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Taliban militants take Kabul as president flees Afghanistan, U.S. embassy evacuates

The Taliban's lightning takeover of Afghanistan was completed after militants entered the capital Kabul, taking over the presidential palace. President Ashraf Ghani and his family fled and the U.S. military was drafted in to evacuate U.S. embassy staff. Roxana Saberi reports from Kabul.
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