The world this week - PoliticsThe last American soldiers left Afghanistan, bringing an end to their 20-year mission.Taliban fighters celebrated, donning American uniforms and taking selfies with abandoned military equipment.The death toll from a suicide-bombing at Kabul airport passed 170.An American drone strike killed suicide-bombers preparing for another attack; the Taliban said ten civilians also died.Joe Biden described the evacuation as an "extraordinary success", despite the many Afghans who helped America and have been left behind to face Taliban reprisals.Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana, leaving 1m people without power.Its remnants brought flooding to New York, shutting down the city's subway system.Residents were told not to use their cars.America's Supreme Court refused to stop a Texan law coming into force that in effect bans abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy.It is the strictest such law to be implemented anywhere in the United States since 1973.Unusually, it allows private individuals to sue anyone who helps anyone else get an abortion.The court said the law raised "serious" constitutional questions, and suggested that the plaintiffs pursue those through state courts.
