US president meets bereaved families and participates in 'dignified transfer' ceremony as 13 soldiers slain in Kabul airport blast are brought to country for burial

An ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn fixer and an Israeli-American businessman rescue athletes, prosecutors and judges from Taliban rule after Zebulon Simantov refuses to leave

Insurgents set up additional layers of checkpoints around airport, empty areas where those seeking to flee have been gathering

'Right now they are fooling the international community,' says Pulitzer Prize winner of Islamists' claims they'll let journalists operate freely, predicting 'another North Korea'

Experts say group's success in Afghanistan and US withdrawal gives a motivational boost to America’s adversaries and global jihadi groups

Eyewitnesses recall fleeing in fear amid total chaos following double bombing that killed scores; graphic footage lays bare human toll

Trump, lawmakers call for president to be impeached or resign, blaming him for 'incompetent leadership' and chaotic withdrawal

Taliban says children among the dead; dozens more reported wounded in 2 blasts, including 3 US troops; incident comes after terror warnings and amid mass evacuation efforts

Ops & Blogs editor Miriam Herschlag and political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss blog commentary on Afghanistan and Labor party head Merav Michaeli's baby by surrogate

Ben Wallace briefs UK lawmakers on situation, admits not everyone will get out on rescue flights from Kabul airport