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The day after the Afghan president fled and the Taliban installed themselves in the presidential palace, uncertainty reigned. With thousands desperate to flee the country, Kabul’s airport was a scene of chaos.

Conceding the fall of Kabul had been “hard and messy,” the president blamed the chaos on the failure of the Afghans to fight. “It is wrong to order American troops to step up when Afghanistan’s own armed forces would not,” he said.

New York State will require health care workers to be vaccinated. Preliminary research suggests that it is possible for a breakthrough case to lead to symptoms that can persist for weeks to months.

The U.S. military raced to evacuate diplomats and civilians as the insurgents stood poised to retake complete control of the country 20 years after being toppled by American forces.

The 7.2 earthquake was a devastating blow to a country still reeling from a presidential assassination. A tropical depression is expected to batter the island starting Monday.

The court’s action is temporary, awaiting a final ruling. Some local officials said they would go ahead with mask mandates anyway.

With the Taliban holding all but a few major cities, the Biden administration is urging the Afghan military to defend Kabul, even as it makes plans to get Americans out.

After judges in the San Antonio and Dallas areas ruled to uphold locally issued mask mandates, the state’s attorney general took a case to the state’s top court.

The Taliban continued their rout of Afghan forces, seizing control of Kandahar, Herat and Lashkar Gah by Friday morning. As the insurgents closed in on Kabul, the Biden administration dispatched 3,000 troops to help evacuate Americans.

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