“There’s a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure, we did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out,” Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said.

Women make up most of the student body at the main university in Herat city. But the overwhelming feeling since the Taliban took over—one resident told The Daily Beast—is “horror.”

“I’ve lost my son, but there are still Marines over there,” said Jim McCollum, the father of slain serviceman Rylee McCollum, who’s expecting a baby with his wife next month.

The war between the Taliban and an ISIS offshoot brings peril to Americans and their allies, but also presents an opportunity for the resistance.

The president addressed the terror attack at Kabul’s airport on Thursday, which killed at least 12 U.S. troops and left dozens of Afghans dead.

LGBTQ Afghans are telling stories of fear and desperation, as allies and organizations battle to try and help them flee the Taliban, and threats of persecution and death.

For 20 years, biometric surveillance served as a substitute for a civil society and the rule of law. Now, those tools are in the hands of the Taliban.