Afghanistan
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2021
Our View: Post-9/11 unity turned to fear – and division
The attacks brought out our worst selves, and we’re still suffering from it 20 years later.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Measles cases halt U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the decision stemmed from the discovery of the disease among four Afghans who had arrived in the U.S.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
U.N. raises alarm over Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists
Two Afghan video journalists were beaten with iron rods after covering a protest this week by women demanding their rights from the country's new rulers.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Maine could see as many as 100 Afghan refugees by spring
Afghan citizens are being relocated to Maine after being evacuated from their home country following the Taliban takeover last month.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
Maine Voices: Twenty years after 9/11, ‘unthinkable’ looks a lot different
President Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan has redefined what our greatest threat is.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Grief comes home to U.S. towns week after Afghanistan war ends
Americans are beginning to honor and bury the 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul two weeks ago.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
Appointed to the key post of interior minister was Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head and is believed to still be holding at least one American hostage.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
White House asks Congress to pass emergency funding for disaster aid
The White House is asking for $14 billion in aid to respond to natural disasters that occurred before Hurricane Ida, as well as $6.4 billion to pay for the ongoing relocation of tens of thousands of Afghans who partnered with the U.S. during the war in Afghanistan.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
U.S. working to speed up chartered evacuations from Afghanistan, Blinken says
As the extremist Taliban took control of the capital, the U.S. military and its allies evacuated more than 124,000 people, including nearly all of the estimated 6,000 U.S. citizens in the country.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Here’s Something: Remember the Maine ties to Sept. 11
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