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===Afghanistan War=== On [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|15 August 2021]], the government of the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] and the [[Afghan National Security Forces]] unconditionally surrendered to the [[Taliban]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fall of Afghanistan: Taliban seek unconditional surrender at palace |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/fall-of-afghanistan-taliban-seek-unconditional-surrender-at-palace/2FT2AHXOGNJV4EB3INLKCN3NCU/ |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ |date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="14 September 2021">{{cite web |last1=Gabriel Hernandez |first1=Michael |title=Blinken on Afghanistan withdrawal: 'We inherited a deadline,' not plan |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/blinken-on-afghanistan-withdrawal-we-inherited-a-deadline-not-plan/2363913 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitlock |first1=Craig |title=Afghan security forces' wholesale collapse was years in the making |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/afghan-security-forces-capabilities/2021/08/15/052a45e2-fdc7-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=16 August 2021 |quote=Those fears, rarely expressed in public, were ultimately borne out by the sudden collapse this month of the Afghan security forces, whose wholesale and unconditional surrender to the Taliban will go down as perhaps the worst debacle in the history}}</ref> The unconditional surrender brought an end to the [[War in Afghanistan (2001β2021)|conflict]] and allowed the Taliban to take over Afghanistan and establish their government in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taliban Seizes Power, Says 'War is Over'; President Ghani Flees Afghanistan |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/world/taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan-live-updates |website=TheQuint |language=en |date=14 August 2021}}</ref>
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