Afghanistan President Flees Country

“Tal­iban fight­ers on Sun­day took over the Afghan cap­i­tal as Pres­i­dent Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, trig­ger­ing a mas­sive ef­fort to air­lift West­ern diplomats, civil­ians and Afghans likely to be tar­geted by the coun­try’s new rulers,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Washington Post: “The Islamist group is poised for a full return to power, two decades after the United States invaded Afghanistan.”