Comparisons were drawn between the US' evacuation of its staff from Kabul to the US'exodus of its staff from Vietnam's Saigon in 1975 which remains America's biggest military defeat.

US choppers evacuate staff from Kabul the way it did in Saigon in 1975

New York was called New Amsterdam, Ho Chi Minh City was Saigon. Cities have been named and renamed to suit colonisers and politics. South Africa is now renaming cities. Which other countries have done the same recently? Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: South Africa renames Port Elizabeth

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