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
Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference at a meeting with economic and financial organizations in Berlin at the Federal Chancellery on August 26th (Clemens Bilan – Pool / Getty Images) Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that those who do not yet have access to evacuation flights from Kabul will not be forgotten, adding … Read more
Two congressmen secretly flew into Kabul without authorization on Tuesday to witness the frantic evacuation of Americans and Afghans, angry Biden government officials and spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi urge other lawmakers not to follow suit. The two members – Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat from Massachusetts and Peter Meijer, Republican from Michigan, both veterans – said in … Read more