President Joe Biden met with the families of 13 U.S. soldiers and went to Dover Air Force Base to receive their bodies on Sunday, days after the troops were killed during a suicide bombing attack near the Kabul airport. Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Army Gen. Mark…
Biden, First Lady Receive Remains of Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack in Kabul
Biden Admin Says 300 Americans Remain in Afghanistan as Terror Risk Remains ‘Very High’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday revealed that 300 Americans remain in Afghanistan and are awaiting evacuation amid a heightened terror threat near the airport. “We have about 300 American citizens left who have indicated to us that they want to leave. We are very actively working to help them get to the airport,…
Biden Pays Respects to US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del.—President Joe Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as the remains of their loved ones returned to U.S. soil from Afghanistan. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were also to attend the “dignified transfer” of the…
US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber in Vehicle Going to Kabul Airport
A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that a U.S. military airstrike targeted a suicide bomber who tried to attack the Kabul airport on Sunday amid the American-led evacuation of the airport. Zabihullah Mujahid, the main Taliban spokesman, had earlier told The Associated Press and other media outlets that the strike occurred on Sunday. U.S. military officials…
Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport
KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child….
Ex-UK Marine Leaves Kabul With Dogs, Cats but No Local Staff
LONDON—A former UK Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200 rescued dogs and cats has flown to safety—with the animals, but without his charity’s Afghan staff, who were left behind in Kabul. A privately funded chartered plane carrying Paul “Pen” Farthing and his animals took off from Kabul late…
Airlift of Britons and Refugees From Afghanistan Was Unprecedented Mission: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK departure from Afghanistan was “the culmination of a mission unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes.” The final UK troops and diplomatic staff were airlifted from Kabul on Saturday, drawing to a close Britain’s 20-year engagement in Afghanistan and a two-week operation to rescue UK nationals and…
Macron Says France, Britain to Propose Kabul Safe Zone
PARIS—France and Britain will submit a resolution to an emergency United Nations meeting due Monday on Afghanistan proposing a safe zone in Kabul to try and protect people trying to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. “Our resolution proposal aims to define a safe zone in Kabul, under UN control, which…
Fears for Afghans ‘Abandoned to Taliban’ as Final UK Troops Pulled out of Kabul
The final UK troops and diplomatic staff have been airlifted from Kabul, drawing to a close Britain’s 20-year engagement in Afghanistan. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed the final RAF plane took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport at 9.25 p.m. on Saturday, as the Prime Minister said he was “lost in admiration” for the troops….
State Department Warns of Specific, Credible Threat at Kabul Airport
The U.S. State Department is urging U.S. citizens and others to leave the area of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport immediately, citing a specific, credible threat. “Due to a specific, credible threat, U.S. citizens near Kabul airport, including South gate, new Ministry of the Interior, and gate near Panjshir Petrol station, should leave the area immediately,” the department…
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