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Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State threat
The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport
What is the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan?
President Biden said there is 'an acute and growing risk' of an attack at airport by the group's regional chapter - Islamic State-Khorasan
Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1; Taliban mass near Panjshir
The Taliban have pledged amnesty to those who worked with the U.S., NATO and the toppled Afghan govt, but many still fear revenge attacks
Taiwan rolls out first domestic shots to bypass vaccine woes
President Tsai Ing-wen was among the first on Monday to get the vaccine developed by Taipei-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation
Britain to convene G7 meeting on Afghanistan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday
Seven people die in chaos near Kabul airport: UK
The ministry said separately that the UK had now evacuated nearly 4,000 people from Afghanistan since August 13
The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban takeover
The world was silent and didn't believe that the Taliban would come to the town and take over the capital of the country, Sahraa Karimi said
China allows couples third child amid demographic crisis
China long touted its one-child policy as a success in preventing 400 million additional births in the world's most populous country
Panjshir Valley last bastion to hold out against Taliban
Surrounded by the high peaks of the Hindu Kush north of Kabul, the Panjshir has long had a reputation as a bastion of resistance
China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more kids
China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy