Sep 06 Watch 2:35 Taliban gain control of Panjshir Valley but are yet to form an official government By Ali Rogin A senior State Department official confirmed the United States evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan and relocated them to a nearby country in the first known U.S. overland extraction since the August 31 withdrawal deadline. As Ali Rogin reports, that comes… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch 6:04 Taliban takeover threatens Afghan agriculture as farmers fear being forced to grow poppy By Mike Cerre As Afghans figure out how to get on with their lives, fears abound that the new Taliban government will crack down on local business and commerce. The Taliban takeover could cripple Afghan farmers in the middle of their harvest, in… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 4:56 In the wake of Afghanistan withdrawal, a U.S. veteran reflects on service there By PBS NewsHour Last week’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rapid takeover, and the ensuing death, chaos and confusion left many reeling. For some of the millions of U.S. service members who served there, the withdrawal has come with mixed feelings and worry… Continue watching
Sep 05 Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why they flights weren’t able… Continue reading
Sep 04 Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women’s protest By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Taliban special forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air Saturday, bringing an abrupt and frightening end to the latest protest march in the capital by Afghan women demanding equal rights from the new rulers. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 6:34 News Wrap: Afghan women protest Taliban rule in Kabul, demand equal rights In our news wrap Friday, as the Taliban works to set up a new government, dozens of Afghan women protested near the Presidential Palace in Kabul to demand equal rights. President Joe Biden signed an executive order today directing the… Continue watching
Sep 03 WATCH: Blinken says the U.S. will learn from lessons in Afghanistan By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the State Department is committed to looking at everything that's happened between the U.S. and Afghanistan diplomatically "from day one through the present, and to draw lessons from it."… Continue reading
Sep 03 More than half of Americans disapprove of Biden right now By Matt Loffman For the first time since he took office in January, more than half of Americans disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president. Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as U.S. helps with Afghan refugee resettlement By Associated Press Defense Department press secretary John Kirby and Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck will hold a media briefing at 11 a.m. Eastern today. Watch their remarks here. Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: Mayorkas says U.S. could admit more than 50,000 people from airlift By Ben Fox, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security says the government expects to admit more than 50,000 people into the country from the Afghanistan airlift. Continue reading