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Ex-U.S. President Bush says U.S. must quickly aid Afghan refugees

REUTERS Former U.S. President George W. Bush, who launched a "war on terror" in Afghanistan and elsewhere following the Sept. 11, 2001attacks, urged the U.S. government to expedite help for Afghan refugees following the Taliban's swi..
U.S. to continue Afghan evacuations over coming weeks -Pentagon

REUTERS The United States will seek to evacuate as many U.S. citizens and Afghan interpreters as possible in coming weeks, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday, saying Americans could again make their way to the Kabul airport. In a ser..
Over 600 Afghans cram into U.S. cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul

REUTERS More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouching and crammed up against each other on the floor of a U.S. military plane, left Kabul after the city was seized by Taliban insurgents. A photograph showing the Afghan civilians - som..
Uganda to take 2,000 Afghan refugees at U.S. request

REUTERS Uganda said on Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to take in temporarily 2,000 refugees from Afghanistan fleeing after the Taliban takeover. The east African nation has long experience receiving people escaping co..
China's foreign minister slams 'hurried' U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

REUTERS Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday that the hasty pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan had a "serious negative impact,"but pledged to work with Washington to promote stability in ..
Iran says U.S. "failure" in Afghanistan a chance for durable peace

REUTERS Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday the United States' "military failure" in Afghanistan offered an opportunity to establish lasting peace in the country. Taliban insurgents took control of the Afghan capit..
U.S. State Department declines to say if Ghani still Afghan president

REUTERS The U.S. State Department on Monday declined to say if the United States still recognized Ashraf Ghani as the president of Afghanistan after he left the country on Sunday as insurgent Taliban fighters toppled his government in a matter of ..
Children hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S. hits record number

REUTERS The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday, as hospitals across the South were stretched to capacity fighting outbreaks caused by the highly transmissib..
U.S. FDA authorizes COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the immunocompromised

REUTERS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and Moderna Inc

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