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The United States and United Nations flags. (Getty Images)
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U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III (Photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images)
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A U.S. Chinook military helicopter flies above the US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2021. Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said on August 15, 2021, as the Taliban entered the
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Taliban fighters in a vehicle patrol the streets of Kabul on August 23, 2021 (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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An air crew assists evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
