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The Taliban have vowed "safe passage for Americans, for third country nationals, and Afghans at risk," once the the pullout deadline of August 31st has passed, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a press briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
American voters cast their ballots in Quincy, Massachusetts, on Super Tuesday, the primary cycle's largest single day of voting, with contests in 15 states and one territory. IMAGES
The United States says that Russia rejected a new proposal to free two detained Americans, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan. "We have made a number of proposals, including a substantial one, in recent weeks," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. "That proposal was rejected by Russia," he says. SOUNDBITE
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES
Iranian Americans hold a protest outside the United Nations against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who is due to appear at the UN General Assembly. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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