Twenty years after the US first invaded Afghanistan, President Biden announced the end of America's longest war. VICE News reporters were on the ground with Afghan and Taliban fighters to witness the final days of the conflict, from the frontlines of battle to the desperate scenes at the airport as Afghans were catapulted into a devastating systemic collapse. This is a harrowing, illuminating and definitive account of the Taliban’s return to power, reported by a team who has covered this country and this war for a generation.