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A Look At The Timeline Of The War In Afghanistan

With just days to go before the U.S. completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, a look at how the 20 year old war began and ended – with the militant Taliban in power, and terrorist suicide attacks.

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At The Kabul Airport, Evacuation Flights Stream On Even As Another Attack Is Feared

Even amid threats following Thursday’s attack, there’s a steady flow of U.S. aircraft coming in and out of the airport to evacuate Americans and Afghans, an air traffic controller there tells NPR. (Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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The helplessness of being an Afghanistan War vet

Former Army Capt. Jackie Munn at Forward Operating Base Salerno, in Khost province, Afghanistan, in 2012. | Courtesy of Leigh Murchison I helped Afghan women seek maternal care. I worry what will become of these mothers and children. Inside a

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US carries out Afghanistan drone strike as Kabul evacuation effort enters final stretch – CNN

US carries out Afghanistan drone strike as Kabul evacuation effort enters final stretch  CNN Afghanistan live updates: After US drone strike against ISIS-K, only three days before withdrawal deadline  USA TODAY Hours before drone strike, US said Biden doesn’t want Kabul attackers

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Biden to Israeli PM: U.S. has options if Iran nuclear diplomacy fails

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in White House talks on Friday that he was putting “diplomacy first” to try to rein in Iran’s nuclear program but if

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US raises concerns about treatment of ex-Jordanian official in ‘sedition’ plot

Representatives for Bassem Awadallah, a US citizen, say trial lacked due process and allege he has endured inhumane conditions including beatings, torture

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Uproar in Washington: Did US share evacuee names with Taliban?

Did the US military give the Taliban the names of Americans and Afghans waiting to be evacuated in order to facilitate the process? The idea, not entirely denied by President Joe Biden, had his opponents screaming in Washington on Friday.

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Microsoft fixes cloud vulnerability after warning from Israel-based company

Wiz, led by former Microsoft employees, notified the tech giant of an ‘unprecedented critical vulnerability’ in its Azure cloud platform

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Biden says China still withholding ‘critical’ info on COVID origins

President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding “critical information” on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon — but remained split on whether it escaped from

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U.S. Begins Final Stages of Afghan Withdrawal

Evacuation efforts in Kabul began to wind down as the U.S. and its allies turned their focus toward pulling the last of their armed forces out of Afghanistan in coming days.

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