US Troops Shoot, Kill Two at Kabul Airport as Flights Are Halted and Chaos Spirals Panic and desperation has seized large parts of the country as the reality that the Taliban have won the war and reclaimed...
US Official: Top Commander Talks With Taliban on Evacuation Gen. Frank McKenzie warned the Taliban officials that the U.S. military would respond forcefully to defend the airport if...
Concerns over US Terror Threats Rising as Taliban Hold Grows America’s top general said the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan.
Biden Team Surprised by Rapid Taliban Gains in Afghanistan President Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of...
Chaos as Thousands Flee Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover Thousands packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday.
'We Lost Everything': As Kabul Falls and More US Troops Rush to Aid the Evacuation, Time Runs Out for Afghan Interpreters U.S. troops are scrambling to hold the Kabul Airport as those who aided U.S. forces see a dwindling opportunity to get out of...
Why the US-Trained Afghan National Army Have Been Defeated with Ease by the Taliban The problem lies in local mismanagement, corruption and demoralized soldiers who often lack the will to fight.
Blinken Says Kabul Embassy Evacuation 'Orderly' The evacuation comes after President Biden earlier this year played down any idea that the Taliban could capture the country.
Taliban Enter Kabul, Await 'Peaceful Transfer' of Power Helicopters buzzed overhead as part of an evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy.
Biden Sending an Extra 1,000 Troops to Afghanistan as Taliban Forces Close in on Capital The additional 1,000 troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division being sent into Afghanistan are on top of the 4,000...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
