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People are seen sleeping and waiting in the streets after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Morocco and killed nearly 300 people, according to a preliminary government count. IMAGES
Men are seen sitting on the wall of the former US embassy and locals wave flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the name given to the country by its new rulers -- across the capital to celebrate the second anniversary of the Taliban government's takeover of the country. IMAGES
People continue to queue outside Kabul banks, where long lines have been forming since the Taliban's return to power last month. Authorities have limited withdrawals to the equivalent of $200 a time. IMAGES
There are still 5,400 people inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, says General Hank Taylor at a Pentagon briefing, one day after a deadly attack on the operation by the Islamic State group. SOUNDBITE
Injured people arrive Kabul hospital after two explosions rocked Kabul airport, killing at least six people and injuring a dozen others after Western nations warned of an imminent terror threat and as thousands of people gathered hoping for a flight out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. IMAGES
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