Aug 26 Thursday’s attack ‘is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America,’ Jane Ferguson reports By Jane Ferguson The Taliban's control over Kabul "is not necessarily secure. It's not necessarily guaranteed," @JaneFerguson5 reports. Thursday's attack "is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America," she tells… Continue reading
Aug 26 U.S. officials report about 7,500 people evacuated from Kabul in latest update By Meredith Lee About 7,500 people were evacuated from Kabul airport from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 26, via 14 U.S. military flights and 39 coalition flights. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 15:26 Biden vows to ‘hunt’ ISIS-K as evacuations continue amid Kabul blast chaos By Jane Ferguson, Lisa Desjardins Thursday was an awful and bloody day in Kabul as multiple suicide bombings at the airport killed 11 U.S. Marines, a navy corpsman and at least 90 Afghan civilians. Hundreds were injured, many critically. It was the deadliest day for… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 8:50 Analyzing the risk to U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan until Aug. 31 To discuss how evacuations in Afghanistan may be affected by Thursday's attacks, Amna Nawaz speaks to retired Col. Mike Jason, who was a battalion commander in northern Afghanistan, now the interim executive director of Allied Airlift 21, and Lisa Curtis,… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 3:30 News Wrap: COVID could claim 100,000 more U.S. lives by end of 2021 In our news wrap Thursday, a top COVID-19 model projected nearly 100,000 more deaths in the U.S. by December 1. Meanwhile, Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott imposed a ban on state or local mandates requiring vaccinations. Seven U.S. Capitol Police… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 8:08 African nations struggle with vaccine access, public mistrust and disinformation By Isabel Nakirya Record numbers of COVID-19 cases are being reported across Africa as the delta variant pushes hospitals to a breaking point. ICU beds and oxygen are in desperately short supply, vaccines are increasingly scarce and according to the World Health Organization,… Continue watching
Aug 26 US flag to fly at half staff following lethal attack in Kabul By Bella Isaacs-Thomas White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the American flag would be flown at half staff through sunset on August 30 “in honor of the victims of the senseless acts of violence in Kabul, Afghanistan.” “As a mark… Continue reading
Aug 26 Aug. 31 remains deadline to complete American evacuation efforts in Kabul, Psaki says By Bella Isaacs-Thomas White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reaffirmed the Biden administration’s commitment to completing military evacuation efforts in Kabul by the end of August. “Nothing has changed on that timeline,” Psaki said in a briefing Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 26 American evacuation efforts will continue in Kabul following deadly attack, Biden says By Bella Isaacs-Thomas President Joe Biden said that the ongoing evacuation of Americans and Afghans from Kabul will continue following Thursday’s deadly attack outside the Kabul airport. “I’ve instructed the military whatever they need – if they need additional force, I will… Continue reading
Aug 26 Biden vows to ‘hunt down’ those behind Kabul bombings By Bella Isaacs-Thomas President Joe Biden blamed the extremist group ISIS-K for Thursday’s attacks in Kabul and vowed to punish those responsible. “To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: we will… Continue reading