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Biden left with difficult choices after deadly Kabul attacks

by Matthew LeeDarlene Superville
| August 26, 2021 12:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attacks that killed at least 12 U.S. service members outside the Kabul airport Thursday left President Joe Biden with increasingly fraught choices: continue the evacuation and risk more deaths or end it earlier than planned and risk leaving behind Americans who are still seeking to leave the country.

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