- A repeat of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could happen if the international community abandons Afghanistan, said Khalid Noor, a member of the former Afghan government's peace negotiating team.
- The U.S. on Monday announced that the last evacuation flight had left Kabul, marking the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and an end to 20 years of war.
- "One of the big myths" is that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are not embedded with one another, said Thomas Joscelyn, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.