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This past few weeks has seen an increase of activity regarding the United States withdraw and the Taliban's take over of Afghanistan cities and now the entire government. **Recent activity:** * [Afghan President Ghani relinquishes power, Taliban form interim gov't](https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/p4u3ya/afghan_president_ghani_relinquishes_power_taliban/) * [Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan falls to Taliban, prisoners released](https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/p4vzjb/bagram_air_base_in_afghanistan_falls_to_taliban/) * [Taliban official says they will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace in Kabul](https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/p4wycw/taliban_official_says_they_will_soon_declare_the/) **As always, please read and follow our rules. Racism, advocating death/violence and unnecessarily rude comment may result in a ban.**

Pfizer expands recall of the anti-smoking drug Chantix, after finding elevated levels of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the pills

British student on holiday in Afghanistan ‘accepts death’

CNN’s @FareedZakaria says the US was masking the reality that the Taliban had been gaining ground in Afghanistan for years. #FareedsTake https://t.co/O3wtV66CgZ

Taliban takes control of Afghan presidential palace | Asia News

Texas party boat with 53 passengers capsizes, leaving one dead

Britain says Taliban should not be recognised as Afghan government https://t.co/tZOrlKmJPO https://t.co/HvgQWBIici

President Biden is expected to address the nation in the next few days about the crisis in Afghanistan, an administration official says https://t.co/iVS0tJWXtj https://t.co/jt4xooilxZ

Ransomware gangs are working with Russian intelligence services, report says

"With each additional fact that we learn that Jan. 6, and what happened before Jan. 6, it looks like Trump really tried to attempt a coup and to corrupt the DOJ in the process," Neal Katyal says. https://t.co/FZrletO8WV

Human remains discovered in a plastic container left on a street in a New Jersey neighborhood

Naomi Osaka announced she will be donating any prize money she wins from this week’s Western and Southern Open tennis tournament to relief efforts in Haiti. Osaka's father is from the nation, which was hit by an earthquake Saturday. https://t.co/JrlXJy95hi

Poland grants humanitarian visas to Afghans who helped Polish and EU missions

Albania, Kosovo say ready to temporarily house Afghan refugees https://t.co/x3nl7XfV5A https://t.co/QzNR2hFyOz

Video: US Embassy in Afghanistan is evacuated