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Biden administration says rescue operation is proof of its commitment to vulnerable citizens, but won’t promise effort will continue past Aug. 31.
Aug. 17, 2021
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Another mortar round crashed among the jumbled houses of the old city, exploded with a bone-jarring crack and threw up a cloud of dust and smoke.
March 22, 1994
In this bustling village near the front lines of the war between the Northern Alliance and the Taliban, smugglers supply everything from cigarettes to shoelaces, a druggist moonlights as a member of the secret police and the ultimate source of authority is a man with a private army and the power of a feudal lord.
March 20, 2019
The Pentagon says two Islamic State of group members were killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, not one as initially reported.
Aug. 28, 2021
Afghan officials say a suicide truck bomber has struck a guest house in eastern Logar province, killing at least 14 people and wounding as many as 90.
April 30, 2021
A U.S. review of American troops’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan largely blames Trump, saying his decisions “severely constrained” Biden.
April 6, 2023
Some still in Afghanistan fear the Taliban will imprison or even kill them because they are Americans or had helped Americans.
Sept. 18, 2021
Asia: U.N.-run sites help feed families and offer a reprieve from the Taliban regime’s job ban and drastic dress code.
July 2, 2000
Zuhal Atmar is the first woman in Afghanistan to run a recycling plant, driven by her wish to help the environment and fight climate change.
Nov. 25, 2019
Afghanistan’s poor face difficult decisions amid winter cold
Jan. 9, 2012