Taliban Enter Kabul, Await 'Peaceful Transfer' of Power Helicopters buzzed overhead as part of an evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy.
Rush of Troops to Kabul Tests Biden's Withdrawal Deadline The newly arriving troops might have to stay longer if the embassy is threatened by a Taliban takeover.
Taliban Sweep Across Afghanistan's South; Take 4 More Cities The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country’s south.
More US Troops Heading into Afghanistan as Taliban Conquest Approaches Tipping Point Some 7,500 service members are being sent to Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East to support evacuation of the...
Germany, Netherlands Suspend Deportations to Afghanistan Almost 30,000 Afghans in Germany, many of them failed asylum-seekers, are currently required to leave the country.
US Keeping Distance as Afghan Forces Face Taliban Rout Biden has made clear he has no intention of reversing the decision he made last spring.
Afghan Officials: 3 More Provincial Capitals Fall to Taliban Officials says the Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters in a blitz...
US Vows to Isolate Taliban if They Take Power by Force The insurgents have captured five out of 34 provincial capitals in the country in less than a week.
US Signals No Change in Airstrikes as Afghan Taliban Advance A Pentagon spokesman emphasized that Americans now see the fight as one for Afghan political and military leaders to win or...
Taliban Press On, Take Another Afghan Provincial Capital The city's fall was the latest in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive.
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...
