US President Joe Biden has reached the point of no return in deciding to end evacuation operations at Kabul's international airport by August 31. He has stuck to his decision amid a crescendo of criticism that it was tantamount to abandoning thousands of Afghans who have served the US and its Western allies and who are now vulnerable to Taliban persecution.

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