“I am here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals and vulnerable Afghans,” McKenzie told reporters. “The last C-17 took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport at 3:29 p.m. east coast time this afternoon on August 30, and the last … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Taliban fighters investigate a damaged car after multiple rockets were fired in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.Credit…Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. military shot down rockets aimed at the Kabul airport on Monday morning as violence near the field threatened efforts by the United States to meet Tuesday’s … Read more
Among the 13 American soldiers and more than a hundred Afghans killed in a suicide bombing near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, the man’s father said a Marine from the St. Louis area and a U.S. Senator. Jared Schmitz, 20, from St. Charles, Missouri, was among the dead, the Department of Defense … Read more
Dreizehn US-Soldaten wurden am Donnerstag bei einem Selbstmordanschlag nahe dem internationalen Flughafen Hamid Karzai in Kabul getötet, als Tausende nach der Übernahme Afghanistans durch die Taliban fliehen wollten. Unter ihnen waren nach Angaben des Pentagon elf Marines, sowie ein Sanitäter des Navy-Krankenhauses und ein Soldat der Armee. Mindestens 18 weitere US-Soldaten wurden verletzt, Dutzende Afghanen … Read more
And with the United States gone, the Taliban will also have to survive by swimming alone with some real-life sharks – Pakistan, India, China, Russia, and Iran. Maybe they want to keep the White House phone number on the speed dial. “The post-2001 Taliban have proven to be a learning, more political organization that is … Read more
The Taliban took power in Afghanistan on Sunday after making a rapid advance across the country, overwhelming government forces and panicking large swathes of the population. By Monday, thousands of Afghans had fled the capital, Kabul, to the main airport. US forces struggled to secure the airport for their own evacuation flights while blocking many … Read more
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – A gray American transport plane rolled down the runway carrying ammunition, a giant flat screen TV from a CIA base, pallets of equipment, and departing troops. It was one of several aircraft that night that removed the remains of the American War from this sprawling military base in the south of … Read more