SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued a statement on welcoming Afghan refugees to the state. She said the following in a press release sent out Wednesday morning: “As we watch the current situation unfold in Afghanistan, Oregon stands ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (NBC) – As of Wednesday morning, up to 15,000 Americans are still in Afghanistan with the U.S. racing to get them back home. But officials say Taliban checkpoints are making it difficult to get those outside of Kabul, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (NBC) – As the U.S. withdraws the last of its troops from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of war there, the Taliban are already on the move and gaining ground. Emboldened by the U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban are ...
Kabul, Afghanistan – Gunmen disguised as doctors killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 50 others in a hospital near the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan’s capitol on Wednesday. According to an NBC News report, the attack continued on ...