Hundreds of panicked Afghans pulled themselves up through the C-17's half-open ramp, and 'the crew made the decision to go'

'The Islamic Emirate doesn't want women to be victims,' spokesperson says; no major reports of abuses or clashes after Kabul conquered, but UN official fears that may change

UN envoy says Kabul residents 'living in absolute fear,' reporting door-to-door searches, lootings; at airport, 640 passengers cram into US Air Force cargo plane

'The process could have been handled so differently,' senior officer says of State Department's costly delay in setting up ad hoc structure to withdraw US allies to safety

White House says there was no avoiding harrowing scenes that followed its withdrawal announcement, but critics argue US chose to give up, that it set tone for Afghan gov't collapse

Merkel says US-led operation achieved less than planned, lamenting that soldiers seemingly died in vain; candidate to replace her calls operation 'biggest debacle' in NATO history

Islamist militia capture array of modern military equipment, including combat aircrafts, during dizzying overrun of Afghan forces built and armed by US

Prominent women in Kabul take to social media to express their pain for both a country and a way of life stolen now that Islamist militia back in control

Women’s national team co-founder tells teammates to flee their homes, escape from neighbors who know them as pioneering players, and try to erase their activist history

The de facto leader of the newly declared Islamic Emirate was raised in the birthplace of his insurgent group and jailed in 2010 -- until the US requested his release in 2018