A woman gave birth aboard an Afghan evacuation flight on Saturday, according to the Air Force. The pilot descended to lower altitude when the woman went into labor and experienced complications.  She gave birth to a baby girl on the plane after it landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. 

The Marble Arch Mound did not quite go to plan. 

The 25-meter-high artificial hill, built in the middle of London's busy shopping district, was supposed to attract 280,000 visitors to the city's retail center after the pandemic flattened sales. 

But as soon as it opened on July 26, visitors ridiculed the temporary structure, with one comparing it with a piece of scenery from a low-fi 90's video game. And, after costs ballooned $3.7 million (£2.7 million) beyond its expected price tag to $8.25 million, a local politician resigned. 

Opposition political party, Labour, criticized the mound as a drain on taxpayers' money. 

Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday to commence talks in forming a government. A top Taliban leader, Baradar returned to Afghanistan for the first time in over a decade this week. Former President Hamid Karzai is also playing a role in the negotiations, according to the NYT.

President Biden has nominated his ambassador choices for China and Japan. The president tapped diplomat Nicholas Burns and former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, respectively. Burns is tasked with one of the most challenging posts in seeking to navigate US-China relations.

Zoya came to the United States for high school and is now a rising senior in college. She's part of a generation of Afghan women who grew up after the Taliban had been ousted from power in 2001 and were taking advantage of educational opportunities that their mothers had been denied.

Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban. Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear for their life after the Taliban's victory.

Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory. Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban.

President Biden set a refugee admissions cap of 62,500 for fiscal year 2021, which ends this fall. But the US is on track to accept fewer than 10,000 refugees. Biden is facing pressure to accept far more after the collapse of the Afghan government.

Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory. Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban.

Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory. Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban.

Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory. Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban.