Aug 25 AP EXPLAINER: What's happening with Afghanistan evacuations? By Ben Fox, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press While the pace has picked up in recent days, it's still a chaotic scramble as people seek to escape. Afghans trying to reach the airport face a gauntlet of danger, and there are far more who want to leave than… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 13:37 Afghanistan evacuees wait hours in the heat due to bottleneck backlog at Kabul airport By Lisa Desjardins, Jane Ferguson The U.S. and allied evacuation of Afghanistan is now flying out thousands of Americans, allied personnel, and afghans every day, as a Biden-pronounced deadline looms for a complete withdrawal in less than one week. The first of the nearly 6,000… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 8:56 Can the U.S. safely evacuate Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline? Two experts weigh in For a broader look at the looming deadline to evacuate Afghanistan, Amna Nawaz speaks to Matt Zeller, co-founder of "No One Left Behind," a nonprofit dedicated to getting interpreters and their families out of Afghanistan. He also served in the… Continue watching
Aug 25 How you can help Afghan refugees arriving in the U.S. By Chloe Jones Thousands of Afghan refugees are being evacuated to the United States. Here's how you can help. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 10:30 Does the U.S. have any leverage with the Taliban? By Jane Ferguson With the Afghanistan pullout deadline drawing near, some signs of progress were seen in the Afghan capital. 12,000 people were flown out of Kabul in the past 12 hours on U.S. and coalition flights. The U.S. has evacuated more than… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 7:21 As Afghan women see shrinking public spaces, one activist reveals how the world can help Afghan women and girls are anxiously waiting to see what their lives will look like under Taliban rule. Amna Nawaz speaks to Pashtana Durrani, founder and executive director of Learn, a nonprofit she created to ensure women and girls have… Continue watching
Aug 24 Analysis: Where do Afghanistan's refugees go? By Tazreena Sajjad, The Conversation Most Afghan refugees don’t leave in an airplane, and few will settle in the United States. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 14:23 Afghan children get left behind, go missing amid chaos at Kabul's airport By Jane Ferguson The evacuation operation in Kabul is accelerating, with more than 10,000 people airlifted out of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. But thousands more remain to be rescued, and just over a week remains before the August 31st deadline set… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 5:11 U.S. has no clear bureaucratic plan for Afghan evacuees By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Rogin For those Afghans who braved the Taliban’s violence and desperate crowds to get to the Kabul airport, their challenges do not end when they arrive. The process for getting Afghans to the United States is full of logistical and bureaucratic… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 6:15 Afghans desperately try to flee; U.S. evacuation continues By PBS NewsHour Chaos at Kabul airport continued as thousands of Afghans desperately tried to flee the country. At the same time, at least 17,000 people have been evacuated from the country, 2,500 of them American nationals. The Taliban came a step closer… Continue watching