Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Family of youngest woman elected to Kandahar City Council escapes after Taliban takeover
Aleksandra Tokarz/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Sarina Faizy, 23, just graduated from William & Mary with a master's in international law, and she said she'd hoped to celebrate with her family -- ...
Aug 27, 2021
Amid Afghanistan crisis, civil war rages in Ethiopia
omersukrugoksu/iStock(ETHIOPIA) -- As chaos envelops Kabul after Afghanistan's government collapsed and the Taliban seized control, horrific stories and heartbreaking images also pour out of Ethiopia....
Aug 27, 2021
US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies
guvendemir/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans of the Afghan war launched a fin...
Aug 27, 2021
Afghan citizens, refugees face uncertain future as explosions recall country's violent past
Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- When Waheed Arian heard of the two bombings out Kabul's airport in Afghanistan, he rushed to call his family members to ensure that they were ...
Aug 26, 2021
What we know about the Kabul airport attack that killed US troops
Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- An explosion that killed at least 13 U.S. service members in Afghanistan Thursday was part of a "complex" attack near the Kabul airpo...
Aug 26, 2021
Afghan refugees arrive in thousands to be processed in Germany
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(RAMSTEIN, Germany) -- In one of the largest airlift operations in history, Ramstein, Germany, has become the central hub to evacuate and process Afghan evacuees. According to t...
Aug 26, 2021
ISIS-K claims responsibility for explosions at Kabul's airport. What's their agenda?
Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for two explosions that erupted near the Kabul airport on Thursday and killed at least 12 U...
Aug 26, 2021
The Taliban inherited a vast American-made arsenal after retaking Afghanistan
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Taliban wrested control of more than just territory from Afghan forces as it tore through Afghanistan this month. By the time the militant group toppled Kabu...
Aug 25, 2021
Discovery of ancient human DNA in Southeast Asia 'exceptionally rare,' scientists say
yorkfoto/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have made an "exciting" discovery of ancient human DNA that they say will allow them to piece together the mysterious ancestry of the people in Southeast Asia. ...
Aug 25, 2021
In private, Qatar warn US officials of 'growing crises' at bases housing Afghans: Internal report
Sgt. Jimmie Baker / U.S. Army via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Tens of thousands of Americans, Afghans and other foreigners have been evacuated from Kabul's international airport to U.S. military insta...
Aug 25, 2021