State Department Orders Departure Of Nonessential Personnel From Kabul Embassy The order came Tuesday, amid concerns about heightened violence as U.S. and NATO troops depart Afghanistan. U.S. officials would not confirm the number of those leaving but insisted it would be small.
Opinion: U.S. Faces Hard Choices To Fight Terrorism After Afghanistan Withdrawal Al-Qaida is degraded but not defeated. Analyst Colin Clarke assesses where the U.S. may be mapping out its future counterterrorism presence after withdrawing from Afghanistan.
Blinken Arrives In Afghanistan After Biden Announces Troop Withdrawal Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul on Thursday in a visit that comes on the heels of President Biden's announcement that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan.
Biden Administration Says It Will Withdraw U.S. Troops From Afghanistan By Sept. 11 A senior administration official said that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted America's involvement in its longest war.
All Things Considered 'Our Houses Are Not Safe': Residents Fear Taliban In Afghanistan's Capital The Taliban have waged attacks across the country, prompting a call to reduce the violence from Gen. Mark Milley. In Kabul, the public worries about the Taliban's return.
White House Orders Thousands Of U.S. Troops Withdrawn from Afghanistan and Iraq The American troop presence will decline in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500, and in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500. Senior military leaders oppose the move.
The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated by vaccine — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.
Morning Edition Khalilzad: 'A Moment For The Afghan Leaders Not To Repeat The Mistakes Of The Past' With talks begun between Afghanistan's government and the Taliban, U.S. special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad tells NPR the U.S. has "tested" the Taliban and "they are meeting those tests."
Coal Miner's Daughter Is A Heartwarming Hero In Afghanistan Shamsia Alizada dropped out of the Madwdud Academy in Kabul after a suicide bomber killed more than 40 students. But she returned — and has scored top grades on the country's college entrance exams.
Cited In Many Operations, Russia's GRU Is Suspected In Afghan Bounty Case Russian military intelligence, the GRU, is linked to the invasion of Ukraine and interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Now it's suspected of a bounty program to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
