The Afghanistan withdrawal, one year later
Aug. 30 marks the one-year anniversary of U.S. forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. A year after the Taliban’s stunningly swift takeover and the U.S.-backed government’s disintegration, Kabul, the Afghan capital, is a city bereft. Of economic spark, safety, opportunity and hope.
Both wars ended badly, with U.S. efforts in tatters. But they were worlds apart in who fought, how and what came of it.
Despite promises by the Biden administration, relatives and colleagues of an aid worker killed in a U.S. drone strike remain stuck in Afghanistan.
A year of Taliban rule sees Afghanistan’s economy in ruins and hope and security for Kabul’s residents in short supply.
An Afghan Sikh family of 13 is among those who’ve found refuge in the diaspora community on Long Island.
About 94,000 Afghanistan evacuees have arrived as part of the U.S. effort to resettle vulnerable refugees, including those who worked for the U.S.
The blast in the Afghan capital during evening prayers killed a prominent cleric and wounded at least 33 others, many of them said to be children.
Experts say Ayman Zawahiri’s death won’t affect Al Qaeda’s operations, but it raises questions about the group’s links to the Taliban.
A year after Taliban fighters entered Kabul, here are the stories of four Afghan refugees and the objects they took with them.
The decision to cancel education for older girls will appease the Taliban’s hard-line base but further alienate the international community.
