Afghanistan live news: Biden confirms end of 20-year military presence as final US evacuation flight leaves Kabul

Now, our 20-year military presence in Afghanistan has ended,' says Biden; At 12 o'clock tonight, the last American troops left Kabul airport, on which account Afghanistan was completely liberated and independent,' say Taliban

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12.41am BST

The New York Times' diplomatic correspondent Lara Jakes calls the Biden administration's decision to withdraw all of its diplomats from Kabul and place them in Doha instead a a stunning turnabout". She writes:

American diplomats have left Afghanistan, and the US Embassy in Kabul will remain closed, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Monday, after the military announced that it had completed its withdrawal from the country.

The disintegration of US diplomacy was a stunning turnabout from plans to stay and help Afghanistan transition away from 20 years of war and work toward peace, however tenuous, with a government that would share power with the Taliban. Earlier this month, Mr. Blinken had pledged that the United States would remain deeply engaged" in Afghanistan long after the military left.

12.38am BST

A reminder that the final evacuation came as the Pentagon announced an investigation into reports of civilian casualties from a drone strike in Kabul, saying it was not in a position to dispute" accounts of nine people from one family being killed, including seven children, in a drone strike on Sunday.

The attack happened on the same Kabul street where the extended family lived, adding to the bloodshed and chaos of the last days of the US military presence. Among the dead were three children aged two, two children aged three and two older children.

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