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WATCH: White House holds briefing as questions grow around Afghanistan, Ida destruction

By News Desk

America's 20-year war in Afghanistan entered its final hours Monday with the last Americans seeking to be evacuated and the U.S. military preparing to end its airlift and depart the Taliban-controlled capital.

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

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

Biden administration officials say the U.S. has the capacity to evacuate the approximately 300 U.S. citizens remaining in Afghanistan who want to leave before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline.

About 1,000 Americans still in Afghanistan says State Department

By Associated Press

The State Department says it is tracking roughly 1,000 American citizens who it believes may still be in Afghanistan, as evacuation efforts proceed despite deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport.

AP EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?

By Ben Fox, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

While the pace has picked up in recent days, it's still a chaotic scramble as people seek to escape. Afghans trying to reach the airport face a gauntlet of danger, and there are far more who want to leave than…

Poland, Belgium end Afghan evacuation as clock ticks down

By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press

President Joe Biden says he will stick to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S. pullout. European allies pressed for more time but lost the argument.

Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation from Afghanistan

By Robert Burns, Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says as many as 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan may still await evacuation, with six days to go before President Joe Biden's deadline for completing the airlift from Kabul airport.

WATCH: Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul ‘we will get you home’

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Biden’s comments at a White House news conference came as the U.S. government struggles to ramp up a massive airlift of Americans and other foreigners and vulnerable Afghans, rescuing them from a Taliban takeover of the country.

Wildfire reaches Turkey power plant, prompts evacuations

By Mehmet Guzel, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press

Authorities have said safety precautions have been taken at the Kemerkoy power plant and its hydrogen tanks had been emptied. Local reporters said late Wednesday the wildfires had also prompted the evacuation of the nearby seaside area of Oren.

Evacuations lifted as progress made against western fires

By Associated Press

Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California.