Five years after the U. S. withdrawal, al-Qaeda remains weak and the Taliban has become an unexpected partner.
Source: [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/08/afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-terrorism/688251/?utm_source=feed)
A moderate won the closely fought Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, the latest contest between the party’s progressive and moderate wings.
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Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been in detention since a 2021 military coup. She was seen in photos for the first time since the coup after meeting with a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Her son, Kim Aris, spoke with CBS News' Ramy Inocencio.
A form did five things at once: judged the condition, picked which form to open, took the values, carried where each value came from, and validated the required fields. Natural language kept the third one and gave the rest to the model. Nobody wrote down which ones went missing.
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Robert Gilman, a U. S. Marine veteran, was released from a Russian prison after more than four years.