The last planes took off from Kabul’s airport at 3:29 p.m. Washington time, one minute before midnight in Kabul.
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Afghans, attorneys in Maine anxiously work to help families evacuate by deadline
With the evacuation deadline looming Tuesday, Afghan Americans in Maine and their lawyers struggle to bring loved ones to safety.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: ‘Forever war’ started long before Afghanistan
The era of American military intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia to support undemocratic and corrupt regimes started with Lebanon in 1958.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Biden at fault for Afghan chaos
You can both agree with the president’s decision to withdraw and strongly oppose the way he did it.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
A Bates College senior from Kabul helps save her family from the Taliban
Two sisters in America found Americans in Afghanistan to evacuate their parents and younger siblings.
Posted inNation & World
Report: Afghan staff details left behind at U.K. embassy in Kabul
A Times of London reporter says he found the papers scattered on the ground as he toured the capital’s abandoned diplomatic district with a Taliban escort this week.
Posted inNation & World
Drone kills member of group blamed in Kabul bombing, U.S. says
The airstrike fulfilled a vow President Biden made to the nation Thursday when he said, ‘We will hunt you down and make you pay.’
Posted inNation & World
Pulitzer Prize Board grants special citation to Afghan journalists
The citation comes with a $100,000 emergency relief grant intended to help men and women involved in journalism in Afghanistan either resettle or to continue their work safely.
Posted inNation & World, News
American forces keep up airlift under high threat warnings
A day after the suicide bombing at the airport, the death toll rose to 169 Afghans, a number that could increase as authorities examine fragmented remains, and 13 U.S. service members.
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ISIS affiliate behind airport attack sees both U.S. and Taliban as enemies
Thursday’s attack is seen by many as a reminder to the Americans and the Taliban that, no matter who is in the presidential palace, Afghanistan will remain contested.