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Biden says US-led evacuation from Kabul is accelerating

August 22, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it remains vulnerable to threats...

In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, two civilians during processing through an Evacuee Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers

August 20, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged firmly Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too — as officials confirmed...

Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans

August 18, 2021 at 7:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is committed to keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, even if that means maintaining a military...

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, right, listens ...

Taliban allowing “safe passage” from Kabul in U.S. airlift

August 17, 2021 at 8:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians struggling to join a U.S.-directed airlift from the capital, President Joe Biden's national security adviser...

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Billions spent on Afghan army ultimately benefited Taliban

August 16, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely 鈥� in some cases without a shot fired 鈥� that the ultimate...

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during ...

Biden orders 1,000 more troops to aid Afghanistan departure

August 14, 2021 at 3:55 p.m.

President Joe Biden authorized on Saturday an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to ensure what Biden caled an...

U.S. sending 3K troops for partial Afghan embassy evacuation

August 12, 2021 at 4:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Just weeks before the U.S. is scheduled to end its war in Afghanistan, the Biden administration is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with...

President Joe Biden, right, speaks as ...

Biden says U.S. combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end

July 26, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.

President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the end of the year, an announcement that reflects the reality on the ground more than...

Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft

July 6, 2021 at 11:57 a.m.

The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and...

U.S. vacates key Afghan base; pullout target now “late August”

July 2, 2021 at 4:03 p.m.

Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield in the country, advancing a final withdrawal that...

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