous US administrations’ decision of troop withdrawal was indeed a logical conclusion to this conflict.” Continue reading...