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Taliban have captured more than 100 military helicopters, Russia says

The Taliban have captured more than 100 Russian-made helicopters in various states of operability, the head of a Russian state arms exporter has said, but will be largely unable to use them with little access to maintenance crews and spare parts.

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Kamala Harris accuses Beijing of ‘coercion’ and ‘intimidation’ in South China Sea

US vice president Kamala Harris has delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and affirming that the US will support its allies in the region against Beijing’s advances.

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Evacuation effort 'down to hours, not weeks' 

Defence secretary Earlier, the defence secretary Ben Wallace warned the mission was “down to hours now, not weeks” and the UK must “exploit every minute” to get people out of Kabul as the window for evacuation narrows.

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Ex-MI5 chief warns Isis could take advantage of Afghanistan’s fall

 A former head of MI5 has said the fall of most of Afghanistan to the Taliban opens up “operating space” for terrorist groups such as Islamic State that will draw a psychological boost from  the failure of western power.

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Biden says US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond 31 August deadline

Joe Biden has said US troops may stay past a 31 August deadline so as to evacuate all Americans from Afghanistan, and defended the withdrawal, saying there was no way for the US to pull out “without chaos ensuing”.

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Taliban in power may find themselves fighting their own insurgents

Joe Biden has said the US will maintain an “over the horizon” counter-terrorism capability to neutralise the threat posed by Islamist extremist groups in Afghanistan.

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Macron accused of pandering to far right over Afghan crisis

Emmanuel Macron has been accused of pandering to the far right after he said France should have a robust plan to “anticipate and protect itself from a wave of migrants” from Afghanistan.

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Taliban declares ‘war is over in Afghanistan’ as foreign powers exit Kabul

The Taliban has declared that Afghanistan is under their control and the war is over after insurgents stormed the presidential palace in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.