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
Sep 02 Watch 5:53 News Wrap: Biden administration to invest $3 billion in COVID vaccine production In our news wrap Thursday, the Biden administration pledged a $3 billion investment in the nation's COVID-19 vaccine supply chain. First-time claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. have fallen to a new low during the pandemic. Calmer winds in… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 11:21 Taliban’s ‘fragmented’ leadership puts aid efforts for Afghan civilians, refugees at risk Even before the U.S. left Afghanistan, many of the 38 million people who live there were in dire need. Now, with the Taliban in charge, the job of aid groups is much harder. An unknown future awaits the tens of… Continue watching
Sep 02 U.S. defends strike that Afghan family says killed 6 children By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Sharply conflicting accounts have emerged of a drone strike the U.S. unleashed earlier this week, just a day before completing its troop pullout from Afghanistan. Continue reading
Sep 02 WATCH: Pentagon’s John Kirby and Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters hold briefing after Afghanistan exit By Associated Press With the U.S. involvement in the war over and all American military out of the country, Biden is grappling with the prospects of a new relationship with the Taliban. Continue reading