Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby on Friday detailed the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, even as the Taliban moved swiftly to capture Kabul.