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Other invaders to Afghanistan "will face what the United States has faced today," says the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid during a press conference on the tarmac of Kabul airport hours after the last US troops left the country. The United States' longest military conflict drew to a close when its forces abandoned Kabul's airport, ending two decades of war.

South African researchers say they've been keeping a close eye on a new coronavirus variant called C.1.2. CNN's David McKenzie explains why it's so difficult to track the variant and how dangerous it is.

China has barred online gamers under the age of 18 from playing on weekdays and limited their play to just three hours most weekends. CNN's Steven Jiang reports.

CNN's John Avlon breaks down the disinformation being spread by America's foreign adversaries in the wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks "two really weird little lies" that went viral about President Joe that emanated from right-wing circles, and SE Cupp criticizes Fox News for not doing enough to fact check some of its hosts.

CNN's Rosa Flores reports from Humble, Texas, where parents are split on the state's mask mandate ban and its effects on their children.

LaPlace (United States) (AFP) – Residents carry out rescue missions in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida made landfall, killing two and stranding many in rising floodwaters. Ida, which has been downgraded to a tropical depression, knocked out power for all of New Orleans, with more than a million properties across Louisiana without power, according to an outage tracker.

Parts of Louisiana are seeing long gas lines as the state recovers after damage from Hurricane Ida.

It appears that both the Nigerian government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors are not ready to resolve issues that led to the ongoing strike.

Some members of the GOP are falsely claiming that refugees from Afghanistan are arriving in the US unvetted. CNN's Tara Subramaniam has the facts.