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American thwarted on trip to 'very dangerous' Kabul airport said his family may wait for commercial flight
Aykut Karadag/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With thousands of Americans and Afghan allies still waiting to be evacuated, an American stuck in the chaos described the area arou...
Aug 20, 2021
Afghans who helped US military plea for escape: Taliban will 'cut our heads off'
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban’s swift move to control Afghanistan has plunged the country into chaos with many fearing for their lives and trying to find any means to escape. ABC Ne...
Aug 20, 2021
How the Taliban uses social media to seek legitimacy in the West, sow chaos at home
alexsl/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It seems like history may be repeating itself -- the Taliban is once again in control of Afghanistan after 20 years of the War on Terror there. The development is alarming a...
Aug 19, 2021
Haiti faces multiple crises following deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake
iStock/Pawel Gaul (HAITI) -- Luria Civil’s wails could be heard outside of the cemetery. As shovels scraped dirt onto her daughter’s grave, she chanted and sobbed. She lost two children af...
Aug 18, 2021
1 Afghan family's harrowing account of getting to Kabul's airport
iStock/BetulOzenc (KABUL, Afghanistan) -- It was on the third attempt that "Khan," his pregnant wife and their 3-year old son made to get to Kabul's international airport -- the most harrowing yet, bu...
Aug 18, 2021
Darkness, sadness in Kabul as Taliban go public: Reporter’s Notebook
iStock/Ahmet Erkan Yigitsozlu (KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Sitting in a Taliban press conference Tuesday was a thoroughly surreal moment to cap seven long days of almost unimaginable firsts. This time two ...
Aug 18, 2021
Afghan Americans and refugees fear consequences of Taliban takeover
iStock/guvendemir (KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Watching the news about Afghanistan has become heart-breaking for ex-refugee and now-U.S. citizen Shabnam, who could only give her first name for the security...
Aug 18, 2021
Afghan graduate student in US details her family's desperate attempt to escape Kabul
Nasrin Nawa is a former journalist who was based in Kabul, Afghanistan. - (ABC)(LINCOLN, Neb.) -- Nasrin Nawa, a journalist from Kabul traveling to the U.S. for graduate school, was able to leave Afgh...
Aug 18, 2021
Marine’s uphill battle to rescue Afghan translator from Kabul
ABC(NEW YORK) -- Marine Corps Maj. Thomas Schueman’s quiet street in Rhode Island is a world away from Afghanistan, but he remains steadfast in his mission. As Taliban forces took over Afghanist...
Aug 17, 2021
Biden retreats to Camp David leaving unanswered questions on Afghanistan
iStock/MivPiv (KABUL, Afghanistan) -- At 4:19 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, President Joe Biden concluded a speech defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, tapping his ...
Aug 17, 2021