Thousands on Monday packed into the airport in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government, signifying the end of a two-decade campaign in which the U.S. and its allies had tried to transform Afghanistan. Credit: AP

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