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At a storage unit in Landover, Md., in late September, dozens of volunteers hustled furniture into moving trucks. Their goal was to furnish three apartments by the end of the day - two for a family of eight from Afghanistan, and the other for a family from El Salvador.

As the abrupt cutoff of foreign funding since the Taliban takeover threatens economic collapse in Afghanistan, risking the lives of many of its citizens along with their livelihoods, a United Nations agency has come up with a way to keep at least some of the money flowing.

They emphasized the importance of fostering an intra-Afghan dialogue.

KABUL, Afghanistan - By the time the American apology arrived, the lives of the Ahmadi family were already upended. And being falsely accused by the U.S. military of ties to the Islamic State was not the worst part of the ordeal.

Have a look at Afghan capital city Kabul after the Talibans takeover on Aug. 15 and the southern Kandahar province, one of the most war-torn regions in the country over the past 20 years.

"It is now a race against time to deliver lifesaving assistance to the Afghan people before roads are cut off by snow," said a UN official.

The European Union has floated a plan to spend 300 million euros ($355 million) to resettle about 30,000 refugees inside the bloc in a bid to avert a migration crisis following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is preparing to screen and resettle tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees in the United States over the coming weeks and months, but the majority will arrive without visas as "humanitarian parolees," lacking a path to legal U.S. residency and the benefits and services offered to traditional refugees, according to U.S. officials and worried aid groups working closely with the government.

Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, was the last service member with feet planted on Afghan soil.

Two explosions in Kabul have killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. servicemen.

The Russian authorities have allowed the entry of certain categories of Afghan citizens.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY - Sixteen-year-old Dunya Walizada last saw her parents at the gate of Kabuls airport.