Afghan staff at the US Embassy in Kabul are losing faith in the evacuations, with one saying they'd rather be killed by the Taliban than return to the airport, report says

Former US Embassy staffers in Afghanistan have been left "deeply disheartened," according to a State Department cable cited by NBC News.
Orange County Register

American woman held in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released, AP source says

WASHINGTON — An American woman detained for weeks in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released from custody, according to a person familiar with the matter and a social media post Saturday from a ...
The Diplomat

How Should the US Approach Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan?

From left: First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald E. Neumann, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend ...