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WATCH: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise gives news conference on Afghanistan

By Associated Press

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise says the U.S.-led evacuation in Afghanistan should take as long as necessary, even if that means extending it beyond August 31st.

WATCH: State Department’s Ned Price and Under Secretary Nuland hold a briefing on Afghanistan

By Associated Press

The U.S. State Department’s Ned Price and Under Secretary Nuland are expected to hold a briefing on the situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

WATCH: Pentagon says several days needed for Afghan pullout

By Associated Press

Pressure from U.S. allies and both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, veterans groups and refugee organizations has grown for Biden to extend his deadline.

Analysis: Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?

By Tazreena Sajjad, The Conversation

Most Afghan refugees don’t leave in an airplane, and few will settle in the United States.

U.S. has no clear bureaucratic plan for Afghan evacuees

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Rogin

For those Afghans who braved the Taliban’s violence and desperate crowds to get to the Kabul airport, their challenges do not end when they arrive. The process for getting Afghans to the United States is full of logistical and bureaucratic…

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UK struggles for influence as Afghan crisis strains U.S. ties

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

The messy exit of Western military forces from Afghanistan and the swift takeover of the country by the Taliban has stunned officials in Britain and strained the U.K.'s "special relationship" with its most important ally, the United States.

WATCH: Pentagon’s John Kirby and Gen. Steve Lyons hold briefing amid Afghanistan pullout

By Associated Press

Commander of U.S. Transportation Command say he takes the evacuation efforts in Afghanistan personally and "will not rest until the mission is complete."…

WATCH: Psaki says Americans are not ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is expected to hold a news briefing Monday, as the nation faces challenges with the Afghanistan pullout.

U.S. troops surge evacuations out of Afghanistan but threats persist

By Robert Burns, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Twenty-eight U.S. military flights ferried about 10,400 people to safety out of Taliban-held Afghanistan over the 24 hours that ended early Monday morning, a White House official said.

WATCH: Pentagon’s John Kirby and Gen. Hank Taylor hold briefing as Afghanistan exit continues

By Associated Press

Joint Staff Deputy Director for Regional operations Army Maj. Gen. William 'Hank' Taylor confirmed that 16,000 passengers left Kabul in the last 24 hours.