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Tearful Marine in Kabul airport blast says he was told not to shoot ISIS bomber
A Marine who survived the fatal bombing at a Kabul airport during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan said he was told not to kill a suspected ISIS terrorist.
'Several' dead, wounded after bomb blast near checkpoint at Kabul military airport
A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said.
Three gunmen killed, two foreigners injured in Kabul hotel attack
Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals.
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls
Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, even though they have been banned from classrooms since the former insurgents took over the country...
Inside the high-stakes mission to rescue Afghans days after Kabul fell
After Kabul fell, Aghan commando Nezamuddin “Nezam” Nezami was a marked man. That’s when retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann, living the good life in Tampa Bay, Fla., was called upon....
'Escape from Kabul' director on Afghanistan under Taliban rule: 'You just hear gunfire'
Since the departure of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, chaos, fear and rampant violence has ruled the country under the Taliban.
US Colonel blocked busloads of Americans, allies trying to escape Afghanistan: documentary
A new documentary about the evacuation of Kabul claims one US Army Colonel turned away busloads of people trying to flee.
Kabul airport bomber was known for 'days' before explosion that killed 13 Americans: ex-Marine
A Marine wounded in last year's suicide bombing at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport claims the bomber was spotted near the airport for days before the August 2021 explosion.
As Afghanistan proves, Biden has no plan — he just stumbles from disaster to disaster
The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago was proof the Biden administration is not prepared to handle a crisis.
Brother of Marine blown up during Afghanistan withdrawal kills himself near memorial
A grieving brother of one of the Marines blown up by a suicide bomber during the chaotic exit from Afghanistan a year ago has killed himself next to a public...
Afghan father whose teen fell from US cargo plane: 'I blame the Americans'
Zabi Rezayee, 17, was one of the desperate civilians who clung to a US Air Force C-17 and fell to his death, his father told the Sunday Times of London.
Prominent Taliban cleric killed by attacker's bomb hidden in fake leg: report
Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in a seminary in Kabul on Thursday by an ISIS-affiliated suicide bomber, after surviving two previous attempts on his life.
Calls for help hampered US withdrawal from Afghanistan, commander complained
The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan was further set back by special requests from lawmakers, veterans, White House officials and even the Vatican.
Notes reveal Biden admin wasn't prepared for Afghan evacuation before fall of Kabul
Leaked documents allegedly show the White House wasn’t prepared to evacuate Afghanistan citizens just hours before the Taliban took control of the country’s capital.
Afghans forced to sell children, organs during Taliban takeover, starvation
Families in Afghanistan are being forced to sell their children and their kidneys as the Taliban-controlled country faces looming food shortages and a lack of international aid.
Declassified drone footage shows botched strike that killed 10 Afghans
The Pentagon released footage showing the final moments before 10 innocent Afghans, including seven children, were killed in an errant drone strike during the final days of the US pullout.
Parents of Marine killed in Kabul attack demand resignation of Gen. Milley: No one 'held accountable'
During the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan back in August, 13 service members lost their lives after a suicide bomb attack took place just outside the Kabul airport.
Suicide bomber behind Afghanistan massacre of US troops identified
The Islamic State terrorist attack also left 200 Afghans dead.
Ex-Afghan president claims he didn't know he was fleeing country as Taliban closed in
The former president of Afghanistan has claimed he did not know he would be taken out of the country when security officials advised him to leave Kabul as Taliban forces...
No US troops to be disciplined in deadly Afghan drone strike: Pentagon
No American service members involved in the erroneous August drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians during the withdrawal will face disciplinary action.