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Afghan president flees country as Taliban move into Kabul

by Ahmad SeirJon Gambrell
| August 15, 2021 11:27 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining thousands of his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking the country.

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