NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Tuesday blamed the swift collapse of Afghanistan on the “failure” of the country’s leadership. The Taliban declared an amnesty across Afghanistan following a blitz across the nation that saw many cities fall to the insurgents without ...
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban Tuesday held a presser in Afghanistan’s capital. A Taliban spokesman said that the Afghan people “were able to take their freedom and clean their country from the occupation and occupiers.” In his first news conference, ...
President Joe Biden spoke for the first time after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul. Biden said he stands by his decision to withdraw U.S. troops and admitted that the situation did, “Unfold more quickly than we anticipated.” ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (NBC) – Thousands of people are desperately trying to flee Afghanistan now that the Taliban have seized control of almost the entire country. Afghans are thronging to Kabul’s airport desperate to get on planes and leave the country ...
CHAMAN, Pakistan (NBC) – As the Taliban tightens its grip on Afghanistan, hundreds of Afghans crowded the border to cross into Pakistan after it reopened Friday. Pakistani security forces tried to contain Afghans as they crossed the commercially vital border ...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (NBC) – The Taliban are rapidly capturing cities across Afghanistan, further isolating the capital Kabul just three weeks before the deadline for full US troop withdrawal. Friday morning, Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban and a former hub ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (NBC) – Scores of Afghans have fled their homes as Taliban insurgents sweep through the country, taking control of provincial capitals. There’s been another key strategic victory for the Taliba with fighters taking the city of Ghazni Thursday. ...
FARAH, Afghanistan – This week marked another success for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Taliban forces entered a provincial capital in western afghan Tuesday as they battle the U.S.-backed government for control of territory. The Islamist militants already seized six other ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The U.S. general leading American forces in Afghanistan relinquished command Monday and left the country. At the Pentagon, Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby said the symbolic end to America’s longest conflict is not defeat ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – President Biden laid out his reasoning for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. While Americans are eager to close the books on this nation’s longest war, the Taliban is already making gains and threatening our allies who’ve ...