With the Kabul airport closed, scores of people have tried to leave via the airport in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. But the U.S. and the Taliban have struggled to establish an efficient system.
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Taliban Appoint Stalwarts to Top Government Posts
The Taliban’s violent response to the latest demonstration, which included hundreds of women in Kabul, was another sign that they will not tolerate peaceful dissent in Afghanistan.
Clarissa Ward of CNN Looks Back on the Afghanistan War
The network’s chief international correspondent, one of the most visible reporters during the withdrawal of U.S. troops, decided to become a reporter after an epiphany on 9/11.
Taliban Claim Control Over Panjshir Valley, but Resistance Vows to Fight On
Militants posted images apparently taken in Bazarak, the capital of Panjshir Province in Afghanistan, where opposition forces have fought against their rule.
As Afghan Refugee Crisis Unfolds, Koreans Recall ‘Miracle’ Evacuation
The U.S. military evacuated 91,000 people out of a North Korean port in 1950. By some estimates, it was the single largest wartime refugee evacuation in American history until Afghanistan.
As Afghan Refugee Crisis Unfolds, Koreans Recall ‘Miracle’ Evacuation
The U.S. military evacuated 91,000 people out of a North Korean port in 1950. By some estimates, it was the single largest wartime refugee evacuation in American history until Afghanistan.
U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North
The Taliban have left hundreds of people stranded in Afghanistan awaiting approval for departure.
U.S. Citizens and Afghans Wait for Evacuation Flights From Country’s North
The Taliban have left hundreds of people stranded in Afghanistan, but officials deny they are being held hostage.
The First Afghan Rhodes Scholar Saved Her Father, and Wants to Do More
Summia Tora used her connections to get her father and an uncle on a flight out of Kabul. Helping other Afghan refugees, she said, may occupy “most of the rest of my life.”
Taliban Fighters Crush a Women’s Protest Amid Flickers of Resistance
The women were assaulted with rifle butts, tear gas and metal clubs, while anti-Taliban rebels in the north vowed to repel an assault by the Islamist group.