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October 14, 2021 at 2:45 pm

Marine pleads guilty at court-martial, says life spiraled after videos against Afghanistan withdrawal

A combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan testified that he knew he was defying orders and that his life began "spiraling" after he...

October 12, 2021 at 7:42 pm

Marine who criticized handling of Afghanistan withdrawal to plead guilty

A Marine officer whose videos criticizing senior officials for how they withdrew from Afghanistan created a political uproar will plead guilty to several charges and...

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September 13, 2021 at 11:30 am

Afghan American woman’s escape highlights secretive CIA role in Kabul rescues

The CIA played a pivotal role — alongside elite U.S. troops and Afghan counterterrorism forces — in the dangerous extraction of Americans and others facing...

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August 28, 2021 at 5:14 am

Biden to withdraw U.S. diplomatic staff from Afghanistan as future relationship with the Taliban remains unclear

The Biden administration will also have to decide whether to formally recognize a Taliban government, a decision that also may take some time and may...

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Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. On Monday, the U.S. military and officials focus was on Kabul’s airport, where thousands of Afghans trapped by the sudden Taliban takeover rushed the tarmac and clung to U.S. military planes deployed to fly out staffers of the U.S. Embassy, which shut down Sunday, and others. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani) XRG116

August 26, 2021 at 7:17 pm

The story of an Afghan man who fell from the sky

Fada Mohammad, a young dentist, was one of several people who died after clinging to a U.S. military plane as it took off from Hamid...

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August 23, 2021 at 4:46 pm

Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so

The United States faced mounting global pressure on Monday to extend its evacuation mission in Afghanistan past President Joe Biden's Aug. 31 deadline, despite a...

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August 18, 2021 at 10:22 am

U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan as long as needed to evacuate Americans, Biden says

The Biden administration has repeatedly said that all U.S. troops would be out of Afghanistan by the end of August. But the swift Taliban takeover...

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Afghan citizens pack inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, as they are transported from from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. The Taliban on Sunday swept into Kabul, the Afghan capital, after capturing most of Afghanistan. (Capt. Chris Herbert/U.S. Air Force via AP) CAIDK201 CAIDK201

August 17, 2021 at 9:10 am

More than 600 Afghans cram into one U.S. transport flight, as thousands flee the Taliban

Hundreds of Afghan civilians managed to get on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane departing Afghanistan for Qatar on Sunday, some of them jumping onto...

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Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac at the airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto the American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP) AFG102 AFG102

August 16, 2021 at 10:44 am

Scene of deadly chaos unfold at Kabul airport after Taliban’s return

KABUL - The first full day of Taliban rule in Kabul on Monday was marked by a mad rush by thousands of Afghans at the...

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August 12, 2021 at 1:00 pm

U.S. sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan to bolster security as some embassy staff are withdrawn

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will send thousands of troops to Afghanistan to help airlift American personnel and local allies out of Kabul, U.S. officials...

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