SAN DIEGO — Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration’s estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan is too low and also overlooks hundreds of other people they consider to be equally American: permanent legal residents with green cards. Some groups say […]
Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. generals watched video screens with the same anticipation. Relief washed over the war’s […]
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport Thursday, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. At least 13 people were killed and 15 wounded, Russian […]
Summary Afghan soldier killed in battle with unidentified assailants Biden says evacuation ‘hard, painful’, thousands getting out Taliban says no extension to Aug 31 deadline sought yet Britain to push for sanctions on Taliban at G7 -sources Thousands still outside airport hoping to be evacuated KABUL/WASHINGTON, Aug 23 […]
KABUL, Aug 22 – Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, firing in the air and using batons to make sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and did not gather at the perimeter, witnesses said. There were no major […]
Summary Taliban say form of new regime to be announced soon Islamist group seeks to project more moderate image President Ghani says he left to avoid bloodshed Scenes of chaos as diplomats, Afghans flee to airport U.S., allies scramble to evacuate their citizens KABUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) – […]
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