75K views · 1K reactions | Afghan human rights activist Pashtana Durrani tells CNN that Afghans are facing multiple crises and that the US is leaving them behind. | CNN | Facebook

"I'm glad we're getting out of there, but it's really sad," says wounded special ops. veteran Jimmy Hatch of the US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. "It makes me think about the folks who lost their lives there and the people who got hurt and people who come home and have, you know, mental health issues and emotional issues because of their exposure to it." | CNN

16K views · 153 reactions | Protesters have waved the Afghanistan national flag at Independence Day protests against the Taliban. Small numbers of Afghans took to the streets waving their black, red and green national flag, after militants have replaced it with their own white one. https://bbc.in/3z4stKs | BBC News India | Facebook

Thousands of Afghans are at the border where they hope to pay people smugglers to help them cross into Pakistan. https://bbc.in/3wuc9SM | BBC News India