Plus U.S. nursing homes risk losing funding, and the artist Chuck Close has died. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story August 19, 2021 By Will Dudding Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday. Protesters marched against Taliban rule in Kabul on Thursday. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times 1. The Taliban quashed protests, tightening their grip on Afghanistan. Protesters took to the streets for a second day, this time marching in Kabul, near the presidential palace. At one demonstration in the city, about 200 people had gathered before the Taliban broke it up violently. In the eastern city of Asadabad, several people were killed when Taliban fighters fired on protesters waving the national flag. In Washington, the Pentagon said that some 7,000 Americans and other evacuees, including Afghan allies of the U.S., had been airlifted from the airport in Kabul. U.S. fighter jets are flying over the city to secure the evacuations. With the collap...
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