President Biden will address the nation today following the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Tuesday
"I was not going to extend this forever war," President Biden said Tuesday, "and I was not extending a forever exit." Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Monday
In this handout provided by the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, boards a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Handout/U.S. Central Command via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden attends the dignified transfer of the remains of a fallen service member at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Sunday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
President Joe Biden watches as a Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Saturday
A U.S. military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. President Biden warned another attack at the airport is "highly likely." Wali Sabawoon/AP hide caption
Friday
A new U.S. intelligence report could not conclude whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China or spilled over from an infected animal. Without more information about the early days of the outbreak, a more definitive explanation is unlikely, the report found. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Taliban fighters in a vehicle patrol a street in Kabul on August 27, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Taliban Vs ISIS-K: An Emerging And Deadly Conflict In Afghanistan
A Taliban fighter stands guard Friday at the site of the bombing that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. troops, near the airport in Kabul. The U.S. is blaming ISIS-K for Thursday's attack. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Medical and hospital staff carry an injured man on a stretcher for treatment outside the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport after blasts Thursday. U.S. service members and Afghan civilians were among those killed and injured. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
What We Know About ISIS-K, The Group Behind The Kabul Attack
Smoke rises from an explosion outside the airport in Kabul. Gunfire and at least one other bombing has taken place across the Afghan capital on Thursday. Wali Sabawoon/AP hide caption
12 U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul: What We Know About The Attack
When investigators discovered the hack on Microsoft Exchange servers in January, they thought it was about stealing emails. Now they believe China vacuumed up reams of information in a bid to develop better artificial intelligence, or AI. Matt Chinworth for NPR hide caption
China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying
U.S. soldiers enter a compound for a security meeting in Shah Joy District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan in the fall of 2010. Alex Dudley hide caption
Watching Afghanistan Fall Reminds These Veterans Of Who They Left Behind
Wednesday
Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a Wednesday press conference at the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi said lawmakers divert resources from evacuations in Afghanistan by traveling to the region. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption