Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventableA new review says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable.

8 weeks ago

Senators warn more visas are urgently needed for Afghans who aided USMore than a dozen senators said Congress needs to raise the limit on the number of special immigrant visas the U.S. can process for Afghans.

3 months ago

FlashpointsLawmaker to vets: ‘You’re justified in your rage’ about Afghans’ plightNearly 250 former U.S. interpreters and allies in Afghanistan have been reported killed by the Taliban in retribution for their service.

Afghan Air Force pilots who resettled in US killed in plane crashThe three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon over the weekend were Afghan Air Force pilots who had resettled in the U.S. as refugees.

6 months ago

Afghans who recently arrived in US get temporary legal statusThe Biden administration is giving temporary legal status to Afghan migrants who arrived after March 15, 2022, and before Sept. 20, 2023.

9 months ago

Pentagon orders new interviews on deadly 2021 Afghan airport attackThe interviews are meant to see if service members who were not included in the original investigation, have new or different information.

9 months ago

Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylumIt's almost a year since Wasi said he turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.

9 months ago

Former CENTCOM head denies Abbey Gate attack warnings were ignoredGen. Frank McKenzie pushed back on reports that U.S. forces had clear intelligence about the Afghan bomber who killed 13 U.S. troops in August 2021.

9 months ago

840,000 Afghans who applied for US resettlement program still waitingA report released by the State Department’s Inspector General outlines numerous steps the department has taken to speed up visa processing.

9 months ago

2 years after deadly Kabul attack, Pentagon chief ‘stands in sorrow’On Aug. 26, 2021, a suicide attack in Kabul killed 11 Marines, one Navy corpsman and one soldier, and approximately 170 Afghan civilians.

9 months ago

Slain Marine’s family plans to refile lawsuit against Alec BaldwinLance Cpl. Rylee McCollum was killed at age 20 during the 2021 suicide attack in Kabul.

10 months ago

UN: at least 200 former Afghan officials, troops killed since US left The groups most targeted by the Taliban have been former army, police and intelligence forces, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

10 months ago

Nearly two years later, Afghan allies still left hoping for help Advocates worry that Congress may never pass reforms needed to help Afghan allies safely escape the Taliban and resettle in America.

10 months ago

What has happened in Afghanistan since the 2021 Taliban takeover?The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as U.S and NATO forces withdrew from the country after more than two decades of war.

10 months ago

Tens of thousands of Afghans waiting for US visasWhen the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021, it carried tens of thousands of Afghans to safety. Many are still waiting to be resettled.

10 months ago

Questions surround US raid in Afghanistan in 2019U.S. troops picked up an infant in the rubble after the raid; she’s now at the center of an international custody dispute.

10 months ago

Displaced Afghan students find homes on US university campusesMany Afghan students are now nearing graduation at U.S. schools and planning their futures, but others still hope to find a way to get to the U.S.

11 months ago

VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans The VA is undertaking the first-ever large-scale population study of moral injury to be conducted among veterans of the post-9/11 wars.

11 months ago

Former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to USTashmorad Qara, an Afghan Air Force veteran, arrived in Virginia in 2021 after escaping Afghanistan when the Taliban regained control of his country.

11 months ago

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