World Aug 28 US drone strike kills 2 Islamic State members in Afghanistan Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed two members of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group’s eastern…
Politics Aug 26 U.S. proceeding with Kabul pullout despite deadly ISIS attacks Continuing the evacuation means President Joe Biden risks more deaths, but the alternative would be an early end to the pullout and leaving behind Americans still seeking to leave the country.
Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Biden gives remarks following explosions outside Kabul airport President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite a deadly suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport.
World Aug 26 Security threat at Kabul airport ‘imminent,’ U.S. diplomat says The security threat that prompted the State Department to urge Americans to move away from the perimeter of the Kabul airport was credible and urgent, the acting U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said.
Politics Aug 25 Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation from Afghanistan Secretary of State Antony Blinken says as many as 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan may still await evacuation, with six days to go before President Joe Biden's deadline for completing the airlift from Kabul airport.
Politics Aug 24 Biden decides to stick with Aug. 31 final pullout from Kabul President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday.
Politics Aug 24 WATCH: Biden keeps to Aug. 31 Kabul evacuation deadline despite criticism U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
World Aug 23 U.S. troops surge evacuations out of Afghanistan but threats persist Twenty-eight U.S. military flights ferried about 10,400 people to safety out of Taliban-held Afghanistan over the 24 hours that ended early Monday morning, a White House official said.
Politics Aug 20 WATCH: Biden pledges to Americans in Kabul ‘we will get you home’ Biden’s comments at a White House news conference came as the U.S. government struggles to ramp up a massive airlift of Americans and other foreigners and vulnerable Afghans, rescuing them from a Taliban takeover of the country.
World Aug 19 Biden says troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans Biden said he's committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military presence beyond his Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal.