The 2nd photo: A Taliban fighter stands guard on Aug. 27, 2021 at the site of the Aug. 26 bomb attack, which killed scores of people including 13 U.S. troops, at Kabul airport.
Bodies gone. Only things then. With a Taliban fighter looking much different from the photos we are used to. That guy looks a 50is slightly overweight policeman not real proud of his big gun.
15th: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks from a podium to hundreds of religious leaders attending the Taliban's preaching and guidance commission at the Loya Jirga, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2021.
It would be much harder to talk anyone into carrying out a suicide mission without the fanciful human-created idea of an afterlife. It's nuts.
23: A U.S. Marine calms an infant during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Aug. 20, 2021.
A lucky baby will have a story to tell.
31: A man cries as he watches people get wounded after Taliban fighters use guns, whips, sticks and sharp objects to maintain crowd control over thousands outside the airport in Kabul, Aug. 17, 2021.
The heart-wrenching anguish of an ordinary Afghan man.
44: President Joe Biden meets virtually with his national security team and senior officials for a briefing on Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, at Camp David, Md.
A lonely president in difficult circumstances.
53: A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advance.
Will always be accompanied by memories of Saigon '75.