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Marines who survived a devastating suicide bombing during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan were mistaken in their belief that they had the attacker in their gunsights hours before the blast, a new military review determined, disputing allegations made before Congress and in the media. The findings, released Monday after they were shared . . .
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time. The rare testimony by former Joint Chiefs […]
As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and has been living on his own in the U.S. Hokyoung Kim for NPR hide caption toggle caption Hokyoung Kim for NPR As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family […]
The mastermind of the deadly August 2021 attack at Kabul International Airport, which claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and more than 150 Afghans seeking to flee the country, has been killed, according to three U.S. officials. The ISIS-K operative . . .
A New York Times report on the investigation into how the U.S. military conducted a drone strike that killed several civilians, including children, in Afghanistan last year, characterized the attack as a “deadly blunder” that was motivated by the “assumptions and biases” of those conducting the strike. The report also claimed that the U.S. military […]
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A Taliban fighter helps one of the injured in an explosion incident to get away from the explosion site, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. An explosion went off near a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Friday, with police confirming casualties. A column of black smoke rose into the sky and shots […]
Afghan siblings waited 13 months to watch their father and brother join them in Northern Virginia September 23, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Masi Stanekzai embraces his younger brother Faisal at Dulles International Airport on Monday. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post) Mina Stanekzai stared at the families happily greeting each other inside the Dulles […]
correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly said Bashir Noorzai had been held in Guantánamo Bay. He was serving his life sentence in a federal penitentiary. The article has been corrected. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — American Mark Frerichs, a civilian . . .
US Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Kabul during Taliban training exercise killing three Three people were killed in a helicopter crash during a Taliban training exercise The chopper crashed in Kabul due to a ‘technical problem,’ defence officials say Five people were also injured when the US-made helicopter crashed on Saturday By