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Pentagon orders new interviews on deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack
The interviews are meant to see if service members who were not included in the original investigation, have new or different information.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US: Afghan evacuee flights halted from two key military bases
This is the latest problem in the Biden administration’s rushed and often violence-plagued evacuation effort.
Wyoming troop deaths 20 years apart bookend Afghanistan war
Edmunds and McCollum were both killed on their first deployments. In between, almost 2,500 U.S. troops died in the Afghanistan war.
By Thomas Peipert
Dozens of Americans, other Westerners, to fly from Kabul on commercial flight
The large group of foreigners would depart Thursday on a Qatar Airways flight.
SECDEF: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan
The Taliban had provided al-Qaida with sanctuary while it ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Grief comes home to US towns week after Afghanistan war ends
While the war in Afghanistan is over, its harsh reality is still coming home.
By John Seewer, The Associated Press
US troops killed in Afghan bombing awarded Purple Hearts
The 13 troops were killed Aug. 26 as they were helping to screen Afghans and others at the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
‘Interpreters’ documentary spotlights plight of Afghans, Iraqis who risked everything to help U.S. troops
In the aftermath of the Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover, the dire situation encountered by interpreters has once more become a prevalent topic of conversation. But for how long?
By Jon Simkins
Veterans groups, evacuees plead for action: ‘We are in some kind of jail’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the U.S. was working with the Taliban to resolve the matter.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
After Afghanistan, US should focus on regional stability as Chinese, Russian threats mount
Easing regional tensions could allow the U.S. to focus more on other areas of the world, particularly the Pacific.
By Lawrence Korb