| | Taliban insurgents are pictured inside Kabul's presidential palace, taking control of large parts of the city hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. | | | Thousands of Afghans and foreigners are fleeing Kabul, with helicopters seen ferrying people out of the US embassy and US troops being sent to secure the airport as the Taliban seizes control. Follow live. | | | We should have learned these lessons. Anything short of complete and total victory would always be claimed as a win by the Taliban, writes Stan Grant. | | | At a rural property, mum-of-four Kirra McLoughlin lay unconscious in her lounge room. Her partner didn't call an ambulance for over 15 hours. For the first time Australian Story reveals those triple-0 calls and why a coroner believes Kirra died at the hands of a "habitual perpetrator" of domestic violence. | | | Police investigate a video showing dozens of people attending an engagement party in Melbourne, in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. Follow live. | | | As a health strategy, the soft lockdown approach has been an abject failure. From a national economic viewpoint, the ongoing apprehension about total lockdown has come at enormous cost, writes Ian Verrender. | | | Nearly a decade into Kim Jong Un's rule, his grip on power has never appeared more tenuous. And his rival leader in the south is running out of time to achieve a tentative peace that could change everything for the peninsula. | | | End of school exams have been causing stress for generations, but one third of students who graduate will rely on something other than their ATAR score, like an interview or an early entry program to get into university. | | | After losing her job during the pandemic, Centrelink chased Deborah Tidbury for $1,050 in overpaid welfare. Her experience is not isolated and experts say the issue of "pandemic-related debts" could escalate in coming months. | | | Th death toll from the massive earthquake which shook Haiti more than doubles in a day as rescue workers continue to search for missing people. | | | | | | Download the ABC News app | Available on Android and Apple devices | | The ABC NEWS app makes it easier for you to stay up to date with the latest news and information from Australia's most trusted news source. | | | | The ABC sent this message to wwwhindimen.australia@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC.
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