VOA60: August 16, 2021

The Taliban seizes power in Afghanistan Sunday, bringing to a close the United States’ 20-year combat mission in America’s longest war.

Seven people are dead at the Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans rush to the site attempting to leave the country, while Western nations conduct evacuations.

In Haiti, officials raise the death toll from Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake to at least 1,297.

And in Malaysia, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigns after months of coalition infighting and rising public anger over a worsening coronavirus outbreak.

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