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Inside Kabul airport, lack of food and water, high heat, big crowds drive one family to leave

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- On the fourth day of waiting, "Ahmad" had enough. He left Kabul airport, heading back through the Taliban checkpoints and bringing his family of five home. Desperate for safety and security for his wife and three children, he felt he had no ...
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Afghanistan updates: Taliban warns US withdrawal deadline is ‘a red line’

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule. The U.S. has evacuated approximately 17,000 people since Aug. 14, White House officials said late Saturday morning. ...
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says US will look for every way possible to get people to Kabul airport

(WASHINGTON) -- No one predicted that the Afghanistan government would collapse in 11 days, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in an exclusive interview with ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "It was a very rapid, fast-moving, fast-paced evolution," Austin said. "This all occurred in ...
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What is Shariah? And how have Afghan women fared under the Taliban?

(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban, an extremist militant group, has taken over Afghanistan's capital as U.S. troops have withdrawn from much of the country. The group has said it will rule the country based on Shariah, or Islamic law, and many Afghan nationals have said ...
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Afghanistan updates: Nearly 8,000 evacuated in 24 hours

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule. The U.S. has evacuated approximately 9,000 people since Aug. 14, according to a White House official, with ...
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Russia signals it’s ready to engage with Taliban, experts say

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- As Western diplomats scrambled to Kabul airport while the Taliban overran the city last weekend, Russia's embassy there remained demonstratively open and announced its diplomats would work as normal. It was a sign of how, although seemingly surprised by the speed of ...
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Afghan translator ‘deeply hurt’ by US withdrawal, fears retribution against family

(AFGHANISTAN) -- Years ago, Naqibullah had assisted the U.S. Marine Corps as a translator in Afghanistan and has since started a new life in the U.S. However, his parents and siblings remain in Afghanistan as the Taliban took over the country this weekend. Naqibullah will ...
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Haiti’s crises are ‘never-ending cycle of PTSD’: Reporter’s notebook

(HAITI) -- The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that just devastated Haiti feels like a bad dream on repeat. Imagine waking up to an earthquake just about a decade after another quake killed 250,000 of your brothers and sisters and destroyed your beautiful country. Receiving the news of ...
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Afghanistan updates: Avoid Kabul airport, US Embassy tells citizens

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule. The U.S. has evacuated approximately 9,000 people since Aug. 14, according to a White House official, with ...
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American thwarted on trip to ‘very dangerous’ Kabul airport said his family may wait for commercial flight

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- With thousands of Americans and Afghan allies still waiting to be evacuated, an American stuck in the chaos described the area around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as "very dangerous" after he and his family were forced to turn back ...
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Afghanistan updates: Biden vows to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies, says there may be ‘loss’

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule. On Thursday, protests broke out in Kabul with Afghan men and women waving the nation’s flag in ...
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Afghanistan updates: Biden addresses the nation

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Chaos has enveloped Kabul after Afghanistan's government's collapsed and the Taliban seized control, all but ending America's 20-year campaign as it began: under Taliban rule. On Thursday, protests broke out in Kabul with Afghan men and women waving the nation’s flag in ...
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