Few countries have been willing to fly rescue missions into Afghanistan since the Americans left. Ukraine is an exception. It says it has a different definition of danger.
Tag: Kabul International Airport
A Botched Drone Strike in Kabul Started With the Wrong Car
An errant strike that killed 10 civilians has called into question the reliability of the intelligence that will be used to conduct future U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
A Time Capsule in Two Front Pages
The newspaper of Sept. 11, 2001, is a document of America before the terror attacks and a memory of a vanished era.
‘We Truly Have Lost Everything’: A Journey Out of Kabul the Day It Fell
Nadima Sahar, a government official, was determined to stay. But then she learned the palace staff, and maybe even the president, had already fled.
First Flight From Kabul Is Hailed as Positive Step Amid Troubling Signs
A passenger jet’s departure on Thursday was the first foreign flight out of Afghanistan since the U.S. evacuation ended. But thousands who want to leave remain stuck.
Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together
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.
Charter Flights Delayed as U.S. and Taliban Struggle to Work Together
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.
Military Analysis Raises Questions About Deadly Drone Strike in Kabul
A preliminary analysis said that it was “possible to probable” that explosives were in the car and that drone operators took only a cursory scan of the courtyard before launching an attack.
U.S. Diplomat Who Helped Run Afghanistan Evacuation Tests Positive
It wasn’t clear if Ross Wilson was experiencing symptoms of Covid-19.
An Inside Look: Kabul’s Airport After the Taliban Takeover
Our camera captured scenes from inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 31, just hours after the Taliban took control.