Khalil Haqqani, who has a $5 million US bounty on him, put in charge of security in capital as Biden claims terror group 'gone' from Afghanistan

Taliban fighters are surrounding the airport, there are bureaucratic complications, and Biden's August 31 deadline is fast approaching

Confusion reigns as paperwork issues and other problems keep many from being able to board planes out, though pace of flights still picks up with August 31 deadline looming

Ads have been defaced on shops such as once-banned beauty parlors, which proliferated in Afghan capital after US toppling of Islamists in 2001

British officer says not all infants made it to safety; thousands stranded in no-man's land between Taliban fighters and Western troops

Monument depicted militia leader Abdul Ali Mazari; former president Karzai and senior official in ousted government hold talks with conquerors

Biden's botched withdrawal emboldens terrorists and pushes allies toward Iran, though Jerusalem could find silver lining by remaining America's most reliable and capable partner

With women hardly seen in the public sphere, residents say there is fear in the streets; but there is no sign of strict measures being re-introduced yet

Thousands crowd onto the tarmac in bid to flee after Taliban takeover; all commercial flights canceled; US State Department secures airport perimeter, evacuates employees

Chaos at airfield as desperate Afghans and foreigners try to leave; US officials admit American troops fired in air to dispel crowds; reports of stowaways falling from plane wheels