Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why
Kabul, Afghanistan AP At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why the flights weren’t able to take off as pressure ramps up on the United States to […]
US on alert for further Kabul attacks in race to complete evacuations
Reuters US forces helping evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bombing outside Kabul airport killed at least 92 people, including 13 US service members. The White House said the next few days of an ongoing US evacuation operation that the Pentagon […]